"With the TCO conversion, we are saving over 1,000,000 yen per month, and in addition, centralized management has strengthened data security. Service levels, which previously varied at each location, have also improved."
— Yashuhiro Nishikawa, Expert of IT Planning & Control, Mitsubishi Motors Corp.
Riverbed® understands how important virtualization is to making your company’s IT infrastructure faster, less expensive, and more responsive.
Just one Steelhead® appliance from Riverbed can replace thousands of outdated, expensive servers. We can cut the number of servers you’re using in half, remove local servers from the branch office, and virtually serve applications to users across the WAN. Serverless branch offices run virtually on Steelhead products. The enhanced Riverbed Services Platform (RSP) provides customers with the capability to run as many as five additional services and applications virtually on any Steelhead appliance, for services that must be delivered locally.
The business benefits when it consolidates its IT operations even further, reducing costs and simplifying administration, while still delivering essential local services.
Make virtualization a reality with the Riverbed Services Platform (RSP).
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IT Consolidation at the Edge
Even though a company consolidates IT infrastructure to simplify management, lower costs, and improve data protection and resource utilization, some services still need to be delivered locally.
Local print, DNS, and DHCP are edge services that defy central consolidation efforts. RSP runs these services on the Steelhead appliance, so you can eliminate redundant servers to further reduce hardware, software, and maintenance costs and IT complexity.
The Riverbed Services Platform (RSP) Fits Virtualization Solutions
The RSP is uniquely suited to branch office server consolidation and virtualization. The Steelhead appliance is the only WAN optimization device to run VMware’s industry-leading technology as its virtualization platform. Virtual servers run in a protected zone and do not impact the resources needed for Steelhead appliance operations. The RSP also enables customers to run up to five different virtual machines at once, eliminating redundant servers from the branch office.
And, the RSP runs on most Steelhead appliance models, so customers don’t have to replace their previous investments in Riverbed.
Read about Riverbed Services PlatformSteelhead Mobile Product Brief
Riverbed Technology Alliance (RTA) partners with software that can be run on the RSP:
- Microsoft Windows Server: Visit the Windows website
- McAfee: Read the solution brief
- Polycom: Read the solution brief
- Checkpoint: Read the solution brief
- Websense: Visit the Websense website
- OpNet: Read the solution brief
- Infoblox: Read the solution brief
- Qumu: Read the solution brief
- Global Protocols: Visit the Global Protocols website
