For Autodesk Revit or Civil 3D users, this is a must-have solution! Their "model-centric" workflow requires on model to reside on a server and all users need access to that model. These large files can often be saved or opened in less than half the normal time. Read our Performance Brief to see the results of our time testing.

Riverbed solutions can cut costs by helping organizations do the following:

• Reduce bandwidth costs. Using Riverbed to improve network performance, many organizations can defer WAN bandwidth upgrades. Investments in Riverbed solutions can often be justified solely on bandwidth savings.
• Consolidate infrastructure into the data center. Reduce or eliminate complex and outdated brance office IT infrastructure through server consolidation—less servers and software to backup, patch, protect, and manage.
• Simplify branch office infrastructure. Riverbed offers the RiOS™ Services Platform (RSP), which enables customers to run best-of-breed services on the Steelhead appliance (such as print, IP address management, and other services). This allows customers to consolidate their IT even further, making a true "serverless" branch office a reality.
• Optimize disaster recovery. By improving the performance of a disaster recovery site, Riverbed solutions can help organizations save money and backup their data in a more frequent and reliable manner.

The Products

Riverbed has the most comprehensive set of IT infrastructure optimization tools designed to fit into your environment with minimal integration and delivers cost savings and productivity gains from day one.

Steelhead Appliance
Steelhead appliances provide a robust, easy to use WAN optimization capability to your brance offices and data centers. With Steelhead appliances, you can cut bandwidth usage by 60-90%, accelerate applications by up to 100 times, and enable DR operations within ever-shrinking recovery windows.

Steelhead appliances also offer the Riverbed Services Platform (RSP) to virtualize edge servers onto the appliance and save your business even more. The Central Management Console (CMC) and Interceptor appliance help to manage and scale Steelhead appliance deployments.

Steelhead Mobile
Steelhead Mobile is software that provides mobile workers and temporary or small office LAN-like access to corporate files and applications overcoming the high-latency environments that conspire against mobile workers. Steelhead Mobile is completely integrated with Steelhead appliances to make the most of your existing infrastructure.

Additional Resources

Performance Brief: AutoCAD & MicroStation

Performance Brief: Revit

Performance Brief: Microsoft Office

Doing More with Less: An In-Depth Look at ROI

Extreme Savings: Cutting Costs with Riverbed

5 Steps to Successful IT Consolidation and Virtualization

10 Reasons to Deploy WAN Optimization in an Economic Downturn

ModernTech AEC Solutions is a strategic partner with Collaboration Systems Group (CSG), a Riverbed Certified Solutions Professional (RCSP).

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Proof of Concept Program

For those serious about wanting to improve their WAN performance, the no-risk Proof of Concept program allows you to install and test Riverbed's Steelhead appliances on your network free of charge. Email or call toll free 877.531.6090 for more information.

Free check-up for existing Riverbed users

ModernTech AEC Solutions in conjunction with CSG is offering a free web-based checkup for your Riverbed appliances. Have you upgraded to Microsoft Office 2007? Are you running the latest RIOS? We'll see if we can make you even more efficient.

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