Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the performance company, today announced that American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP) recognized MJ Shutte as one of the top 25 most influential inside sales professionals in 2012. The awards banquet was held during the AA-ISP Leadership Summit 2012 at the Westin Galleria in Dallas, TX. This marks the third consecutive year that Shutte has been recognized with this award, which is a reflection of her ongoing creativity, hard work and dedication in building an exceptional inside sales team to target and support market opportunities for Riverbed^®.

SAN FRANCISCO—June 25, 2012— “It is an honor to recognize MJ Shutte as one of this year’s recipients of the top 25 Most Influential Inside Sales Professional Awards. MJ has proven her dedication and commitment to advancing the profession of inside sales, which is the mission of the AA-ISP,” stated Bob Perkins, Founder and CEO at AA-ISP. “We are confident that MJ will continue to have an impact on the inside sales community for years to come,” added Perkins.

Since joining Riverbed in 2006, Shutte has grown the global inside sales team through innovative sales models and best practices that target existing and new markets, support the field sales team, drive territory revenue and provide education and tools for the Riverbed channel partner community to sell the Riverbed portfolio of performance solutions, including its award-winning wide area network (WAN) optimization solutions.

“We congratulate MJ on her continued recognition for excellence. MJ’s laser focus on training, enablement and process for our corporate sales teams allows that group to more effectively identify opportunities for our IT Performance Platform products, and to present solutions with high strategic value to our customers and partners,” said Dave Peranich, executive vice president of worldwide global field operations at Riverbed. “MJ’s leadership skills and dedication to improve the effectiveness of the sales organization have greatly enhanced our partners’ and customers’ experiences, and have significantly contributed to our efforts to make every interaction with Riverbed a great one.”

More than 17,000 organizations worldwide depend on Riverbed to understand, optimize and consolidate their IT infrastructure, through solutions that overcome performance issues caused by distance, distributed computing, and ever increasing amounts of data. As IT organizations embark on strategic initiatives to virtualize, consolidate and migrate workloads into cloud environments, users are moved farther from their data. Slow applications, slow file transfers and inefficient websites can negatively impact the performance and success of these initiatives. Riverbed transforms IT performance by providing solutions spanning WAN optimization, edge virtual server infrastructure (edge-VSI), application-aware network performance management, application delivery controllers, web content optimization (WCO), and cloud data protection for backup and disaster recovery. By providing the broadest portfolio of performance solutions that deliver anywhere, any-application optimization, Riverbed enables organizations to increase productivity and efficiency, while enhancing business resilience and controlling costs.

A complete list of companies and individuals recognized by the AA-ISP will be published on the website (www.aa-isp.org).

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A complete list of companies and individuals recognized by the AA-ISP will be published on the website (www.aa-isp.org).

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the expected demand for Riverbed's products and services, and statements relating to Riverbed’s ability to grow market share and 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.