Riverbed launches WDS solutions

Bangalore

November 14th, 2007

Riverbed Technology announced version 4.1 of its Riverbed Optimization System
(RiOS) and the upcoming availability of a new Steelhead appliance, model 6120.
The enhancements in RiOS 4.1 and the new Steelhead appliance model 6120 build on
Riverbed's work with over 2,500 customers. As part of this release, Riverbed is
delivering application-specific optimization for large-scale data transfers,
that includes both hardware and software components. Riverbed has enhanced its
RiOS software with disaster recovery intelligence and is introducing a new
Steelhead appliance model 6120, which is optimized for disaster recovery. In
addition, Riverbed has introduced optimizations for Oracle11i applications.
Lastly, for organizations that require high levels of security or face
compliance requirements, RiOS 4.1 provides encryption capability for the data
stored on disk in Steelhead appliances.

"This release from Riverbed brings together functionality that will help
organizations both better plan for and respond in the event of a disaster,"
said Arun Taneja, principal analyst at the Taneja Group. "The layering of
application-specific optimizations for disaster recovery with hardware
optimizations designed for heavy workloads is a breakthrough in WDS."

Steelhead products

Riverbed's WDS solutions enable organizations of all sizes to overcome a
host of severe problems, including poor application performance and insufficient
bandwidth at remote sites. By speeding the performance of applications between
data centers, remote offices and mobile workers by five to 50 times and in some
cases up to 100 times, Riverbed's Steelhead WDS products enable companies to
consolidate IT, improve backup and replication processes to ensure data
integrity, and improve staff productivity and collaboration.