http://www.riverbed.com News from Riverbed en-us Copyright 2010 Riverbed http://www.riverbed.com/rss Riverbed Riverbed Riverbed http://www.riverbed.com/images/logos/riverbed_small3.gif http://www.riverbed.com Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that International Justice Mission (IJM), an international non-profit human rights organization leading the fight against modern-day slavery and other forms of violent oppression, has deployed 15 Riverbed® Steelhead® appliances across all of its offices on four continents to support a successful private cloud initiative, including centralization of Exchange 2007 servers. As a result of the deployment, IJM has dramatically increased data and application access for case workers, cut IT costs by avoiding bandwidth upgrades, and achieved a return on investment (ROI) in 10 months.  Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_083110.php August 31, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced the newest version of its mobile WAN optimization solution, Steelhead® Mobile 3.1. Steelhead Mobile 3.1 builds on the Riverbed® award-winning acceleration solution for workers on the go with a suite of enhancements that gives enterprises flexibility in deploying up-to-date technologies without sacrificing user productivity. With this release, enterprises and governments will be able to take advantage of performance optimizations for Citrix virtual desktops and key Microsoft enterprise applications and protocols for mobile workers.  In addition, Riverbed is introducing the first mobile WAN optimization solution for organizations deploying Apple Mac laptop computers across their mobile workforces.  Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_083010_b.php August 30, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced its participation in the annual VMworld 2010 Conference, taking place August 30-September 2 in San Francisco, California.  Virtualization technology is being widely adopted to build efficiency into existing IT infrastructures and drive cost cutting initiatives, however organizations are still encountering performance barriers to successfully consolidating IT infrastructure into private clouds and at the branch.  At the conference, Riverbed® (booth #536) will showcase how enterprises are using wide area network (WAN) optimization solutions in conjunction with VMware solutions to enable the consolidation of IT resources to private clouds and within the branch office.  Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_083010_a.php August 30, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that Johnna Bowley, senior director of worldwide channels, partner and field marketing, has been recognized by Everything Channel’s CRN Magazine as one of the top Women of the Channel. CRN’s annual list recognizes female executives across vendors’ channel organizations, distributors and solution providers for their accomplishments over the past year and the far-reaching impact they are having on the technology industry going forward. This year’s Women of the Channel were chosen by the editors of CRN Magazine based on their achievements as executives and the amount of influence they wield over the technology channel. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_082410_a.php August 24, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that Carolyn Crandall, vice president of worldwide marketing, has been recognized by Everything Channel’s CRN Magazine as one of the top Women of the Channel. CRN’s annual list recognizes female executives across vendors’ channel organizations, distributors and solution providers for their accomplishments over the past year and the far-reaching impact they are having on the technology industry going forward. This year’s Women of the Channel were chosen by the editors of CRN Magazine based on their achievements as executives and the amount of influence they wield over the technology channel.   Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_082410_b.php August 24, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced its participation at LandWarNet, taking place Aug. 3 – 5, 2010 at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, FL. At the Riverbed® booth (946), the company will demonstrate its award-winning wide area network (WAN) optimization solutions. Riverbed WAN optimization solutions can help military customers consolidate IT assets and improve disaster recovery processes, enabling them to cut costs, without sacrificing data security. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_080310.php August 3, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that its Chief Scientist, Dr. Mark Day, will present at the 2010 Burton Group North America Catalyst Conference taking place July 26-30 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront in San Diego, CA.Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_072810.php July 28, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that Carolyn Crandall has joined the company as vice president of worldwide marketing. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_072610.php July 26, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced the release of Virtual Steelhead™, a virtual version of its Riverbed® Steelhead® wide area network (WAN) optimization appliance. With the release of Virtual Steelhead, Riverbed is extending the reach of its market-leading WAN optimization solutions. Virtual Steelhead enables customers to deploy Riverbed WAN optimization solutions in a wider range of environments that may have specialized requirements, such as ruggedized environments or environments with space limitations, as well as data centers that have been heavily virtualized. Enterprises and governments now have the freedom to choose among physical Steelhead appliances, Steelhead Mobile software and Virtual Steelhead as best suits their various locations. Additionally, service providers and systems integrators that deliver managed services based on Riverbed WAN optimization now have the option to deliver a virtualized solution. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_072210b.php July 22, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ:RVBD), the IT performance company, today reported financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2010 (Q2'10). Revenues for Q2'10 were $126.2 million, up 12.3% compared to the first fiscal quarter of 2010 (Q1'10), and up 38.7% compared to the second quarter of fiscal year 2009 (Q2'09). Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_072210c.php July 22, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that the Riverbed® Steelhead® appliance has achieved an EAL4+ certification under the Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation and Certification Scheme (CCS). By obtaining this certification, Riverbed is assuring federal agencies and departments that its WAN optimization solution meets stringent government requirements mandated for commercial information security products purchased by the U.S. government for use in national security systems. The Riverbed investment in obtaining this certification illustrates the company's commitment to providing the highest level of independently verified information assurance to its customers and partners. The Riverbed Steelhead appliance is the first WAN optimization product to achieve this level of certification. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_072210.php July 22, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), IT performance company, today announced that Gartner has identified Riverbed® in its June 2010 report, "Market Share Analysis: Application Acceleration Equipment, Worldwide, 1Q10",1 as the WOC (WAN optimization controller) Advanced Platform (AP) worldwide market share leader for 1Q10 based on revenue. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_071910.php July 19, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced an extension of its relationship with Microsoft through the delivery of a comprehensive best-of-breed secure Web gateway and WAN optimization solution for organizations with remote offices. The joint solution combines Riverbed® award-winning WAN optimization technology with Microsoft's Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 solution into a single appliance. This offering enables customers to virtualize their branch office infrastructure and deliver LAN-like application performance for branch users while protecting corporate networks from Web security threats such as malware and spam. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_062910.php June 29, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that it has qualified members of the Riverbed® Partner Network (RPN) to provide high-value support services to Riverbed customers through the Riverbed Authorized Support Partner (RASP) program.Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_062110.php June 21, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that it is the recipient of the 2010 Asia Pacific Frost & Sullivan Application Networking Vendor of the Year Award. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_061810.php June 18, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that it has been recognized in Everything Channel's 16th annual 2010 Partner Program Guide (PPG) as one of North America's top information technology (IT) vendors for its Riverbed® Partner Network(RPN) program. