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SolarWinds Enhances Visibility for Riverbed WDS Users

Business Wire,  May 13, 2008  

SolarWinds Joins Riverbed Technology Alliance

AUSTIN, Texas -- Today, SolarWinds, a leading provider of downloadable, enterprise-class network management software, announced that it joined the Riverbed Technology Alliance (RTA); select groups comprised of complementary technology companies who share a common vision of delivering significant performance and savings as customers increasingly use the wide area network (WAN) to enable global business. SolarWinds' network management tools deliver to customers of Riverbed WDS solutions comprehensive network monitoring, configuration, troubleshooting and diagnostics capabilities.

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"Riverbed delivers the industry's most comprehensive WDS solutions," said Venugopal Pai, senior director, alliances at Riverbed. "Riverbed customers who deploy SolarWinds' network management software will be able to manage resources more efficiently, resulting in a reduction of operational costs and better monitoring and management of user performance."

In addition to monitoring and configuration support for Steelhead appliances offered by SolarWinds' Orion and Cirrus products, Riverbed[R] customers will be able to leverage SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer in conjunction with NetFlow technology on the Steelhead appliance for greater visibility into network traffic behavior and trends on their WAN links. Additionally, SolarWinds roadmap includes delivering unique reporting capabilities in Orion to show how much bandwidth savings resulted from the use of the Steelhead appliances.

"By working together, SolarWinds and Riverbed are able to deliver to our joint customers the tools they need to more proactively run their networks," said Josh Stephens, director of Technology, SolarWinds. "The additional visibility and control provided by SolarWinds will allow Riverbed customers to reap greater benefits from their Steelhead product deployments, including more intelligent deployment strategies and reduced operational expense."

About SolarWinds

SolarWinds provides downloadable, enterprise-class network management software that is affordable, easy to use, and guided by a large and growing user community. Focused on the real-world needs of network professionals, SolarWinds products are simple to try, simple to use, and simple to maintain, while providing the power, scale, and flexibility needed by companies of all sizes. More than 50,000 customers from small businesses to the largest enterprises rely on SolarWinds products to take the complexity out of managing their networks. Learn more today on our website.

About Riverbed Technology Alliance

The RTA provides the industry's leading solutions to complex enterprise application, network and storage challenges. The alliance comprises a select group of technology companies working with Riverbed to jointly develop, market and deliver solutions to enterprise customers. RTA Partners are composed of complementary technology vendors who share a common vision of accelerating application performance, simplifying network management and infrastructure, reducing replication and backup time-frames and delivering significant savings as customers increasingly use WANs to enable their global businesses. Information about RTA is available at: http://www.riverbed.com/partners/techalliance/index.php.

SolarWinds, SolarWinds.com and Orion are registered trademarks of SolarWinds. All other company and product names mentioned are used only for identification purposes and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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