Riverbed to Demonstrate Performance Solutions at Microsoft TechEd 2012

SAN FRANCISCO—June 11, 2012— Riverbed and Microsoft have worked together on many key Microsoft application and platform areas, enabling organizations to experience Microsoft enterprise software solutions over the WAN and in the cloud as if they were local. Organizations depend on Riverbed solutions, specifically WAN optimization and web content optimization (WCO), to provide exceptional performance to Microsoft's fundamental application platforms. At the conference, Riverbed will showcase its software-based WCO solution, Stingray™ Aptimizer, and one of its WAN optimization solutions, Steelhead® Cloud Accelerator.

Web Content and Collaboration Optimization
Stingray Aptimizer is a software-based WCO solution that is set up on a web server to enable the dramatic acceleration of web-based applications and websites. Riverbed customers using Stingray Aptimizer to increase performance of SharePoint have experienced an improvement in page load times up to four times, while reducing data traffic in some cases by more than 65 percent.

Improving Cloud-based Application Performance
Steelhead Cloud Accelerator boosts productivity and improves business processes by accelerating cloud-based applications like Office 365 and eliminating the impact of distance between the cloud and branch offices, mobile workers, the data center, and business headquarters. Steelhead Cloud Accelerator helps to improve the performance of many of the most commonly used Microsoft applications across the WAN and the public Internet by up to 50 times.

To gain additional insight into the benefits of Riverbed performance solutions, conference goers can visit the Riverbed booth during exhibition hours.
When:  Monday, June 11, 10:30 AM - 2:00 PM
             Tuesday, June 12, 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM
             Wednesday, June 13, 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM
             Thursday, June 14, 10:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Where: Riverbed Booth #2232

More information on Microsoft TechEd 2012 is available at http://northamerica.msteched.com/

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the expected demand for Riverbed's products and services, statements regarding performance results of Riverbed’s solutions that may suggest likely or certain outcomes, and statements relating to Riverbed’s ability to meet the needs of distributed organizations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they do not fully materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include our ability to react to trends and challenges in our business and the markets in which we operate; our ability to anticipate market needs or develop new or enhanced products to meet those needs; the adoption rate of our products; our ability to establish and maintain successful relationships with our distribution partners; our ability to compete in our industry; fluctuations in demand, sales cycles and prices for our products and services; shortages or price fluctuations in our supply chain; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights; general political, economic and market conditions and events; and other risks and uncertainties described more fully in our documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. More information about these and other risks that may impact Riverbed’s business are set forth in our Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on April 30, 2012. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements. Any future product, feature or related specification that may be referenced in this release are for information purposes only and are not commitments to deliver any technology or enhancement. Riverbed reserves the right to modify future product plans at any time.