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_061610.php June 16, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that Medi-Clinic, one of the largest private hospital groups in the world, has deployed 58 Riverbed Steelhead appliances and the Central Management Console (CMC) at its Southern African operations. The wide area network (WAN) optimization deployment will support Medi-Clinics existing private cloud computing strategy and allow Medi-Clinic to avoid a bandwidth upgrade, which would have cost an additional R5m ($653,000) per year. The company recovered the initial capital investment within 11 months and has seen an 80% improvement in file download speeds, which has resulted in a dramatic improvement in employee productivity. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_061410.php June 14, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that organizations utilizing PTC Windchill for product development can experience enhanced performance with Riverbed wide area network (WAN) optimization. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_060910.php June 9, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced its participation at Storage Decisions Chicago 2010, taking place June 9-10 at the Hilton Chicago in Chicago, IL. Storage Decisions brings together top storage industry experts to discuss best practices and paradigms for data storage infrastructures, including consolidation, automation, data protection and compliance. Attendees can visit the Riverbed booth to learn how the companys wide area network (WAN) optimization solutions enable customers to accelerate applications and data for data centers, public and private cloud environments, branch offices and mobile workers. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_060810.php June 8, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, announced today the release of version 6.1 of the Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS), which powers Riverbed's award-winning wide area network (WAN) optimization solutions. With this release, Riverbed accelerates organizations' pathway to the cloud by providing enhanced acceleration for cloud services and enterprise applications. These enhancements provide organizations more flexibility when determining the best approach for consolidating IT resources to public, private and hybrid cloud environments and ensure that organizations obtain maximum performance regardless of their network architecture. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_060710.php June 7, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced its upcoming participation in the annual Microsoft Tech Ed North America 2010 Conference, taking place June 7-10 in New Orleans, LA. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_060310a.php June 3, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that Johnna Bowley, senior director of global channels, partner and field marketing, has been named a 2010 Channel Chief by Everything Channel's CRN. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_060310b.php June 3, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced the results of a survey conducted at Interop Las Vegas 2010. The survey confirms that businesses of all sizes are moving to consolidate IT resources in an effort to reduce costs and simplify management. Over 350 Interop attendees were surveyed during the three-day exhibition in Las Vegas. The survey results reveal that organizations are rapidly moving towards virtualization and IT consolidation, with 65 percent of those surveyed responding that they have already begun the process of creating a centralized IT environment. As a continuation of Interop Las Vegas, United Business Media this week is hosting a Virtual Interop conference. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_051910.php May 19, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that it has been named the winner of two Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) STAR Awards for Best Practices, in the categories of Emerging Company Support and SMB Service Delivery Optimization. The awards were announced May 5 at the Technology Services World conference in Silicon Valley. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_051710.php May 17, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that it has been recognized by the San Francisco Business Times and its employees as one of the 2010 Best Places to Work in the San Francisco Bay Area. Riverbed received this acknowledgement based upon its employees high regard for the companys corporate philosophy, management best practices, benefits and overall compensation. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_051410.php May 14, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that its Riverbed Steelhead appliances have been awarded the 2009 EMC Partner Solution Award: Offering of the Year Symmetrix. EMC Partner Solution Awards are selected based on business impact, commitment to and leverage of EMC technology, market presence, and revenue. Riverbed has built a repeatable, referenceable wide area network (WAN) optimization solution that combines the Steelhead appliance with the Symmetrix platform. The Riverbed solution dramatically accelerates disaster recovery (DR) operations and reduces bandwidth costs by removing huge amounts of repetitive data from the WAN.Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_051210.php May 12, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced its upcoming participation at EMC World Boston 2010, taking place May 10-13 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_051010.php May 10, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that it has appointed Edward J. Chapman as vice president of cloud storage acceleration products. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_050310.php May 3, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced its participation at Interop Las Vegas 2010 taking place April 26 29 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Riverbed industry experts will lead discussions on private, public and hybrid cloud computing performance, plus the impact of virtualization in the branch office. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_042610.php Apr 26, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ:RVBD), the IT performance company, today reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2010 (Q1'10). Revenues for Q1'10 were $112.4 million, up 27% compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 (Q1'09). Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_042210.php Apr 22, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that it will host its customers and partners, as well as industry thought leaders, at Accelerate '10, The Riverbed Performance Summit, taking place in both North America and Europe. Accelerate '10 is the premier global gathering of leading business and technology executives seeking to build high-performance IT environments. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_042110.php Apr 21, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that Stobart Group, a UK provider of multimodal transport and logistics solutions, has selected and deployed 14 Riverbed Steelhead appliances and the Central Management Console (CMC) across its UK operations. As a result, time taken to access files has dropped by 60 percent and bandwidth utilization has been reduced three-fold, from 90 percent to 30 percent. These results have allowed Stobart Group to build a private cloud, consolidating data from six business units into one centralized location and removing 30 local servers, while avoiding a costly bandwidth upgrade and improving employee collaboration and productivity. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_042010.php Apr 20, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that its WAN optimization solutions have been verified by Brocade Communications Systems Inc. as compatible with the Brocade 7500/FR4-18i Blade, according to the testing requirements of the Brocade Data Center Ready Program. The program is an initiative designed to foster interoperability in multi-vendor Brocade-based data center environments. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_041410.php Apr 14, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, announced today that Gartner has identified Riverbed in its recently announced report, "Market Share: Application Acceleration Equipment, Worldwide, 4Q09 and 2009," 1 as the WOC (WAN optimization controller) Advanced Platform worldwide market share leader for 4Q 2009 based on revenue. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_040710.php Apr 7, 2010 McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE), and Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced a partnership that delivers a best-of-breed and comprehensive security and wide area network (WAN) optimization solution for organizations with remote offices. The one-box solution, which will include a virtual instance of McAfee Firewall Enterprise software running on the award-winning Riverbed Steelhead appliance, enables enterprises to deliver accelerated data and application access to users while protecting critical information and infrastructure from security threats. