Riverbed Steelhead appliance certfied.

Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the technology and market provider in wide-area data services (WDS), has announced that its Riverbed[R] Steelhead[R] appliance running the Riverbed Optimisation System (RiOS[TM]) version 4.0 has achieved SAP[R] Certified Integration for third-party networking appliances that interoperate with SAP solutions using the SAP NetWeaver[R] platform and an enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA). Enterprise SOA enables customers to create a highly-flexible, open IT architecture for developing services-based, enterprise-scale business solutions. With SAP's certification of integration of the Riverbed Steelhead appliance, customers can be assured of interoperability within SAP application-based landscapes. SAP has recently added new network integration certification scenarios around wide area network (WAN) acceleration and optimisation to its integration certification program based on increased demand by customers for solutions in these areas. Certification was overseen by the SAP Intem interoperate with SAP solutions using the SAP NetWeaver[R] platform and an enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA). Enterprise SOA enables customers to create a highly-flexible, open IT architecture for developing services-based, enterprise-scale business solutions. With SAP's certification of integration of the Riverbed Steelhead appliance, customers can be assured of interoperability within SAP application-based landscapes. SAP has recently added new network integration certification scenarios around wide area network (WAN) acceleration and optimisation to its integration certification program based on increased demand by customers for solutions in these areas. Certification was overseen by the SAP Integration and Certification Center (ICC) and conducted at the SAP Co-Innovation Lab in Palo Alto, California. The SAP ICC certification of the Riverbed Steelhead appliance running RiOS 4.0 was granted based on the following certification category: Network Performance Optimisation for Enterprise SOA.

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