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1 SOLUTION BRIEF Steelhead Cloud Accelerator A Joint Solution from Riverbed and Akamai Companies are increasingly embracing software as a service (SaaS) products like Microsoft® Office 365, Google Apps, and Salesforce.com®, for the flexibility and cost savings that they provide. As these products replace traditional on premise enterprise stalwarts, they have moved into a central role in enterprise IT and a key component of corporate business strategy, providing an alternate model to enhance productivity and employee collaboration. Unfortunately, similar to earlier experiences with application centralization, with cloud-based applications companies must now not only recognize the performance limitations of operating outside the branch, but also handle the additional challenges resulting from the public Internet acting as an extension of their corporate infrastructure. In order for SaaS applications to remain a viable option enterprises must tackle the challenges of hybrid cloud computing. The SaaS application performance challenge is created by the separation of end users from their data and applications. A hybrid cloud architecture amplifies application bottlenecks; specifically network latency, large data loads, and protocol inefficiencies. The greater relicance on cloud-based applications and the central role that they play in the enterprise mean that these key obstacles to application performance must be addressed to realize the full potential of SaaS. To solve this problem, Riverbed Technology and Akamai have partnered to deliver the Steelhead® Cloud Accelerator, a solution that combines the best of breed in public internet optimization with the best of breed in private wide area network (WAN) optimization. The Steelhead Cloud Accelerator is a first of its kind solution integrating Akamai’s globally distributed Intelligent Platform, which optimizes traffic across the public internet, with Riverbed award winning RiOS® (Riverbed Optimization System) technology to accelerate data and application protocols. The Steelhead Cloud Accelerator delivers optimized performance up to 50x or more for SaaS applications like Microsfot Office 365, Google Apps, or Salesforce.com,regardless of whether the end user is located at the corporate headquarters or in a geographically remote branch office. This solution is an add-on to existing Steelhead appliance deployments and does not require any changes in the way Steelhead appliances are deployed today or any changes on the SaaS provider’s infrastructure. RiOS will be installed on Akamai’s SureRoute gateways to be activated whenever a customer purchases a license. The RiOS instance on the Akamai gateway will then optimize content and applications to the Steelhead appliance deployed within the customer’s enterprise network. By hosting Riverbed RiOS technology on Akamai’s Edge Platform, the joint solution enables the seamless optimization of WAN and public networks, all the way to the front door of a SaaS application provider. Solution Benefit • Optimal SaaS Performance - This combined with Riverbed deduplication and application acceleration technology makes enterprises feel like they are hosting SaaS applications within their own data centers. • Enterprise Scale with Cloud Economics – This unique solution from market leaders Riverbed and Akamai allows customers to reap these benefits from their existing infrastructure without requiring costly hardware upgrades. Leverage existing Steelhead deployments in conjunction with Akamai’s Intelligent Platform. • Intelligent End-to-end Networking – Combine market leading WAN optimization with market leading Internet optimization. The power of this joint solution is unrivalled in the market. A Joint Solution by Riverbed and COMBINED BENEFITS Best of breed solution combining Internet optimization with WAN optimization Improve performance of SaaS applications like Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps, and Salesforce.com by up to 50x or more. Leverage existing Riverbed and Akamai infrastructure with no need for additional hardware.
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Steelhead Cloud AcceleratorA Joint Solution from Riverbed and Akamai Companies are increasingly embracing software as a service (SaaS) products like Microsoft® Office 365, Google Apps, and Salesforce.com®, for the flexibility and cost savings that they provide. As these products replace traditional on premise enterprise stalwarts, they have moved into a central role in enterprise IT and a key component of corporate business strategy, providing an alternate model to enhance productivity and employee collaboration. Unfortunately, similar to earlier experiences with application centralization, with cloud-based applications companies must now not only recognize the performance limitations of operating outside the branch, but also handle the additional challenges resulting from the public Internet acting as an extension of their corporate infrastructure. In order for SaaS applications to remain a viable option enterprises must tackle the challenges of hybrid cloud computing.
The SaaS application performance challenge is created by the separation of end users from their data and applications. A hybrid cloud architecture amplifies application bottlenecks; specifically network latency, large data loads, and protocol inefficiencies. The greater relicance on cloud-based applications and the central role that they play in the enterprise mean that these key obstacles to application performance must be addressed to realize the full potential of SaaS.
To solve this problem, Riverbed Technology and Akamai have partnered to deliver the Steelhead® Cloud Accelerator, a solution that combines the best of breed in public internet optimization with the best of breed in private wide area network (WAN) optimization. The Steelhead Cloud Accelerator is a first of its kind solution integrating Akamai’s globally distributed Intelligent Platform, which optimizes traffic across the public internet, with Riverbed award winning RiOS® (Riverbed Optimization System) technology to accelerate data and application protocols. The Steelhead Cloud Accelerator delivers optimized performance up to 50x or more for SaaS applications like Microsfot Office 365, Google Apps, or Salesforce.com,regardless of whether the end user is located at the corporate headquarters or in a geographically remote branch office. This solution is an add-on to existing Steelhead appliance deployments and does not require any changes in the way Steelhead appliances are deployed today or any changes on the SaaS provider’s infrastructure. RiOS will be installed on Akamai’s SureRoute gateways to be activated whenever a customer purchases a license. The RiOS instance on the Akamai gateway will then optimize content and applications to the Steelhead appliance deployed within the customer’s enterprise network. By hosting Riverbed RiOS technology on Akamai’s Edge Platform, the joint solution enables the seamless optimization of WAN and public networks, all the way to the front door of a SaaS application provider.
Solution Benefit • Optimal SaaS Performance - This combined with Riverbed deduplication and application acceleration technology makes enterprises feel like they
are hosting SaaS applications within their own data centers.
• Enterprise Scale with Cloud Economics – This unique solution from market leaders Riverbed and Akamai allows customers to reap these benefits from their existing infrastructure without requiring costly hardware upgrades. Leverage existing Steelhead deployments in conjunction with Akamai’s Intelligent Platform.
• Intelligent End-to-end Networking – Combine market leading WAN optimization with market leading Internet optimization. The power of this joint solution is unrivalled in the market.
A Joint Solution by Riverbed and
COMBINED BENEFITS
Ø Best of breed solution combining Internet optimization with WAN optimization
Ø Improve performance of SaaS applications like Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps, and Salesforce.com by up to 50x or more.
Ø Leverage existing Riverbed and Akamai infrastructure with no need for additional hardware.
SOLUTION BRIEF: Riverbed Steelhead Cloud Accelerator
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Typical Steelhead Cloud Accelerator Deployment Model
About Akamai Akamai® is the leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere. At the core of the Company's solutions is the Akamai Intelligent Platform™ providing extensive reach, coupled with unmatched reliability, security, visibility and expertise. Akamai removes the complexities of connecting the increasingly mobile world, supporting 24/7 consumer demand, and enabling enterprises to securely leverage the cloud. To learn more about how Akamai is accelerating the pace of innovation in a hyperconnected world, please visit www.akamai.com and follow @Akamai on Twitter.
About Riverbed Riverbed delivers performance for the globally connected enterprise. With Riverbed, enterprises can successfully and intelligently implement strategic initiatives such as virtualization, consolidation, cloud computing, and disaster recovery without fear of compromising performance. By giving enterprises the platform they need to understand, optimize and consolidate their IT, Riverbed helps enterprises to build a fast, fluid and dynamic IT architecture that aligns with the business needs of the organization. Additional information about Riverbed (NASDAQ: RVBD) is available at www.riverbed.com.
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