LG deploys Riverbed's Steelhead across global network

SAN FRANCISCO: Riverbed Technology, Inc. announced that LG Electronics has

selected and deployed Riverbed's wide-area data services (WDS) Steelhead

appliances in and around the world to accelerate application performance over

its globally distributed wide area network (WAN) and control bandwidth costs.

With more than 100 offices outside its headquarters, LG Electronics has a

massive investment in bandwidth and infrastructure. Prior to the installation of

Riverbed's Steelhead appliances, the LG Electronics network was being

stretched to its capacity. The company was also experiencing an increased usage

across all locations and  increases in the number of internal applications

requiring network

access.

“The Steelhead appliances performed better than the competition,” said

Mr.Kang-Seok Chung, senior manager, IT Infrastructure Group at LG Electronics.

“They produced the fastest response times for the offerings tested and they

supported more of our critical protocols. Riverbed also did a better job of

reducing WAN traffic. Finally, the Steelhead appliances were the easiest to

manage, which is a critical component to a successful global deployment as large

as ours.” he added.

“Bandwidth is not cheap for international companies, especially in the Asia

Pacific region,” continued Mr. Chung. “But immediately after deploying the

Steelhead appliances, we saw a reduction in bandwidth utilization of 40% in

critical parts of our global network. With Riverbed, we have reduced our

bandwidth cost significantly, while creating faster access times for our remote

employees.”

After deploying the Steelhead appliances, LG Electronics' critical

applications experienced 'immediate' and 'significant' performance results, the

release said.