Riverbed Delivers “One-click” Cloud Networking Solution for Secure Connectivity to Microsoft Azure Cloud Networks

Riverbed Delivers “One-click”
Cloud Networking Solution for Secure Connectivity to Microsoft Azure Cloud
Networks

Riverbed SteelConnect
offers instant and automated provisioning of SD-WAN connectivity into Microsoft
Azure cloud networks

                                                                                                

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FRANCISCO – January 24, 2017 – Riverbed Technology, the
application performance company, today announced that Riverbed® SteelConnect™,
an app-defined SD-WAN solution that simplifies networking for the cloud-centric
enterprise, now offers instant and easy provisioning of SD-WAN connectivity
into Microsoft Azure cloud networks. SteelConnect
is transforming legacy hardware-based approaches to networking with a
software-defined and application-centric solution that delivers the agility,
visibility, and performance that businesses need to deliver real business
impact in a cloud-first world.  

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As applications continue to move
to the cloud, performance and security remain critical concerns for the
enterprise. SteelConnect delivers automated, secure connectivity to Azure cloud networks with a
single click. As a result, enterprises can be more agile, while maintaining the
same level of performance delivered from the cloud across the entire hybrid
network.   

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“Riverbed has a long-standing relationship
with Microsoft to provide fast and secure access to users’ applications and
data, wherever it resides,” said Paul O’Farrell, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Riverbed’s
SteelConnect, SteelHead, and SteelFusion business units. “With the seamless
integration of Microsoft Azure with Riverbed SteelConnect, we’re taking this a
step further, ensuring that connectivity to the cloud itself is simple, instant
and secure.”

“Today’s
enterprises continue to take advantage of Microsoft Azure to achieve increased
efficiency, scalability and cost savings,” said Ross Ortega, Partner PM Manager
in Microsoft Azure. “Riverbed SteelConnect is a differentiated SD-WAN solution
which automates more secure connectivity, increases agility and improves the
overall customer experience.”

SteelConnect
provides an intelligent approach to designing, deploying, and managing
distributed networks, with single-click provisioning into cloud environments
such as Azure. SteelConnect is the industry’s first and only SD-WAN
solution to ensure seamless performance for all users by unifying and
optimizing application delivery across hybrid WANs, remote LANs, and cloud
networks.

Following
a successful early access launch of SteelConnect in April 2016, Riverbed launched the general
availability of SteelConnect 2.0 in September 2016, which offers
richer integration with SteelHead WAN optimization, integration with SteelCentral
for visibility, dynamic routing, and greater scale for large enterprise
deployments.

Riverbed
also announced today that it has attained a Microsoft
Gold Cloud Platform Competency, demonstrating a
“best-in-class” ability and commitment to meet Microsoft customers’ evolving
needs in today’s cloud-first world and distinguishing itself within Microsoft’s
partner ecosystem.

For
more information on SteelConnect, visit https://www.riverbed.com/products/steelconnect.html

To
access SteelConnect via the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, visit https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/partners/riverbed/riverbed-steelconnect-gw/

Riverbed SteelConnect and the Riverbed
Application Performance Platform

Riverbed is delivering solutions to help
companies transition from legacy hardware to a new software-defined and
cloud-centric approach to networking, and improve end user experience, allowing
enterprises’ digital transformation initiatives to reach their full potential.
The Riverbed Application Performance
Platform™ delivers the agility, visibility, and
performance businesses need to be successful in a cloud and digital
world. By leveraging the Platform, organizations can deliver apps, data,
and services from any public, private, or hybrid cloud across any network to
any end-point. A key part of the platform, Riverbed
SteelConnect™ is a revolutionary application-defined
SD-WAN solution that provides an intelligent and simplified approach to
designing, deploying and managing distributed networks.

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