Riverbed Virtual Steelhead

In July, 2010 the Riverbed Technology company specializing in the systems of performance improvement of IT of infrastructure announced release of the Virtual Steelhead device, the virtual version of the Riverbed Steelhead device for optimization of operation of applications on the global area network. With release of the virtual device Virtual Steelhead the Riverbed company expands scope of the leading industry solutions for optimization of WAN. The Virtual Steelhead device allows customers to implement the Riverbed systems for optimization of WAN in new environments where special, specific requirements, for example, in configurations for ensuring the increased security and fault tolerance or in the conditions of limited space and also in strongly virtualized data processing centers can be imposed. Now the enterprises and the state organizations will be able to select most appropriate solutions for each specific application at the remote offices and to use physical Steelhead devices, the software of Steelhead Mobile or the virtual devices Virtual Steelhead. At the same time, service providers and the system integrators offering to the customers the managed services based on solutions of Riverbed for optimization of WAN will be able to propose also the virtualized solution now.

Emergence of the Virtual Steelhead device created for work on the VMware vSphere Platform platform provides to the organizations additional flexibility and allows to provide to employees data access and to applications where they were. At the same time the universal solution package, completely considering customers needs during the work in any environment is available to the organizations.

Acceleration of operation of applications in new environments

The Virtual Steelhead device provides to customers additional flexibility at implementation of Riverbed technologies for optimization of WAN in new environments where specific requirements are imposed and where the high fault tolerance, a possibility of individual preference and the simplified management are demanded. Thanks to the virtual device Virtual Steelhead the virtualized solution for optimization of WAN can be deployed in the virtualized data processing centers, based on the strengthened military systems, on the equipment of services of quick response, in vans of the TV men and technical buses working in difficult conditions and also in projects where use of Steelhead devices is unacceptable because of the shortage of physical space now.

It is considered that virtualization of data processing centers allows to use more effectively resources of servers, helps to implement quicker systems and reduces energy consumption. With the new announcement of the organization will be able to virtualize Steelhead devices in the virtualized environments. The virtualized platform allows customers to use the existing virtual infrastructure and if necessary to scale it. Besides, the enterprises and the government organizations have upgradeability of all the systems based on Virtual Steelhead from the central office as the organizations not always locate IT resources on places. The Virtual Steelhead device is provided in the different configurations equivalent on performance up to the Steelhead 2050H model.

The managed services based on the virtual devices Steelhead

Many customers use managed services for optimization of work of WAN and minimization of the consumed traffic, at the same time consolidating and simplifying IT infrastructure and reducing the cost of its operation. Thanks to Virtual Steelhead suppliers of managed services can propose to the clients solutions of Riverbed for optimization of WAN based on the virtualized platforms, without the need for installation of the additional physical hardware in office of the customer. All this simplifies the procedure of providing service and ensures to customers additional benefits from acceleration of operation of applications and consolidations of IT of infrastructure. At the same time customers will be able to use flexible model with payment in process of growth of their business.

The virtual device Virtual Steelhead will be available in the third quarter 2010.