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_040610.php Apr 6, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced the deployment of Riverbed Steelhead appliances at Federal Heath Sign Company offices across the United States and in Federal Heath's data center located in Willow Brook, IL. As a result of its Riverbed WAN optimization deployment, Federal Heath has increased bandwidth capacity by 3x and reduced data traffic by as much as 98 percent during peak periods, resulting in increased application performance over the WAN. With WAN optimization, Federal Heath has improved employee productivity and collaboration, leading to faster customer service. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_040510_b.php Apr 5, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced its upcoming participation at Computerworld Storage Networking World Spring 2010, taking place April 12-15 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, FL. Storage Networking World is the world's largest and foremost storage networking event, where IT management and professionals learn, network and maximize their company's storage capabilities. At the conference, Riverbed customer Canadian Cancer Society, Ontario Division, and Riverbed technical director Josh Tseng will each present on the significance of wide area network (WAN) optimization solutions in cloud and consolidated IT environments. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_040510.php Apr 5, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that Kamstrup, a Danish manufacturer of system solutions for energy metering, successfully deployed 17 Riverbed Steelhead appliances and the Riverbed Central Management Console (CMC) in 15 countries around the world. As a result of its Riverbed WAN optimization deployment, Kamstrup was able to consolidate its IT infrastructure and data backup systems into one location at its Denmark headquarters to build a private cloud and reduce costs without impacting its network performance. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_032910a.php Mar 29, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, announced today the company is expanding its position within the Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP) by obtaining validation of its Riverbed Steelhead appliance to run Windows Server 2008 R2. Riverbed is the first WAN optimization vendor to obtain SVVP validation for Windows Server 2008 R2. With the combination of Windows Server 2008 R2 infrastructure services and the Riverbed Steelhead appliances, mutual customers can simplify their branch office infrastructure, while at the same time ensuring application performance for end users. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_032910b.php Mar 29, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that one of Australia's premier construction companies, Baulderstone, is using Riverbed WAN optimization solutions, including Steelhead appliances, Steelhead Mobile and the Central Management Console (CMC), to optimize its disaster recovery infrastructure performance and slash its bandwidth costs. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_032310.php Mar 23, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that Exego Group, a major supplier to the automotive industry in Australia and New Zealand, has revved up the performance of its IT infrastructure more than threefold with Riverbed. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_031710.php Mar 17, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that Wes Owen will share infrastructure and architecture firm HNTB's experience with Riverbed wide area network (WAN) optimization solutions at Disaster Recovery Journal's Spring World 2010, taking place at Disney Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, FL, between March 21 - 24. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_031510.php Mar 15, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that Amica Wronki has selected and deployed Riverbed Steelhead appliances and Steelhead Mobile. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_021610.php Feb 16, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced the Riverbed Steelhead 7050 model wide area network (WAN) optimization appliance. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_020910.php Feb 9, 2010 Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, a business segment of Arrow Electronics Inc. [NYSE: ARW], and Riverbed Technology [NASDAQ: RVBD], the information technology infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, have signed a North American distribution agreement. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_020810_b.php Feb 8, 2010 Avnet Technology Solutions, a solutions distribution leader and operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), and Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced they have signed a distribution agreement. Avnet will distribute Riverbed's complete line of IT infrastructure optimization appliances and tools through its value-added reseller partner community in North America. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_020810.php Feb 8, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced participation in the following upcoming events with the financial community... Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_020410b.php Feb 4, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that the Midea Group, a leading manufacturer of household appliances in China, has deployed Riverbed Steelhead appliances in its headquarters and production bases nationwide to improve the performance of key business applications for its China workforce, while reducing overall bandwidth usage. The deployment of the Riverbed solution has enabled the Midea Group to reduce its wide area network (WAN) traffic volume by up to 60 percent and accelerate applications by 6.3 times, which has improved collaboration between remote sites. With the Riverbed WAN optimization solution in place, the Midea Group is able to consider decreasing WAN bandwidth to lower IT costs. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_020410.php Feb 4, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that Michael Boustridge has been appointed to its board of directors. Boustridge currently serves as President, BT Global Services Multi-National Corporations. As Riverbed plans for future growth, the company will leverage Boustridge's deep knowledge of the service provider market as well as his expertise in delivering successful operational results for global companies. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_020310.php Feb 3, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ:RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today reported financial results for its fourth quarter (Q4'09) and fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 (FY'09). Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_020210.php Feb 2, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ:RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that Mark S. Lewis has been appointed to the board of directors. Lewis currently serves as president of the Content Management and Archiving Division at EMC Corporation. As a Director on the Riverbed board, Lewis will provide guidance on the company's corporate vision and technology innovations. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_020210b.php Feb 2, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, announced today that it will participate at LegalTech New York 2010 (booth #434), taking place February 1-3 at the Hilton New York Hotel. LegalTech offers law firms and legal departments the ability to improve their law practice management with the newest advances in technology. At the conference, Riverbed will showcase its award-winning wide area network (WAN) optimization solutions, which allow law firms to improve performance of applications, improve file-sharing and consolidate data management while reducing costs. As a result of deploying Riverbed WAN optimization law firms are able to improve worker efficiency and collaboration. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_020110b.php Feb 1, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that Idex Groupe, one of France's largest private energy and environmental services companies, has deployed 62 Riverbed Steelhead appliances, the Riverbed Central Management Console (CMC)and implemented Steelhead Mobile for up to 40 concurrent users. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_020110.php Feb 1, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced enhancements to its award-winning worldwide partner network program intended to expand the company's reach and create new initiatives for the success of Riverbed, its customers, and its partners. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_012610.php Jan 26, 2010 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced enhancements to Cascade, its advanced network and application performance analysis and visibility solution. The newest version, Cascade 8.4 provides enhanced reporting and integration with Riverbed WAN optimization that enable organizations to better assess, adapt and accelerate network performance. With Cascade 8.4, Riverbed allows enterprises to proactively monitor the end-user application experience in real-time. In addition, Cascade 8.4 integrates with Riverbed Steelhead appliances to measure performance within optimized environments. