Riverbed is also making OPEX-based subscription pricing available as an option for the SteelHead SD, bringing it in line with other appliances.
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Riverbed upgrades SteelHead SD routing stack, adds in-field upgrade capability
by Mark Cox •
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Cloud, Networking, Virtualization
Riverbed announces new SteelConnect and SteelFusion integrations with Microsoft at Ignite
by Mark Cox •
Riverbed adds support for Microsoft’s Hyper-V hypervisor, and their newly announced Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN.
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Riverbed delivers enhanced scalability, integrated licensing with new SteelCentral release
by Mark Cox •
The enhanced SteelCentral also adds Prism, which uses AI to visualize the conversion funnel and spot issues, and full integration with Riverbed Xirrus WI-Fi.
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Mobility, Networking
Riverbed enhances SteelConnect SD-WAN with Xirrus integration, AWS and Azure direct connectivity
by Mark Cox •
A third enhancement, new SteelConnect support for LTE uplinks, is more of a niche feature in North America except in remote regions, although it is still sometimes used as a backup system.
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Riverbed previews Hyper-V-powered SteelFusion Azure-Ready Edge at Microsoft Ignite
by Mark Cox •
The SteelFusion Azure-Ready edge is Riverbed’s first virtualization offering outside the VMware architecture.
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Riverbed announces first Xirrus release, with midrange 11ac Wave 2 AP
by Mark Cox •
Riverbed also provides updates on the status of the Xirrus integration project into SteelConnect – and other integration points.
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Riverbed adds NAS Storage support to SteelFusion in 5.0 release
by Mark Cox •
Riverbed fills in what they state was the only void in their SteelFusion edge product, and expect this will open up new opportunities and continue the product line’s momentum.
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Riverbed extends its SteelFusion edge solution into cloud with AWS and Azure
by Mark Cox •
Making SteelFusion a hybrid cloud solution should significantly expand partner opportunities, including the ability to sell it as a managed service.
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Riverbed touts strong channel play in acquisition of German SD-WAN vendor Ocedo
by Mark Cox •
Riverbed looks to Ocedo to make it a more significant player in the SD-WAN market, where Riverbed has been making a major push over the last year.
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Channel Programs, Networking
Riverbed continues value partner program emphasis with new enhancements
by Mark Cox •
They include changes to Professional Services training designed to increase dollar spend, up-leveling Premier partner competency requirements, and a new Demo program which reduces the cost outlay to partners.
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Riverbed unveils reframed SteelFusion with new hyperconverged platform
by Mark Cox •
The new software-defined platform has 2.5 times more compute and ten times more storage than its predecessor, as well as software enhancements that improve security and speed up provisioning and recovery times.
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Riverbed redoes Technology Alliance Program to cover whole product line
by Mark Cox •
The new Riverbed-Ready program is for ISVs partners, and is designed to spur new and more full featured solutions which cover all the elements of Riverbed’s Application Performance Platform, but solution provider partners are also expected to benefit significantly.
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WAN optimization and virtualization grow up together
by Chris Talbot •
Tweaking the WAN for virtualization a necessary step for optimal performance, solution provider says
