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Riverbed Granite Named InfoWorld Technology of the Year(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/19/13 -- Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the application performance company, today announced that it has been awarded IDG's InfoWorld 2013 Technology of the Year Award for the Riverbed® Granite™ appliance. InfoWorld recognized Riverbed for developing the groundbreaking technology that enables complete consolidation of branch servers and storage while ensuring consistent performance for remote users. As a result, Granite appliances radically reduce the operational burden on IT managers while massively increasing their control over the infrastructure -- all at a lower total cost of ownership. "The unique capability of Granite to 'vacuum up' servers and storage from branch and remote offices so they can be centrally controlled in the data center is truly transformational and has been validated by a growing number of customers and now this recognition by InfoWorld as Technology of the Year," said John Martin, senior vice president, product management at Riverbed. "Organizations love the ability to consolidate edge servers and data, get rid of remote backup and improving data security by putting data in secure locations to remove risk. Granite helps customers do these things while cutting costs, improving centralized management and reducing operational burden." Selected by InfoWorld Test Center editors and reviewers, the annual awards identify the best and most innovative products on the IT landscape. Winners are drawn from all of the products tested during the past year, with the final selections made by InfoWorld's Test Center staff. All products reviewed by the Test Center are eligible to win. In the review of Granite 1.0, product tester Keith Schultz stated that "with Granite, IT can collapse server resources -- VMs and storage volumes -- back to the data center while still providing server resources at the branch office. Setup and configuration are minimal, and being able to pin and unpin volumes provides excellent flexibility. It's possible no one ever dreamed of running VMs over the WAN, but now there is a solution -- and Granite is its name." Granite appliances extend the virtual edge of the data center to the branch office, enabling complete consolidation of edge servers and data. This new technology represents an architectural disruption that delivers the best of all worlds: 100% consolidated data and applications and local area network (LAN) performance at the edge over the WAN. Granite appliances enable the provisioning of branch services and storage instantly for increased agility, high availability and improved data protection. By eliminating data at the branch, organizations can also increase the security of data at the edge. "Many years ago we called these our Product of the Year Awards. But product just isn't the right word. Our Technology of the Year Awards are not merely the best products in their class. These are the tools at the leading edge of technology innovation -- the ones that are shaping the way we work and do business," said Doug Dineley, Executive Editor/Test Center, InfoWorld. Riverbed Steelhead appliances running RiOS 7.0 also won the InfoWorld Technology of the Year for Best WAN Accelerator. More details can be found here: http://www.riverbed.com/us/company/news/press_releases/2013/press_021913a.php. More than 22,000 organizations worldwide depend on Riverbed to understand, optimize and consolidate their IT infrastructure, through solutions that overcome performance issues caused by distance, distributed computing, and ever increasing amounts of data. As IT organizations embark on strategic initiatives to virtualize, consolidate and migrate workloads into cloud environments, users are moved farther from their data. Slow applications, slow file transfers and inefficient websites can negatively impact the performance and success of these initiatives. Riverbed transforms IT performance by providing solutions spanning WAN optimization, edge-VSI, application-aware network performance management, application performance management, application delivery controllers, web content optimization (WCO), and cloud data protection. By providing the broadest portfolio of performance solutions that deliver anywhere, any-application optimization, Riverbed enables organizations to increase productivity and efficiency, while enhancing business resilience and controlling costs. Additional Resources Facebook LinkedIn Riverbed Blog Riverbed Community Twitter (@Riverbed) YouTube About InfoWorld InfoWorld is the leading resource for content and tools on "modernizing enterprise IT." The InfoWorld Expert Contributor Network provides a unique perspective in the market; our editors provide first-hand experience from testing, deploying, and managing implementation of emerging enterprise technologies. InfoWorld's website (InfoWorld.com) and custom solutions provide a deep dive into specific technologies to help IT decision-makers excel in their roles and provide opportunities for IT vendors to reach this audience. InfoWorld is published by IDG Enterprise, a subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading media, events, and research company. Company information is available at www.idgenterprise.com. About IDG EnterpriseIDG Enterprise, an International Data Group (IDG) company, brings together the leading editorial brands (Computerworld, InfoWorld, Network World, CIO, CSO, ITworld, CFOworld and CITEworld) to serve the information needs of our technology and security-focused audiences. As the premier high-tech B2B media company, we leverage the strengths of our premium owned and operated brands, while simultaneously harnessing their collective reach and audience affinity. We provide market leadership and converged marketing solutions for our customers to engage IT and security decision-makers across our portfolio of award-winning websites, events, magazines, products, and services. In addition, the CIO Executive Council -- a peer advisory service -- delivers on the business, technology, and leadership needs for the world's elite CIOs and their respective staffs. IDG's DEMO conferences provide a platform for today's most innovative and eye-opening technologies to publically launch their solutions. Company information is available at www.idgenterprise.com. Forward Looking StatementsThis press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the expected demand for Riverbed's products and services. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they do not fully materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include our ability to react to trends and challenges in our business and the markets in which we operate; our ability to anticipate market needs or develop new or enhanced products to meet those needs; the adoption rate of our products; our ability to establish and maintain successful relationships with our distribution partners; our ability to compete in our industry; fluctuations in demand, sales cycles and prices for our products and services; shortages or price fluctuations in our supply chain; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights; general political, economic and market conditions and events; and other risks and uncertainties described more fully in our documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. More information about these and other risks that may impact Riverbed's business are set forth in our Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 15, 2013. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements. Any future product, feature or related specification that may be referenced in this release are for information purposes only and are not commitments to deliver any technology or enhancement. Riverbed reserves the right to modify future product plans at any time. About RiverbedRiverbed delivers application performance for the globally connected enterprise. With Riverbed, enterprises can successfully and intelligently implement strategic initiatives such as virtualization, consolidation, cloud computing, and disaster recovery without fear of compromising performance. By giving enterprises the platform they need to understand, optimize and consolidate their IT, Riverbed helps enterprises to build a fast, fluid and dynamic IT architecture that aligns with the business needs of the organization. Additional information about Riverbed (NASDAQ: RVBD) is available 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. Add to Digg Bookmark with del.icio.us Add to Newsvine MEDIA CONTACT Jin Woo Riverbed Technology 415-344-6465 Email Contact INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT Renee Lyall Riverbed Technology 415-247-6353 Email Contact Source: Riverbed Technology |