Links deepen for VMWare, Riverbed

USA:Riverbed Technology announced an extension of its strategic partnership with VMware with the introduction of a performance management solution for software-defined networks (SDN) and the ability to provision wide area network (WAN) optimization for virtual data centers (VDC).

The planned Riverbed solutions, as stated, will ensure the operational viability and performance of VMware-based SDNs and VDCs. Riverbed Cascade product family support for VXLAN will provide IT organizations with an application-aware network performance management (NPM) solution for SDN performance management, the company adds. 

In addition, Riverbed Steelhead Cloud Edition will be further integrated with VMware vCloud Director to simplify deployment, configuration, and management of wide area network (WAN) optimization-as-a-service for the VDC. Riverbed also announced that it intends to release additional Cascade products in virtual editions with the introduction of Cascade Profiler Virtual Edition and Cascade Gateway Virtual Edition.