JEO Consulting Group Inc.

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Challenges

Accelerate access to large design files and project documents everywhere
Provide LAN-like access to data for users at home and on the road
Accelerate applications for both remote
Windows and Macintosh clients

Benefits

Real-time collaboration possible for users everywhere
Employees at hotels, customer sites, and branch offices have LAN-like access to files and data
Small offices can be deployed with no additional IT infrastructure

Overview

JEO Consulting Group, Inc. brought in Riverbed ^® Steelhead ^® appliances to help them effectively collaborate over their existing WAN. The result was better collaboration across their entire organization.

For over 70 years, JEO Consulting Group, Inc. has been focused on delivering viable engineering solutions to customers across the Midwest. It is a full-service firm, offering engineering, architecture, surveying, and planning to hundreds of clients. JEO has a number of successful practices, including transportation, utilities, land development, environmental design, and topographic surveys. With 8 locations across Nebraska and Iowa, JEO serves the needs of a broad range of customers.

JEO deployed Steelhead® appliances from Riverbed Technology in the headquarters and in seven branch offices. The company immediately realized performance advantages in its offices, and then became one of the initial users of Steelhead Mobile and deployed 30 Steelhead Mobile clients to employees that travel frequently or work from home.

Solution

Riverbed Steelhead appliances deployed at eight locations
Steelhead Mobile was deployed to over 60 users

For us, the solution for the mobile worker started as a nice-to-have. Shortly thereafter we realized it was a must-have to enable our employees to work from everywhere.

Travis Klasna, IT manager

JEO

Riverbed provides great customer support and continues to add software enhancements that deliver functionality we continue to embrace. Riverbed engineers listen to our enhancement requests and continue to evolve the products to address market requirements. Overall, Riverbed has managed to deliver both the need to offer LAN-like performance to my users, no matter where they are, while making it easy for me to manage the whole system. That’s a winning combination.

Travis Klasna, IT manager

JEO