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_012510.php Jan 25, 2010 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, announced today that electric power distributor Escelsa part of the EDP Energias de Portugal holding has implemented Riverbed wide area network (WAN) optimization technology to support its IT consolidation initiative. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_011810.php Jan 18, 2010 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that Groupe MORNAY, a Paris-based social welfare company, has selected and deployed 16 Riverbed Steelhead appliances and the Riverbed Central Management Console (CMC) as part of a managed service offering from Orange Business Services. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_011110.php Jan 11, 2010 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that it has received the highest marks from TheInfoPro in its "Networking Study Vendor Performance Report Wave 6." According to TheInfoPro, Riverbed came out on top, receiving the highest combined score in the Promise Index and Fulfillment Index based on superior customer satisfaction ratings. Further validating the high marks in TheInfoPro study, testimonies in the recently launched Riverbed Performance Hall of Fame provide a snapshot of satisfied customers and improved performance. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_010610.php Jan 6, 2010 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that Gartner has identified Riverbed in its recent December 2009 report, "Market Share: Application Acceleration Equipment, Worldwide 3Q09", as the WOC (WAN optimization controller) Advanced Platform (AP) worldwide market share leader for 3Q 2009 based on revenue. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_121809.php Dec 18, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that Polycom (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in telepresence, video, and voice solutions, has deployed award-winning Riverbed WAN optimization solutions, including Steelhead appliances, Steelhead Mobile and the Central Management Console (CMC), across its organization. As a result of the deployment, Polycom has dramatically increased data and application access for employees and cut IT costs by avoiding bandwidth upgrades. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_120909b.php Dec 9, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced its participation at the National Guard Bureau Joint Information Technology Conference (NGBC) taking place December 7-10 at the Disney's Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, FL. The purpose of NGBC is to bring Army National Guard and Air National Guard Information Technology professionals together to review the various IT structures within, and related to, the National Guard's dual role (state and federal) and discuss opportunities for integrated solutions. Attendees can visit Riverbed at booth #1019 to learn how the company's wide area network (WAN) optimization solutions are deployed to speed communications and improve collaboration and operational efficiency. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_120909.php Dec 9, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced the deployment of 22 Riverbed Steelhead appliances at Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group's hotels and offices worldwide. As a result of its Riverbed WAN optimization deployment, Mandarin Oriental has dramatically accelerated its corporate Intranet site and customer relationship management (CRM) system, resulting in reduced business costs and improved customer satisfaction. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_113009.php Nov 30, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that it has been named a PilotHouse Award Top Provider by Nemertes Research. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_112509.php Nov 25, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that Stena Drilling, a leading global provider and operator of offshore drilling rigs and drillships, has deployed Riverbed Steelhead appliances and Steelhead Mobile at various onshore and offshore locations worldwide. The deployment has allowed Stena to avoid both a costly bandwidth upgrade as well as additional investment in IT infrastructure. At the same time, Stena has seen a 30x improvement in file download times and enhanced staff collaboration. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_112309.php Nov 23, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced its product direction for accelerating the cloud for enterprises and government. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_111709.php Nov 17, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, will discuss its product direction for accelerating the cloud in a webcast on November 17, 2009, at 5:00 p.m. ET. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_111009b.php Nov 10, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced its participation at Interop New York 2009 taking place November 16-20, 2009 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. Riverbed industry expert will lead conference discussions regarding IT infrastructure and private cloud performance, the impact of IT virtualization on applications and networks and the competitive landscape of WAN optimization solutions. Additionally, Emile Rashkovich, chief information officer of Riverbed customer Sentinel Real Estate Corporation, will participate in the CIO Boot Camp to provide strategies for surviving the current economic environment. To provide additional insight on Riverbed WAN optimization solutions and benefits, Riverbed customers will present their real-world cloud performance results at the Riverbed booth during expo hours. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_111009.php Nov 10, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced upcoming enhancements to its Mobile WAN optimization solution to address the productivity challenges global organizations face when managing remote and mobile workforces. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_110209b.php Nov 2, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced its participation at TechNet Asia-Pacific 2009, taking place November 2-5 at the Sheraton Waikiki and Royal Hawaiian Hotels in Honolulu, HI. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_110209.php Nov 2, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that it ranked number 21 on Technology Fast 500, Deloitte LLP's ranking of 500 of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_102609.php Oct 26, 2009 With more than 300 attorneys in 11 offices throughout North America, full-service law firm Lathrop & Gage is continuously seeking ways to better serve its clients and improve collaboration among offices. As part of these efforts, the firm recently installed Polycom high-definition telepresence systems and Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD) wide area network (WAN) optimization solutions to improve inter-office collaboration, client meetings, and the conducting of remote depositions, resulting in dramatic improvement in the quality of client support and attorney productivity. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_102209b.php Oct 22, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today reported financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2009 (Q3'09). Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_102209.php Oct 22, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced the upcoming release of version 6.0 of the Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS), which powers Riverbed's award-winning WAN optimization solutions. With RiOS 6.0, Riverbed continues to deliver industry-leading performance for the broadest range of applications and platforms being used in today's distributed IT and cloud infrastructure environments. Riverbed continues to enable organizations to support more users on more platforms, with RiOS 6.0 featuring new and improved support for Citrix XenApp, Mac clients, Oracle E-Business Suite 12 and many web applications, such as Microsoft SharePoint and SAP. In addition, Riverbed is building upon its lead in delivering solutions to enhance disaster recovery (DR) scalability with new features and higher performance for data center-to-data center replication. This enhanced version of Riverbed WAN optimization is the most comprehensive to date, providing organizations the best approach for their distributed IT and private cloud infrastructures. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_101909b.php Oct 19, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced its participation at MILCOM 2009 taking place October 18-21 at the Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center in Boston, MA. MILCOM is the premier international conference for military communications products and services, attracting commanders from all branches of the armed forces, representatives of the Department of Defense and federal government, and the heads of multi-national forces from around the globe. Attendees can visit Riverbed at booth #838 to learn how the company's wide area network (WAN) optimization solutions enhance satellite communications and improve operational efficiency within military organizations. