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These excerpts taken from the RVBD 10-K filed Feb 23, 2009.

The Riverbed Solution

We have developed an innovative and comprehensive solution that broadly addresses the inter-related root causes of poor performance of wide-area distributed computing: latency and protocol chattiness, and bandwidth limitations. By simultaneously addressing these causes, we are able to improve significantly the performance of applications and access to data across WANs and enable the consolidation of costly IT infrastructure. Our WAN optimization solution consists of the Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS®), our proprietary software that is embedded on a general purpose hardware computing platform to form our Steelhead appliances. We also embed RiOS in our Steelhead Mobile software designed for use on mobile worker laptop computers or desktop computers in locations with very few employees.

Through the application of our proprietary technology, our WAN optimization solution simultaneously addresses each of these root causes of poor WAN performance:

 

  Ÿ  

Application protocol chattiness — Our Application Streamlining technology significantly reduces unnecessary protocol chattiness for a broad range of applications and protocols such as CIFS (Windows file sharing), NFS (UNIX file sharing), MAPI (Microsoft Exchange), Oracle Forms, Lotus Notes, MS-SQL HTTP, SSL and others;

 

  Ÿ  

Network protocol chattiness — Our Transport Streamlining technology employs a variety of techniques to significantly improve TCP performance. Our technology allows more data to be transmitted in each trip, which reduces the number of trips required; and

 

  Ÿ  

Bandwidth limitations — Our Data Streamlining technology employs sophisticated data mapping and pattern recognition techniques to minimize the amount of redundant data traversing WAN connections. Our products detect requests for redundant information and send very little more than the data that has actually been modified over the WAN.

When combined, these key technologies allow us to deliver significant benefits to our customers, including the ability to:

 

  Ÿ  

Accelerate performance of applications and access to data over the WAN — Our solution enables our customers to recognize dramatic increases in performance of applications and access to data across a WAN, typically increasing transmission speeds by 5 to 50 times and in some cases by up to 100 times. Benefits include increased employee productivity, more efficient collaboration of globally distributed workgroups and more consistent rollout and adoption of enterprise applications;

 

  Ÿ  

Consolidate geographically distributed IT resources — Our solution enables the consolidation of remote office infrastructure, including servers, storage back-up systems, databases and IT support personnel, while achieving more LAN-like performance. Also, consolidation enhances data security by centralizing IT resources in more secure datacenters;

 

  Ÿ  

Reduce the need for WAN bandwidth — Our solution nearly eliminates redundant traffic traversing the WAN and enables more efficient use of existing bandwidth, reducing the pressure to add bandwidth, which is often expensive or unavailable, as network traffic increases;

 

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Shorten storage back-up and replication time over the WAN — Our solution enables back-up and replication of data over the WAN in a fraction of the time previously allocated to the task. Additional benefits to our solution include reduced IT support needed to execute daily back-up procedures, as well as reduced security concerns related to storing and transporting backed-up data on physical tape media at every remote computing location; and

 

  Ÿ  

Improve productivity and reduce frustration for IT managers and end-users — Our solution allows users in sites linked by a WAN to collaborate and share files and other data without the delays normally caused by WANs. Additional benefits include faster development cycles, better data synchronization, lower error rates and more flexibility with respect to staffing and personnel coordination.

Our products are designed to be easily and transparently deployed into our customers’ networks. Our products are also designed to be easily managed, scalable across networks of all sizes and to address the wide-area distributed computing needs of every major industry.

The Riverbed Solution

STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:5%;padding-bottom:3px;line-height:95%; vertical-align:top">We have developed an innovative and comprehensive solution that broadly addresses the inter-related root
causes of poor performance of wide-area distributed computing: latency and protocol chattiness, and bandwidth limitations. By simultaneously addressing these causes, we are able to improve significantly the performance of applications and access to
data across WANs and enable the consolidation of costly IT infrastructure. Our WAN optimization solution consists of the Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS®), our proprietary software that is
embedded on a general purpose hardware computing platform to form our Steelhead appliances. We also embed RiOS in our Steelhead Mobile software designed for use on mobile worker laptop computers or desktop computers in locations with very few
employees.

