| Tredent Data Systems, Inc., the leader in wide area | | | | optimization and application acceleration bring to |
| networking solutions, today announced that they | | | | corporate networks without having the huge capital |
| have selected Riverbed's Steelhead platform, a highly | | | | outlay that normally comes with deploying an |
| scalable WAN acceleration solution, for a new | | | | enterprise wide WAN acceleration solution. This |
| Managed WAN Acceleration Service or Solution as a | | | | approach is allowing more businesses to take |
| Service (SaaS). Riverbed's high-performance | | | | advantage of WAN optimization technology in their |
| Steelhead platform enables Tredent's professional | | | | environment while only needing to make low monthly |
| services staff to fine-tune network performance to | | | | payments during the term of the service. "Most |
| improve application delivery and reduce bottlenecks. | | | | customers are choosing to make the term of the |
| Tredent's new Managed WAN Acceleration Service, | | | | new Managed WAN Acceleration Service (SaaS) |
| which relies on Riverbed's Steelhead platform, can | | | | offering match that of their current WAN circuit |
| help distributed enterprises to accelerate application | | | | contract so that they can make a decision on new |
| delivery over the WAN, leverage WAN investments | | | | technology or upgrades to existing technology when |
| and boost user productivity. | | | | they are considering the renewal of their circuit |
| "We chose Riverbed Technology's high-performance | | | | contract" said Justin Lofton, senior systems engineer |
| Steelhead platform for our Managed WAN | | | | at Tredent Data Systems, Inc. |
| Acceleration Service because it enhances application | | | | About Tredent Data Systems, Inc. |
| visibility and improves application response time and | | | | Tredent Data Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of |
| WAN efficiency," said Charles Beck, vice president of | | | | systems integration solutions and services to medium |
| sales at Tredent Data Systems, Inc. "Riverbed is | | | | and large business customers worldwide. Combining |
| helping us to deliver on our commitment to offer a | | | | unsurpassed customer service with advanced |
| world-class experience to our business customers. | | | | technology and professional service capabilities, |
| Their platform offers significant scalability which is | | | | Tredent Data Systems, Inc. delivers innovative and |
| enabling us to meet the needs of our multinational | | | | unique business solutions to customers around the |
| customers." | | | | world. For more information, visit |
| The Steelhead platform improves application | | | | About Riverbed's Steelhead Appliances |
| performance over the WAN by recognizing and | | | | Riverbed's WDS solutions enable organizations with |
| eliminating redundant transmissions; accelerating TCP | | | | more than one office to overcome a host of severe |
| and application-specific protocols; prioritizing and | | | | problems, including poor application performance and |
| allocating access to bandwidth; and ensuring high | | | | insufficient bandwidth at remote sites. By speeding |
| application availability at locations with various WAN | | | | the performance of applications between distributed |
| connections. The Steelhead application acceleration | | | | sites by five to 50 times and in some cases up to |
| platforms work end-to-end with a multitude of | | | | 100 times between enterprise data centers and |
| applications, including Web-based | | | | remote offices, Riverbed's award-winning Steelhead |
| (HTTP,HTTPS,FTP,SSL, etc), client-server (CIFS, | | | | WDS appliances enable companies to consolidate IT, |
| MAPI, SQL, Oracle, Email), custom software, voice | | | | improve backup and replication processes to ensure |
| and video. The platforms also include a broad set of | | | | data integrity, and improve staff productivity and |
| management tools for monitoring and reporting on | | | | collaboration. Steelhead appliances have been |
| WAN optimization and application acceleration | | | | deployed in organizations ranging from the world's |
| performance. | | | | largest corporations with offices around the globe to |
| The new Managed WAN Acceleration Service (SaaS) | | | | small companies with a couple of sites that are just |
| offering will allow Tredent's customers take | | | | miles apart. |
| advantage of the business enhancements that WAN | | | | |