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_101909.php Oct 19, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced its participation at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2009 taking place October 18-22 at Walt Disney World Dolphin in Orlando, FL. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_101409.php Oct 14, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that Gartner has identified Riverbed in its recent September 2009 report,"Market Share: Application Acceleration Equipment, Worldwide 2Q09", as the WOC (WAN optimization controller) Advanced Platform (AP) worldwide market share leader for 2Q 2009 based on revenue. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_101409b.php Oct 14, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that ABD Insurance and Financial Services (ABDI) has deployed Riverbed Steelhead appliances in its two data centers and at each of its 14 branch offices. ABDI obtained a return on investment in 10 months while reducing bandwidth usage, improving disaster recovery processes, and accelerating access to email for more than 800 employees. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_101309.php Oct 13, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced increased scalability and flexibility for large-scale wide area network (WAN) optimization deployments with the introduction of the new Interceptor 9350 appliance and enhanced Riverbed software. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_101209.php Oct 12, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that it will be participating at Computerworld Storage Networking World Fall, taking place October 12-15 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix, Arizona. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_100709a.php Oct 7, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that its award-winning WAN optimization solutions have undergone successful assessment by the Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC). Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_100709b.php Oct 7, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that Waltons, South Africa's largest stationery and office equipment company, has successfully deployed 50 Riverbed Steelhead appliances at locations throughout South Africa in order to optimize bandwidth and improve ERP transaction time. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_100509.php Oct 5, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced its participation at the 2009 Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX 2009) to be held from October 18 to 22, 2009 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_100409.php Oct 4, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK) has deployed 22 Riverbed Steelhead appliances across its branches in Poland, as well as Steelhead Mobile on the laptops of its mobile employees, which has allowed the company to reduce operational costs by centralizing its IT infrastructure to one location. The Riverbed solution has also reduced bandwidth utilization by 98 percent. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_100109.php Oct 1, 2009 Enterprises are seeing more employees work outside of the office in an effort to take advantage of flexible work schedules and better connect with customers in the field. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_092109.php Sep 21, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced its participation in Storage Decisions New York 2009, taking place September 22-23, 2009 at the Hilton New York in New York City. Storage Decisions brings together top storage industry experts and industry analysts to discuss best practices and paradigms for growth regarding data storage infrastructures, including consolidation, automation, data protection and compliance. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_091809.php Sep 18, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced the promotion of Venugopal Pai to vice president of global alliances. In this role Pai will continue to outline the strategy and oversee execution of the alliances program, including jointly developing, marketing and delivering solutions to enterprise customers, thereby driving value to all the companies within the alliances ecosystem. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_090909.php Sep 09, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that the company's wide area network (WAN) optimization solutions support the recently announced VMware vSphere 4. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_090109.php Sep 01, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced Grupo Paranapanema has implemented Riverbed Steelhead appliances in its five industrial plants. As a result of its deployment, Grupo Paranapanema has improved the performance of its mission-critical applications by 5X and reduced its backup windows by 10X. With the performance provided by Riverbed, the Group was able to centralize its IT infrastructure without sacrificing remote employee productivity and user satisfaction, as well as improve its overall disaster recovery processes. In addition, the Group avoided expensive bandwidth upgrades of over $200,000 per year. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_083109.php Aug 31, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced its participation at VMworld 2009, taking place Aug. 31 Sept. 3 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_082709.php Aug 27, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that Staging Connections Group Limited (SCGL), Asia Pacific's premier event staging services company, has deployed Riverbed Steelhead appliances at its 11 national Staging Connections offices. As a result, the company has quadrupled its application performance, reduced its data replication times, and recorded a return on investment of less than three months by avoiding expensive bandwidth upgrades. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_082509.php Aug 25, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, announced today that it will participate at ILTA (International Legal Technology Association) '09, taking place August 23 27 at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center in National Harbor, Maryland. ILTA is an event for peer networking and educational programs for legal technology professionals. Attendees can visit Riverbed and learn about Riverbed award-winning WAN optimization solutions at booth #105. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_082409.php Aug 24, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, announced its participation at LandWarNet, taking place Aug. 18 20, 2009 at the Greater Ft. Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_081809.php Aug 18, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today introduced its Central Management Console Virtual Edition (CMC-VE) designed for managed service providers (MSPs). CMC-VE gives MSPs a multi-tenant solution to manage multiple sets of Steelhead appliance deployments, each dedicated to a discrete customer. As a result, MSPs can scale central management capabilities for their customers as they grow and easily bring on new customerswithout purchasing and deploying new hardware. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_081009.php Aug 10, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that Mantrac Group, an authorized Caterpillar dealer, has deployed 11 Riverbed Steelhead appliances, resulting in an estimated savings of nearly $300,000 per year. The Riverbed solution has enabled Mantrac Group to reduce its bandwidth costs by almost 75 percent and delivered an ROI within just 10 months. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_080609.php Aug 6, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that it has installed a range of Riverbed Steelhead appliances at three of Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd's sites across New Zealand. Solid Energy's use of the Steelhead appliances has dramatically improved the performance of key applications and data transfers between distributed sites, which in turn has improved the ability of Solid Energy's staff to share information and boosted user productivity. With the performance gains provided by Riverbed, Solid Energy is now able to consider moving to a more consolidated IT infrastructure model in the future. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_080309.php Aug 3, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that Hitachi Data Systems has qualified its market-leading Steelhead appliances, which allow companies to optimize Disaster Recovery (DR) processes between data centers while reducing overall IT costs. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_073009.php July 30, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, announced that EPC Engenharia Projeto Consultoria S/A, Brazil-based experts in engineering consulting, projects, supply management, and project management for large corporations, has deployed Riverbed Steelhead appliances at locations in Brazil. EPC's Riverbed deployment has allowed the company to enjoy the benefits of IT consolidation without sacrificing end user performance. EPC experienced a return on investment in just three months. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_072909.php July 29, 2009 In a panel discussion about optimizing wide-area network (WAN) investments to support global operations, senior IT executives confirmed that there is growing interest from C-level executives regarding the health of the WAN today and the options for managing this important resource in the future. