Riverbed Steelhead Acceleration Appliances

Increase WAN performance affordably -- without increasing bandwidth


Today, more and more data moves globally on corporate networks between rig sites, corporate offices and regional locations. More applications than ever require network access. And end users have raised their expectations of network performance.

RigNet Riverbed® Steelhead® Acceleration Appliances increase WAN performance and lower bandwidth costs

Increasing network performance usually means increasing bandwidth. Not any more. Now you can reduce network traffic with WAN bandwidth optimization.Riverbed® Steelhead® acceleration appliances from RigNet provide the highest level of WAN optimization performance across the broadest range of applications. Data moves faster without costly additional bandwidth; applications perform seamlessly; and IT managers can deploy a simpler, more effective network infrastructure.

Acceleration of all applications

Riverbed Steelhead appliances deliver dramatic performance increases across the WAN for all TCP applications, by 5 to 50 times, or as much as 100 times.

Consolidation of IT infrastructure

Steelhead appliances enable the consolidation of file servers, Exchange servers, storage, application servers, and tape backup systems from remote branch locations into data centers, without giving up the performance users need.

Reduced bandwidth utilization

Steelhead appliances enable massive reductions in bandwidth utilization. Customers typically eliminate 60% to 95% of their current utilization after deploying steelhead appliances.

Accelerated, simplified backup and replication

With Steelhead appliances, secure backups over the WAN can take minutes instead of hours, enabling shorter backup windows and the ability to eliminate remote backup infrastructures, such as tape backup equipment and dedicated backup servers. Riverbed Steelhead appliances have been proven to dramatically accelerate application performance in some of the most demanding environments.

Learn more about Riverbed acceleration appliances

To request more information about Riverbed Steelhead appliances, contact a representative in your area, or email sales@rig.net.