Steelhead Cloud Accelerator
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 the globally distributed Akamai 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 Microsoft® 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.
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Key enterprise benefits of Akamai-Riverbed alliance
Best Breed of Partnership
Combine market leading WAN optimization from Riverbed with market leading Internet optimization from Akamai
Optimal SaaS Performance
Makes enterprises feel like they are hosting SaaS applications within their own data centers with up to 50x or better performance.
Enterprise Scale with Cloud Economics
Leverages existing Steelhead infrastructure and is sold on a subscription per seat basis.
