The leading network optimization and application performance solution chosen by over 30,000 organizations worldwide
The performance of networks and applications directly impacts business productivity. Riverbed draws from nearly two decades of experience in driving network and application performance over Wide Area Networks with its flagship offering, SteelHead. SteelHead delivers the underlying technology that helps enterprises of all sizes maximize the efficiency and performance of the networks and applications used to run modern business.
In today’s hybrid world of cloud workloads, SaaS applications, Internet Broadband and MPLS, the SteelHead family of products and solutions is built upon 4 core principles required for any organization interested in making sure networks and apps perform reliably and securely while enhancing the user experience.
Breakthrough Visibility & Performance for Encrypted Apps & Traffic
Maximize network performance and mitigate latency
Data Streamlining
Maximize network efficiency

Transport Streamlining
Maximize network performance and mitigate latency

Application Streamlining
Maximize application performance and user experience

Elastic Performance
Optimize any network, accelerate any app, for users anywhere

Industry Leading Optimization
Benefits of SteelHead
Up to 99%
Data Reduction
Accelerated Performance
Working from Anywhere
Up to 33X
Faster Application Performance
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Riverbed optimizes both our corporate and cloud application traffic, so if there is an outage, it’s less likely to affect data transfer or application performance.
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