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Science and Technology 
Mon, March 7, 2011
Riverbed Senior Executive Named 2011 Channel Chief by Everything Channel's CRN
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - March 7, 2011) - [ Riverbed Technology ] (
In leading the global channel sales strategy at Riverbed®, Schirman was awarded Channel Chief for his role in expanding Riverbed routes to market with the addition of service provider and systems integrator programs.
"In 2010 we globalized and enhanced our channel offerings to better serve the varied needs of our channel partners," said Schirman. "Collectively, we now offer one of the industry's most comprehensive channel programs, supporting more than 1,600 partners with incentives, significant education, predictable and collaborative joint marketing and sales engagement, all in an 'easy-to-do-business-with' environment."
"Our channel success was a key factor separating us from the pack last year in growing our top market share position. We believe our placement in the Leaders Quadrant on the most recent Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers1 report reflects this," said David M. Peranich, executive vice president of worldwide sales at Riverbed. "We congratulate Randy on this recognition, and look forward to continuing to develop channel programs that support our partners in successfully delivering value for their customers' most important IT initiatives."
This year's Channel Chiefs were chosen by the Everything Channel editorial team on criteria including policy and program innovations made during the past year, the amount of revenue their company generates through partners, their willingness to speak out publicly on behalf of the channel, and the number of years they have dedicated to channel activities.
"Being named a Channel Chief is one of the most prestigious honors in the IT industry. This year's Channel Chiefs offer tremendous insight into the who's who of the Channel," said Kelley Damore, VP, Editorial Director, Everything Channel. "Top channel executives consistently ensure that the Channel's voice is heard when strategic decisions are being made and continually nurture mutually profitable relationships. We applaud Randy Schirman and this year's Channel Chiefs for their successful partner programs and strategies."
The Riverbed Partner Network (RPN) Program is a comprehensive program designed to provide growth and profitability for each type and size of Riverbed partner, including Large Account Resellers, Enterprise VARs and Small and Mid-sized Enterprises (SMEs). It is a compelling platform for partners to drive their organization's growth by leveraging new lead generation, training and certification and sales incentive programs that drive success both for the partners and their customers.
More than 9,200 organizations worldwide, across a wide range of markets, depend on Riverbed to understand, optimize and consolidate their IT infrastructure. Riverbed delivers hardware, software and virtualized solutions that overcome performance issues caused by distance, distributed computing, and ever increasing amounts of data. Virtualization, consolidation and cloud computing promise huge cost savings and improved efficiencies, but as users move farther from their data, slow applications and file transfers can stall these strategic initiatives. Riverbed delivers to the remote office and mobile workers the same "local" performance, no matter where the private data center or public cloud may be. Riverbed continues building on its success in the WAN optimization and network application performance visibility markets with new and innovative solutions for accelerating cloud storage and access to applications and data deployed in the public cloud.
For additional information on the CRN Channel Chief list, visit [ www.crn.com ]. The Channel Chief list was published in the February 21, 2011 issue.
1Gartner, Inc., "Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers 2010," by Severine Real, Andy Rolfe and Joe Skorupa, December 2010
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