Riverbed expands Whitewater cloud storage model

SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Riverbed Technology announced three new Whitewater cloud storage gateway models designed to optimize data protection.

The new Whitewater models 510 and 710 are purpose-built for SMBs, while the Whitewater model 2010 is designed for the mid-sized enterprise and targeted use cases in the large enterprise.

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With the introduction of Whitewater cloud storage gateway models 510, 710 and 2010, Riverbed enables a wider range of enterprises and federal agencies to significantly reduce storage requirements by embracing the benefits of cloud storage for data protection.

Whitewater cloud storage gateways deduplicate, compress and encrypt back-up data sets before storing them in the local cache and securely accelerating them over the network and into the cloud.

This frees back-up staff from labor-intensive tape back-up and tape infrastructure management with no disruption to their operations. In the event of a disaster, the secure cloud copy can be restored to any location and provides a strong DR solution without the need to purchase and maintain expensive hardware in remote locations, claims the company.

"We are bringing the power of a high-performance, secure and flexible cloud storage gateway to our SMB customers to tap into the tremendous benefits of using the public cloud for data protection," said Apurva Davé, vice president of product marketing at Riverbed. "These new offerings will help SMBs, in addition to larger organizations, leverage Riverbed Whitewater cloud storage gateways to overcome barriers to cloud storage adoption, including performance, security and vendor lock-in."

Whitewater cloud storage gateway for data protection models 510, 710, 2010 and virtual edition are generally available today.