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International Justice Mission

Riverbed helped human rights agency IJM improve network throughput without increasing costs. 

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Comic Relief

Comic Relief Goes Cloud Computing with the Help of Riverbed Technology

Comic Relief

Every two years, one of the biggest events in the UK fundraising calendar is Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day. The charity raises tens of millions of pounds in donations through its website, which is its primary fundraising and donation portal. It is therefore crucial to have full functionality during peak periods, and to ensure there is absolutely no downtime.

In 2009, the charity’s IT team looked to improve on its 2007 performance, but in doing so faced a critical business decision of how to upgrade its IT infrastructure. The challenge was to create a virtual web infrastructure that handled the different types of traffic, which continuously peaks and bursts during the seven hour TV show, and to maintain 100 percent uptime while reducing the amount of hardware running all year round.

Challenges

  • Create a virtual web infrastructure to handle traffic peaks
  • Maintain 100 percent uptime
  • Reduce the amount of hardware running year round

Solution

  • Riverbed Stingray Traffic Manager virtual appliance software running on a VMware virtual infrastructure

Benefits

  • Real-time site performance measuring
  • 100 percent uptime during peak periods
  • Reporting and statistical information supports strategic decision making
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