Thousands of customers have chosen Riverbed Technology, the market leader in enterprise-class wide-area data services (WDS) solutions. Our Steelhead Appliance and Steelhead Mobile software enable application acceleration, IT consolidation, WAN bandwidth optimization, and faster WAN backup – for customers in all industries.
Unlike point products that attempt to improve the WAN - like WAFS, WAN optimization, and web application acceleration - WDS is the only complete solution that delivers improved business performance and cost savings
THE STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE OF WIDE-AREA DATA SERVICES
Businesses all over the world in all industries are turning to wide-area data services (WDS) in order to accelerate business operations while controlling IT costs. Through technical solutions like application acceleration, IT consolidation and virtualization, faster WAN backup, and bandwidth optimization, WDS is enabling businesses to leverage their IT infrastructure in ways that they had never imagined possible.
Steelhead appliances and Steelhead Mobile software enable wide-area data services (WDS) for enterprises of all sizes. These products make it easy for organizations to accelerate the applications that are most important to their users, anywhere in the world. Steelhead appliances are available in a range of sizes to meet the needs of any remote office - from small sales offices with just a few people, to major design centers and corporate facilities with thousands of employees. Steelhead Mobile software enables workers on the move to enjoy LAN-like access to files and applications whether they are working from home, on the road, or even at customer sites.
Every Steelhead product comes with the Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS):
Data Streamlining optimizes all WAN traffic by removing all redundant data and prioritizing traffic through advanced QoS mechanisms
Transport Streamlining improves the behavior of TCP
Application Streamlining reduces application protocol inefficiencies and enables disconnected operations
Management Streamlining simplifies the deployment, maintenance, and management of the appliances.