SteelFusion

Cloud

Riverbed announces new SteelConnect and SteelFusion integrations with Microsoft at Ignite

September 25, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed announces new SteelConnect and SteelFusion integrations with Microsoft at Ignite
Riverbed adds support for Microsoft’s Hyper-V hypervisor, and their newly announced Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN.

Uncategorized

Riverbed previews Hyper-V-powered SteelFusion Azure-Ready Edge at Microsoft Ignite

September 26, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed previews Hyper-V-powered SteelFusion Azure-Ready Edge at Microsoft Ignite
The SteelFusion Azure-Ready edge is Riverbed’s first virtualization offering outside the VMware architecture.

Networking

Riverbed announces first Xirrus release, with midrange 11ac Wave 2 AP

August 1, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed announces first Xirrus release, with midrange 11ac Wave 2 AP
Riverbed also provides updates on the status of the Xirrus integration project into SteelConnect – and other integration points.

Managed Services

Riverbed looking for more partners to get into managed services

May 1, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed looking for more partners to get into managed services
At their Partner Event. Riverbed highlighted the success of Kentucky-based Tier 3 Technologies, which transitioned from an on-prem VAR to a SteelFusion and SteelCentral-focused MSP in less than three years.

Networking

Riverbed lays out channel, integration plans for “Meraki-killer” Xirrus

April 28, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed lays out channel, integration plans for “Meraki-killer” Xirrus
The integration of two companies with fundamentally different partner bases poses specific challenges, but also creates new opportunities.

Marketing

Riverbed Reach delivering results as part of Riverbed’s digital marketing strategy

April 27, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed Reach delivering results as part of Riverbed’s digital marketing strategy
Riverbed Reach, which was announced at last year’s partner event, went live two months ago, and its enablement of partners’ digital value proposition efforts is already bearing fruit.

Networking

Riverbed adds NAS Storage support to SteelFusion in 5.0 release

February 28, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed adds NAS Storage support to SteelFusion in 5.0 release
Riverbed fills in what they state was the only void in their SteelFusion edge product, and expect this will open up new opportunities and continue the product line’s momentum.

Networking

Riverbed announces multiple software-defined solutions

September 13, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed announces multiple software-defined solutions
Riverbed is making significant announcements today around its SteelConnect, SteelCentral and SteelFusion product lines.

Cloud

Riverbed extends its SteelFusion edge solution into cloud with AWS and Azure

March 8, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed extends its SteelFusion edge solution into cloud with AWS and Azure
Making SteelFusion a hybrid cloud solution should significantly expand partner opportunities, including the ability to sell it as a managed service.