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Riverbed Revolutionizes Networking with Launch of New Application-Defined SD-WAN Solution for a Cloud-Centric WorldIn a major move to revolutionize networking, Riverbed (News - Alert) Technology, the application performance company, today launched Riverbed SteelConnect™, an SD-WAN (software-defined wide area network) solution that offers a radically new approach to networking in a cloud-centric world. Leveraging its deep application knowledge, Riverbed is delivering an application-defined approach to networking, with SteelConnect uniquely designed to enable business-intent policies for applications to provide the performance and agility enterprises need today. SteelConnect is the industry's first and only product to unify network connectivity and orchestration of application delivery across hybrid WANs, remote LANs and cloud networks such as AWS (available today) and Microsoft (News - Alert) Azure (later this year). This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160426005558/en/ Riverbed SteelConnect provides an intuitive graphical user interface that supports an agile and intent-based workflow for managing networks. With SteelConnect, operators can design every aspect of a distributed network before deploying any hardware. Zero-touch provisioning then provides instant deployment of physical devices into a network. (Photo: Business Wire) With a fully integrated line of secure WAN gateways, remote LAN switches and Wi-Fi access points, all managed centrally through a cloud console with an intuitive and graphical user interface, SteelConnect dramatically simplifies and streamlines the process of designing, deploying and managing distributed networks, enabling organizations to modernize their network architecture to realize the full potential of digital transformation. "The market is going through one of the largest transformations ever, with organizations moving quickly to adopt more digital and cloud services and hybrid networks," said Jerry M. Kennelly, Riverbed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Unfortunately, legacy approaches to managing distributed networks and routing - which are hardware-bound, hard-coded, inflexible and error-prone - haven't changed much in 20 years. We believe SteelConnect has the potential to disrupt the multi-billion dollar branch office router market and re-define networking as we know it today. With SteelConnect, we're delivering an application-defined networking solution that leverages Riverbed's application DNA and integrates industry-leading visibility, to provide the agility, simplicity and speed enterprises need to manage today's complex cloud and hybrid architectures." Tweet This: Riverbed launches #SteelConnect a new application-defined SD-WAN solution for a cloud-centric world: http://rvbd.ly/26gWq6Q Industry analyst projections indicate enormous pent-up demand for newer and better approaches to networking. Gartner expects SD-WAN uptake to grow from less than 1% of enterprises today to 30% of enterprises by the end of 2019, and IDC (News - Alert) expects the worldwide SD-WAN market to grow from less than $225 million in 2015 to more than $6 billion in 20202. "We're seeing very strong interest in SD-WAN, driven by the complexity in hybrid clouds and networks, the need to drive efficiencies, and the desire for flexibility to easily shift workloads and deploy new applications and services," said Brad Casemore, Research Director, IDC. "Riverbed is well positioned in the emerging market for SD-WAN and the broader enterprise branch networking opportunity, with a differentiated initial offering in SteelConnect, and a strategic roadmap that leverages Riverbed's experience providing network and application visibility and optimization." "SteelConnect represents a complete rethink of how networks should be built and managed in today's cloud-centric world," said Paul O'Farrell, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Riverbed's SteelConnect, SteelHead and SteelFusion business units. "SteelConnect provides a new experience of networking for both IT and business, where deploying and managing network services is as intuitive as downloading apps onto your smart phone and as instant as spinning up compute and storage resources into a public cloud." Blog: Riverbed SteelConnect Brings The Network Into The 21st Century Single-Click and Instant Provisioning Into Cloud Networks Businesses are increasingly using private and public cloud-based infrastructure solutions. SteelConnect uniquely provides single-click and instant provisioning of secure WAN gateways into cloud environments as part of the broader solution, unifying the management workflow and policy-based orchestration of both on-premises and cloud network environments. "SteelConnect is a compelling SD-WAN solution in AWS Marketplace, as it provides customers with an easy-to-manage solution that delivers agility, security and performance for hybrid architectures," said Barry Russell, General Manager of Global Business Development, AWS Marketplace and Catalog Services, Amazon Web Services (News - Alert), Inc. "The availability of SteelConnect in AWS Marketplace provides customers with a streamlined way to immediately purchase and deploy the application-centric software-defined solutions IT organizations need to evolve their networks to meet the demands of the business." The SteelConnect system is designed to address modern challenges associated with ensuring fast, agile and secure delivery of applications across a hybrid enterprise with a unique set of capabilities:
SteelConnect components include:
Availability SteelConnect is available today through Riverbed's Early Access Program, with General Availability for SteelConnect planned for Fall 2016. Visit www.riverbed.com/SteelConnect for more information and how to register for the SteelConnect Early Access Program. Connect with Riverbed
About Riverbed Riverbed, at more than $1 billion in annual revenue, is the leader in Application Performance Infrastructure, delivering the most complete platform for the hybrid enterprise to ensure applications perform as expected, data is always available when needed, and performance issues can be proactively detected and resolved before impacting business performance. Riverbed enables hybrid enterprises to transform application performance into a competitive advantage by maximizing employee productivity and leveraging IT to create new forms of operational agility. Riverbed's 27,000+ customers include 97% of the Fortune 100 and 98% of the Forbes Global 100. Learn more at www.riverbed.com. Riverbed and any Riverbed product or service name or logo used herein are trademarks of Riverbed Technology, Inc. All other trademarks used herein belong to their respective owners.
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