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_072809.php July 28, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ:RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today reported financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2009 (Q2'09). Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_072309.php July 23, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced new Steelhead Mobile capabilities that allow organizations of all sizes to deploy a cost-effective mobile WAN optimization solution with increased scalability, speed and simplicity. In this release, Riverbed is introducing Steelhead Mobile Controller-Virtual Edition (SMC-VE), increased capacity for the Steelhead Mobile Controller (SMC) appliance, and additional application-level latency optimization for Steelhead Mobile. Organizations from small-to-mid-size businesses (SMBs) to the largest global corporations can take advantage of these new features to provide their mobile workforce with LAN-like access to corporate files and applications. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_072009.php July 20, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that global architectural design company Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) has deployed Riverbed Steelhead appliances across its organization to improve employee collaboration and enhance its now centralized disaster recovery (DR) solution. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_071409a.php July 14, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced the successful deployment of Riverbed Steelhead WAN Optimization appliances by the Republic of Korea Navy. By implementing the Riverbed solution, the South Korean Navy has improved naval command and control via increased satellite bandwidth speeds of over 5X, in the process helping to satisfy military requirements for rapid, secure and reliable communications. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_071409b.php July 14, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner in the leaders quadrant in the "WAN Optimization Controller (WOC) Magic Quadrant, 2009" published in June 2009 and authored by Andy Rolfe, Joe Skorupa and Severine Real. According to Gartner, "Leaders exhibit an ability to shape the market by introducing additional capabilities in their product offerings and by raising awareness of the importance of these features. We expect a Leader to be growing the market as a whole, and to have solutions that resonate with an increasing number of enterprises. Leaders in the WOC market need to have a broad feature set, including QoS, generic compression, protocol acceleration and file system acceleration, with the majority of features proven in substantial real-world implementations. They also need to be able to offer sales and support on a global basis." Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_071309b.php July 13, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that Gartner has identified the company in its recent July 2009 report, "Market Share: Application Acceleration Equipment, Worldwide 1Q09" as the WOC (WAN optimization controller) Advanced Platform (AP) worldwide market share leader for 1Q 2009 based on revenue. According to Gartner's market share report, Riverbed sustained strong growth to maintain its lead with 31.4% share. In the same report, Riverbed is named the market share leader in the WOC category with 24.2% market share. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_071309a.php July 13, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that Bugaboo, manufacturer of innovative pushchairs for babies and toddlers, has deployed 10 Riverbed Steelhead appliances and Steelhead Mobile to speed the performance of its centralized IT infrastructure and improve employee productivity and customer service. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_062909.php June 29, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced the deployment of Riverbed Steelhead appliances at all seventeen of Korn/Ferry International's Asia-Pacific offices. The Steelhead appliances have accelerated Korn/Ferry International's key business applications by more than 6X, while drastically reducing its wide area network (WAN) traffic volume. As a result, employee productivity and satisfaction with resource accessibility have increased, and Korn/Ferry International's employees are now able to collaborate across regions without delay. In addition, deployment of the Riverbed solution allowed Korn/Ferry International to avoid a network upgrade, thus saving the organization substantial costs. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_062209.php June 22, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that wagering, gaming and lottery operator Tatts Group has selected and deployed Riverbed Steelhead appliances at three locations in Australia. The Steelhead appliances have made the Tatts Group's key IT applications run up to four times faster, improving employee productivity and saving the company considerable IT infrastructure costs. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_061509.php June 15, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that it will showcase its award-winning WAN optimization solutions at the HP Technology Forum & Expo 2009 taking place June 15 18 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_061209.php June 12, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that Riverbed customer HDR Inc., an award-winning architectural, engineering and consulting firm, will speak at the AEC Technology Strategies 2009 Conference, taking place June 11-12, 2009 at Green Valley Ranch Resort and Spa in Las Vegas, regarding its experience with Riverbed WAN optimization solutions to enable a more agile and high-performance IT infrastructure. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_061009.php June 10, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that Petrobras, a Brazilian energy company currently present in 27 countries, has improved communication between 40 offshore oil-drilling platforms and the continent using Riverbed wide area network (WAN) optimization technology. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_060909a.php June 9, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today introduced enhanced features to streamline the visibility and reporting efforts of organizations deploying WAN optimization. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_060909b.php June 9, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced it has been awarded the 2009 STAR Award for Best Practices in Emerging Company Support by the Service and Support Professionals Association (SSPA), an industry association for technology service and support professionals. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_052909a.php May 29, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that it will participate at Storage Decisions, taking place June 1 2, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago, IL. Storage Decisions has earned a reputation as the must-attend conference for IT professionals responsible for figuring out how best to store ever-growing volumes of data. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_052909b.php May 29, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, announced today that architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) firms utilizing Autodesk's AutoCAD 2010 software will experience the same performance benefits that Riverbed customers using AutoCAD have seen for years. Based on results of tests performed by Riverbed and Autodesk, Riverbed WAN optimization solutions can accelerate AutoCAD 2010 by up to 100 times - while typically cutting WAN bandwidth consumption by 50% to 90%. By dramatically accelerating the performance of AutoCAD 2010 over the WAN, distributed AEC firms can quickly access large files for the design and development of new projects, resulting in real-time collaboration for employees in multi-site environments, and a reduction in operational and IT financial investments. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_052609.php May 26, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, and Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) today announced that the two companies have joined forces to offer enterprise customers Websense's industry-leading Web security solutions combined with market-leading WAN optimization from Riverbed. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_052109.php May 21, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that environmental and engineering company Dudek has successfully deployed Riverbed Steelhead Mobile to enhance the efficiency of employees at remote jobsites. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_052009.php May 20, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced a partnership with Check Point Software Technologies (Nasdaq: CHKP) to provide enterprise customers a single solution that combines Riverbed award-winning WAN optimization technology with Check Point's leading security software. