Riverbed Steelhead behaalt gecertificeerde SAP-integratie


ROTTERDAM, 20080409 -- Riverbed, specialist in performanceoplossingen voor Wide-area Data Services (WDS), heeft de SAP-certificering behaald voor third-party netwerktoepassingen die gebruikmaken van het SAP NetWeaver platform en bedrijfsbrede SOA. Deze certificering van SAP garandeert volledige compatibiliteit en naadloze integratie van Riverbed Steelhead applicaties met SAP-omgevingen.

Door de sterk groeiende vraag naar WAN-optimalisatie heeft SAP sinds kort haar certificering uitgebreid en past het keurmerk nu ook toe op netwerkintegratie. Uit de zware test die voorafging aan het toekennen van de certificering aan Riverbed kwamen de volgende conclusies naar voren: de CPU-load van SAP-applicaties wordt met minstens 10% teruggebracht en de WAN-eindgebruiker ervaart een afname van minstens 30% in de responstijd. Verder is gebleken dat de effectiviteit van het gebruik van de bandbreedte met minstens 30% toeneemt zonder afbreuk te doen aan functionaliteit en veilige, versleutelde communicatie. In de praktijk is gebleken dat Riverbed's Steelheads de WAN-prestaties tot vijf keer verbeteren en dataverkeer tot zelfs 99% verminderen.

Carel Bak, Regional Director Noord-Europa bij Riverbed: "De certificering is een logische stap. Onze Steelheads versnellen applicatiemodules over WAN's binnen het NetWeaver platform en zo hebben we in verschillende tests een vermindering tot 99% van het dataverkeer gezien. Het resultaat daarvan is dat de capaciteit van de bandbreedte wel zeventien keer zo groot kan worden. Daarnaast versnelt RiOS zowel HTTP- als HTTPS-verkeer, wat de prestaties van SAP NetWeaver over het WAN nog verder ten goede komt. Gebruikers van het SAP NetWeaver platform zullen erg tevreden zijn over de resultaten van de Steelhead applicaties."

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Over Riverbed:
Riverbed Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:RVBD) is specialist in performance oplossingen voor Wide-area Data Services (WDS). Door een aanzienlijk betere applicatieperformance over het Wide Area Network (WAN) te realiseren dan wat gebruikers vandaag de dag gewend zijn, verandert Riverbed de manier van werken en maakt het mogelijk om gedistribueerde teams te laten samenwerken alsof ze op één locatie zitten. Riverbed's Steelhead appliances hebben in 2005 en 2006 de `Product of the Year award' gekregen van InfoWorld in de categorie `Best WAN accelerator'. Tevens is Riverbed uitgeroepen tot winnaar van de `2005 Technology Innovation Award' van The Wall Street Journal in de categorie Network/Broadband/Internet, de `2006 Well-Connected Award' van Network Computing voor `Remote Office Network Infrastructure' en de `2006 Excellence Award for Network Infrastructure' van eWeek. De oplossingen van Riverbed zijn wereldwijd verkrijgbaar via resellers die aangesloten zijn bij het Riverbed Partner Network, via OEM partners of direct van Riverbed. Voor meer informatie:
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Steelhead Products
Riverbed's WDS solutions enable organizations of all sizes to overcome a host of severe problems, including poor application performance and insufficient bandwidth at remote sites. By speeding the performance of applications between data centers, remote offices and mobile workers by five to 50 times and in some cases up to 100 times, Riverbed's award-winning Steelhead WDS products enable companies to consolidate IT, improve backup and replication processes to ensure data integrity, and improve staff productivity and collaboration. Steelhead products have been deployed in organizations ranging from the world's largest corporations with offices around the globe to small companies with a couple of sites that are just miles apart. To learn more, view Riverbed's demo: www.riverbed.com/pr/jack.

Forward Looking Statements:
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