Riverbed takes WAN optimization to cloud

SAN FRANCISCO, USA: WAN acceleration vendor Riverbed Technology introduced a wide area network (WAN) optimization solution, Riverbed Cloud Steelhead, purpose-built for public cloud environments.

Cloud Steelhead interoperates with Steelhead appliances, Virtual Steelhead appliances, and the Steelhead mobile client.

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The company claims that with the introduction of the new Steelhead Discovery Agent, Riverbed can simplify the WAN optimization integration into cloud environments. With this new form of cloud interception, servers that are authorized to levearage WAN optimization will automatically redirect connections to the appropriate Cloud Steelhead, even if server IP addresses or subnets change.

Initially, Cloud Steelhead v1.0 will integrate with Amazon EC2 and Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC).

Riverbed Cloud Steelhead is expected to be available in Q4 2010.