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_051909.php May 19, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that as part of its participation in the HP ProCurve Open Network Ecosystem (HP ProCurve ONE), Riverbed will be demonstrating at Interop Las Vegas 2009 the Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS), which powers its Steelhead product family, running on the HP ProCurve ONE Services zl module. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_051809.php May 18, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that its Chief Scientist, Dr. Mark Stuart Day, will present at the 2009 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference taking place May 17 21, 2009 at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, FL. DoDIIS is an intelligence community conference featuring high-level speakers and a technology exposition. During his presentation, Dr. Day will provide insight on how WAN optimization and application acceleration in secure environments can enable the intelligence technology transformation efforts and the intelligence sharing needs of the national security community. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_051509.php May 15, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ:RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced participation in the following upcoming events with the financial community... Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_051509b.php May 15, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that it will participate as an exhibitor at Interop Las Vegas 2009 taking place May 17 21 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. In addition, Riverbed industry experts will lead discussions surrounding IT infrastructure performance, including the evolution of application delivery, next-generation data centers and the competitive landscape of WAN optimization solutions. Attendees can visit Riverbed at booth #1359, and can learn more about the conference at www.interop.com. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_051409.php May 14, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that it will participate at EMC World 2009 taking place May 18 21 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL. In addition to visiting the Riverbed booth (#737), attendees can listen to Riverbed spokesperson Nik Rouda provide insight on the role of wide area network (WAN) optimization in EMC replication environments. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_051409b.php May 14, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that it has forged a deeper relationship with Microsoft to provide enterprises with distributed workers and offices the best possible performance for their Microsoft-based applications and services and to simplify their IT infrastructure. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_051109.php May 11, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced its participation in the annual Microsoft TechEd North America 2009 conference, taking place May 11-15 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. At the conference, Riverbed will showcase its WAN optimization products, which provide end-to-end network and application visibility and which enable organizations running Microsoft environments to dramatically improve application performance and achieve consolidation without disruption. In addition, Riverbed will be one of the vendors in the Windows Services for the Branch booth featured in the Microsoft Technical Learning Center. This booth will showcase the Windows Server on the Steelhead appliance. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_050809.php May 8, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ:RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that OMV, one of Europe's leading oil and gas companies, has deployed Riverbed Steelhead appliances and Steelhead Mobile client software across its Australian and New Zealand operations. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_042909.php Apr 29, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ:RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2009 (Q1'09). Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_042309.php Apr 23, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that China Continent Property and Casualty Insurance Company Ltd. (CCIC), one of the top five property insurance companies in China, has deployed award-winning Riverbed WAN optimization solutions, including Steelhead appliances, Steelhead Mobile and the Central Management Console (CMC). The deployment was initiated to increase worker productivity and optimize IT infrastructure in order to support CCIC's core business expansion. As a result, CCIC has significantly enhanced the company's application performance and at the same time reduced its bandwidth utilization by more than 70 percent, which in turn enabled the deployment of additional applications without incremental bandwidth costs. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_042209.php Apr 22, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that the Riverbed Steelhead appliance received a Gold Award in the WAN Optimization / Application Delivery Products category of the SearchEnterpriseWAN.com 2009 Product Leadership Awards. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_041509.php Apr 15, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced plans to expand the Riverbed User Group (RVUG) Program after successfully completing the program's initial year. The global program is built upon the original online customer community forum, which has more than 50% of Riverbed customers as registered members. The RVUG program will now expand its support for user-driven meetings in over 20 regions worldwide. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_040609.php Apr 6, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced its participation at Storage Networking World Spring 2009 taking place April 6-9, 2009 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel and Resort in Orlando, Florida. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_040109.php Apr 1, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced it has been recognized by Everything Channel as one of North America's top information-technology (IT) vendors for its Riverbed Partner Network (RPN) program. Riverbed recently announced the launch of its global RPN with enhancements to the Value-added Resellers Program within North America. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_033009.php Mar 30, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that global electrical components company Lucy Switchgear has deployed Riverbed Steelhead appliances across its organization. Following deployment, Lucy Switchgear bandwidth requirements have dropped by 50 percent, and as a result the company avoided a costly upgrade to its wide area network. In addition, employee productivity and global collaboration at Lucy Switchgear have improved as file download times have dropped from several minutes to as little as seconds. According to Lucy Switchgear, Riverbed is now an essential part of its IT infrastructure. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_032509.php Mar 25, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced its participation at the SATELLITE 2009 conference taking place March 24 27 at the Walter E. Washington Center in Washington, DC. At the conference, Riverbed will exhibit its WAN optimization solutions, which allow organizations to access applications across a satellite wide area network (WAN) while reducing costs. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_031809.php Mar 18, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that Carhartt, a Michigan-based manufacturer of premium workwear, has purchased and installed Riverbed Steelhead appliances at locations in North America and Europe. Carhartt deployed the Steelhead appliances to speed performance of its centralized applications and to accommodate growth in Europe. Carhatt experienced a 10-month payback period on its Riverbed investment. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_031009.php Mar 10, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced its participation in the annual FOSE 2009 conference, taking place March 10 12 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. At the conference, Riverbed will showcase its award-winning WAN optimization solutions that liberate government organizations from common IT constraints by dramatically improving application performance, enabling consolidation without disruption, and providing end-to-end network and application visibility. Riverbed IT infrastructure performance solutions drive mission effectiveness and enable government agencies and departments to meet mandates for telework, green computing, continuity of operations (COOP) and cost-cutting. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_030609b.php Mar 6, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that, in accordance with NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4350 (i)(1)(A)(iv), it has granted inducement stock options covering an aggregate of 390,075 shares of common stock to fifty-seven non-officer employees. All of the optionees are former employees of Mazu Networks, Inc., which was acquired by Riverbed in February 2009. Each option has been classified as a non-qualified stock option, has an exercise price equal to the fair market value on the grant date, and has a seven-year term. Each option vests over four years, with 25% vesting on the one-year anniversary of the applicable vesting commencement date, and then equal monthly amounts vesting over the following three years. