Das Analystenhaus Gartner hat das IT-Performance Unternehmen Riverbed im Leaders Quadrant des “Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers (WOC)” von Januar 2012 positioniert. Autoren des Reports sind Joe Skorupa und Severine Real. Darüber hinaus wurde Riverbed basierend auf dem Umsatz in den ersten drei Quartalen 2011 als weltweiter Marktführer im Bereich Advanced Platform WAN Optimization Controller^1]2]3] genannt.

München—February 02, 2012— Laut Gartner „sind Leader in der Lage, den Markt zu formen, indem sie ihr Produktportfolio um zusätzliche Funktionen ergänzen und die Bedeutung dieser Merkmale klar herausstellen. Wir erwarten von Leadern, dass sie den Markt als Ganzes weiterentwickeln und Lösungen anbieten,  die für  eine steigende Zahl an Unternehmen relevant sind. Leader im WOC-Markt müssen ein breitaufgestelltes Portfolio aufweisen. Darunter fallen auch QoS, generische Komprimierung sowie Beschleunigung von Protokollen und Dateisystem, wobei die Mehrzahl der Funktionen sich schon in Implementierungen bewährt haben muss. Leader müssen zudem weltweit Sales- und Support-Leistungen anbieten.“

„Riverbed ist stolz darauf, von Gartner als Leader im WOC-Markt platziert zu werden. Schon seit Langem konzentrieren wir uns darauf, den Anforderungen von Unternehmen gerecht zu werden, indem wir erstklassige Technologien bereitstellen sowie qualitativ hochwertige, reaktionsschnelle Support-Leistungen und Services bieten. Eben alles, was von global vernetzten Unternehmen gefordert wird“, erklärt Eric Wolford, Executive Vice President und General Manager of Products bei Riverbed.

Im letzten Jahr hat Riverbed sein Produktportfolio signifikant verbessert und ausgebaut. Das Portfolio enthält nun Lösungen zur WAN-Optimierung, virtuelle Application Delivery Controller (vADCs), anwendungsorientiertes Network Performance Management sowie Cloud Storage Gateways.

Der 2012 Report kann von der Riverbed-Website heruntergeladen werden: http://www.riverbed.com/us/media/documents/analyst_reports/gartner_magic_quadrant.php.

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