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IaaS Optimization

Faster cloud-based IaaS for Amazon Web Services and ESX-based cloud environments

Built specifically for public cloud environments, Riverbed Cloud Steelhead® appliances extend our market-leading WAN optimization to Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) clouds. By overcoming application and network performance problems, Cloud Steelhead appliances speed up migration to the cloud and accelerate access from virtually any location.

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Transparent cloud interception

As a new form of cloud interception, WAN-optimization-authorized servers redirect connections to the appropriate Cloud Steelhead appliance, giving you the flexibility you crave without the performance problems you hate.

Flexible, subscription pricing model

Enjoy monthly subscriptions with term commitments as short as six months. This lets you switch from exorbitant capital expenditures to economical operations expenditures.

Simple, portal-based management

With the Riverbed Cloud Portal you can deploy a Cloud Steelhead instance in just a few clicks, which simplifies deployment, management, and licensing, and allows for instant upgrades.

Elastic sizing and easy cloning

Upgrade and bring new Cloud Steelhead instances online quickly and easily. Elastic sizing and easy cloning gives you the scale-as-you-go infrastructure advantage of the public cloud.

Integrated with Riverbed Steelhead® appliances

Cloud Steelhead instances work with Riverbed Virtual Steelhead® appliances and Riverbed Steelhead® Mobile software, offering the flexibility to provide acceleration of data and applications in private, hybrid, and public cloud environments.
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Step 1: Subscribe and set up

To give you the elasticity and subscription-based pricing model of the public cloud, Riverbed offers monthly subscriptions with term commitments as short as six months. This lets you meet your WAN optimization requirements without exceeding your capital expenditure limit.

Step 2: Unleash the Cloud Steelhead Discovery Agent

The Cloud Steelhead Discovery Agent simplifies the way in which WAN optimization integrates into cloud environments. Servers employing WAN optimization will redirect connections to the appropriate Cloud Steelhead appliance, even if server IP addresses or subnets change. That lets you take advantage of the flexibility of the cloud without having to worry about performance.

Step 3: Simple management through the portal

Connect to your cloud provider and deploy a Cloud Steelhead instance in just a few seconds, while it interoperates with Steelhead appliances, Virtual Steelhead appliances, and Steelhead Mobile software to provide acceleration anywhere. Now your cloud experience is faster than ever.

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We recommend the following resources to help you justify an investment in WAN optimization for your organization:
“With Riverbed, our return on investment was approximately 18 months, including maintenance fees. Even with telecom prices coming down, it still makes sense to use WAN optimization technology.”

- Frank Milano, CIO, Terracon
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Riverbed. WAN optimization for your network: Application acceleration, WAN bandwidth optimization, and IT consolidation. Riverbed is the IT performance company. WAN optimization solutions from Riverbed liberate businesses from common IT constraints by increasing application performance, enabling consolidation, and providing enterprise-wide network and application visibility – all while eliminating the need to increase bandwidth, storage or servers. Thousands of companies trust Riverbed to deliver greater productivity and cost savings by making their IT infrastructure faster, less expensive and more responsive. Riverbed solutions are also available as managed services through select providers.