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_030609a.php Mar 6, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced enhancements to its global Riverbed Partner Network (RPN), with specific enhancements to the RPN Value-added Resellers Program within North America. The RPN is a worldwide channel program that enables and rewards channel partners, including service integrators, service providers, value-added resellers (VARs) and distributors that distribute and resell Riverbed award-winning technology. New program features in North America include VAR categorization, forward investment and channel rewards from Riverbed that enhance its partners' business opportunities. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_030309.php Mar 3, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that Milacron Inc., a leading global supplier of plastics-processing technologies and industrial fluids, has successfully deployed Riverbed Steelhead appliances worldwide to increase application acceleration for its global organization. The deployment of the Riverbed solution has enabled Milacron's employees to collaborate faster while allowing Milacron to avoid expensive bandwidth upgrades. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_030209.php Mar 2, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, announced today that its WAN optimization solution won the highest honor, a gold award, in Storage Magazine's 2008 Storage Products of the Year Awards, Networking equipment category. The Riverbed WAN optimization solution has been previously recognized in the same category by Storage Magazine, winning the Silver award in 2007 and the Bronze award in 2006. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_022409.php Feb 24, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Mazu Networks. Riverbed also announced that it has appointed Mazu CEO Paul Brady to run the Riverbed Application Intelligence Business Unit. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_022009.php Feb 20, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced its participation at VMworld Europe 2009, taking place February 24-26 at The Palais des Festivals in Cannes. In addition, Riverbed customer Lantmnnen, one of the largest groups in the food, energy and agricultural industries in the Nordic region, will share its real-world experience of its WAN optimization implementation to drastically reduce IT infrastructure costs by eliminating latency and bandwidth issues while delivering LAN-like performance to remote users. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_021909.php Feb 19, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, announced today that it has licensed Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for integration on the Riverbed Steelhead appliance through the Riverbed Services Platform (RSP). The RSP is a virtualized partition within the Steelhead appliance that allows customers to deploy applications critical to the branch office as virtualized services on the appliance, enabling them to further consolidate their IT infrastructure. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_021709.php Feb 17, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO February 6, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, and its customer Bucyrus International will present at SolidWorks World 2009 taking place February 8 11, 2009 at Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Hotel. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_020609.php Feb 6, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today reported financial results for its fourth quarter (Q4'08) and fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (FY'08). Revenues for Q4'08 were $92.2 million. Revenues for Q4'08 increased 21% from $76.3 million reported in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2007 (Q4'07) and increased 7% from $86.5 million reported in the third quarter of fiscal year 2008 (Q3'08). Revenues for FY'08 were $333.3 million, a 41% increase from $236.4 million of revenues in fiscal year 2007 (FY'07). Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_020309b.php Feb 3, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that it has obtained EMC qualification for its market-leading Steelhead appliances, which allows companies to accelerate disaster recovery processes while reducing overall IT costs, to work with Symmetrix Remote Data Facility/Asynchronous product (SRDF/A). SRDF is EMC's business continuity solution that provides a host-independent, mirrored data storage solution for duplicating production site data to one or more physically separated Symmetrix enterprise storage systems. EMC E-Lab qualification means that joint customers can now deploy Riverbed's wide area network (WAN) optimization solutions deep into their largest data centers with confidence. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_020309.php Feb 3, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, will participate in the annual LegalTech New York 2009 conference, taking place February 2-4 at the Hilton New York Hotel. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_013009.php Jan 30, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that the company is working with HP ProCurve to deliver WAN optimization through the HP ProCurve Open Network Ecosystem (HP ProCurve ONE), a new multi-vendor alliance program. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_012609.php Jan 26, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD) and Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel), Asia's leading communications group, announced today that they are collaborating to provide the SingTel Traffic Optimization and Profiling Service Application Accelerator (TOPS AA) service based on Riverbed's WAN optimization solutions. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_012109.php Jan 21, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD) today announced it has agreed to acquire Mazu Networks, a privately-owned company that helps organizations manage, secure and optimize the availability and performance of global applications. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_012009a.php Jan 20, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ:RVBD) today announced that it expects fourth quarter fiscal 2008 revenues of approximately $91 to $92 million, representing a Riverbed record for quarterly revenue, and approximately 20% growth over the same period one year ago. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_012009b.php Jan 20, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD) today announced that InfoWorld has named Riverbed Steelhead appliances running RiOS 5.0 as the winner of the best WAN Accelerator of 2009 award. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_011409.php Jan 14, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD) today announced that the New South Wales Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) has selected and deployed a range of Riverbed Steelhead appliances, and also the Steelhead Mobile client acceleration software, at 101 distributed sites across NSW. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_011309.php Jan 13, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the technology and market leader in WAN optimization, today announced that its customer, Canadian Cancer Society (Ontario Division), is among the winners of the 2008 InfoWorld 100 awards. The annual awards name 100 companies that have made the best use of technology to enhance their business. The InfoWorld 100 awards celebrate IT projects that use technology in smart, innovative, creative ways to meet business and technical objectives. This is the second consecutive year that Riverbed customers have been recognized by InfoWorld 100 for success with WAN optimization deployments. Last year's winners included Riverbed customers Gensler and Defense Contract Management Agency. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_011209.php Jan 12, 2009 Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the technology and market leader in WAN optimization, today announced that its customer, Canadian Cancer Society (Ontario Division), is among the winners of the 2008 InfoWorld 100 awards. The annual awards name 100 companies that have made the best use of technology to enhance their business. The InfoWorld 100 awards celebrate IT projects that use technology in smart, innovative, creative ways to meet business and technical objectives. This is the second consecutive year that Riverbed customers have been recognized by InfoWorld 100 for success with WAN optimization deployments. Last year's winners included Riverbed customers Gensler and Defense Contract Management Agency. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_010709.php Jan 07, 2009 Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the technology and market leader in WAN optimization, today announced that mobile phone operator The Zain Group has selected and deployed Riverbed Steelhead; appliances at 75 sites. As a result, the company has experienced increased application acceleration and a return on investment in seven months. Full Story... http://www.riverbed.com/company/news/press_releases/press_010609.php Jan 06, 2009