Through the application of our proprietary technology, our WAN optimization solution simultaneously addresses each of these root causes
of poor WAN performance:

 







 Ÿ 

Application protocol chattiness — Our Application Streamlining technology significantly reduces unnecessary protocol chattiness for a broad range of applications
and protocols such as CIFS (Windows file sharing), NFS (UNIX file sharing), MAPI (Microsoft Exchange), Oracle Forms, Lotus Notes, MS-SQL HTTP, SSL and others;

STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> 







 Ÿ 

Network protocol chattiness — Our Transport Streamlining technology employs a variety of techniques to significantly improve TCP performance. Our technology
allows more data to be transmitted in each trip, which reduces the number of trips required; and

 







 Ÿ 

Bandwidth limitations — Our Data Streamlining technology employs sophisticated data mapping and pattern recognition techniques to minimize the amount of redundant
data traversing WAN connections. Our products detect requests for redundant information and send very little more than the data that has actually been modified over the WAN.

STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:5%">When combined, these key technologies allow us to deliver significant benefits to our customers, including the ability to:

STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> 







 Ÿ 

Accelerate performance of applications and access to data over the WAN — Our solution enables our customers to recognize dramatic increases in performance of
applications and access to data across a WAN, typically increasing transmission speeds by 5 to 50 times and in some cases by up to 100 times. Benefits include increased employee productivity, more efficient collaboration of globally distributed
workgroups and more consistent rollout and adoption of enterprise applications;

 







 Ÿ 

Consolidate geographically distributed IT resources — Our solution enables the consolidation of remote office infrastructure, including servers, storage back-up
systems, databases and IT support personnel, while achieving more LAN-like performance. Also, consolidation enhances data security by centralizing IT resources in more secure datacenters;

STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> 







 Ÿ 

Reduce the need for WAN bandwidth — Our solution nearly eliminates redundant traffic traversing the WAN and enables more efficient use of existing bandwidth,
reducing the pressure to add bandwidth, which is often expensive or unavailable, as network traffic increases;

 


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 Ÿ 

Shorten storage back-up and replication time over the WAN — Our solution enables back-up and replication of data over the WAN in a fraction of the time previously
allocated to the task. Additional benefits to our solution include reduced IT support needed to execute daily back-up procedures, as well as reduced security concerns related to storing and transporting backed-up data on physical tape media at every
remote computing location; and

 







 Ÿ 

Improve productivity and reduce frustration for IT managers and end-users — Our solution allows users in sites linked by a WAN to collaborate and share files and
other data without the delays normally caused by WANs. Additional benefits include faster development cycles, better data synchronization, lower error rates and more flexibility with respect to staffing and personnel coordination.

Our products are designed to be easily and transparently deployed into our customers’ networks. Our products are also
designed to be easily managed, scalable across networks of all sizes and to address the wide-area distributed computing needs of every major industry.

These excerpts taken from the RVBD 10-K filed Feb 15, 2008.

The Riverbed Solution

We have developed an innovative and comprehensive solution that broadly addresses the inter-related root causes of poor performance of wide-area distributed computing: latency and protocol chattiness, and bandwidth limitations. By simultaneously addressing these causes, we are able to improve significantly the performance of applications and access to data across WANs and enable the consolidation of costly IT infrastructure. Our WDS solution consists of the Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS™), our proprietary software that is embedded on a general purpose hardware computing platform to form our Steelhead appliances. We also embed RiOS in our Steelhead Mobile software designed for use on mobile worker laptop computers.

Through the application of our proprietary technology, our WDS solution simultaneously addresses each of these root causes of poor WAN performance:

 

  Ÿ  

Application protocol chattiness — Our Application Streamlining technology significantly reduces unnecessary protocol chattiness for a broad range of applications;

 

  Ÿ  

Network protocol chattiness — Our Transport Streamlining technology employs a variety of techniques to significantly improve TCP performance. Our technology allows more data to be transmitted in each trip, which reduces the number of trips required; and

 

  Ÿ  

Bandwidth limitations — Our Data Streamlining technology employs sophisticated data mapping and pattern recognition techniques to minimize the amount of redundant data traversing WAN connections. Our products detect requests for redundant information and send very little more than the data that has actually been modified over the WAN.

When combined, these key technologies allow us to deliver significant benefits to our customers, including the ability to:

 

  Ÿ  

Accelerate performance of applications and access to data over the WAN — Our solution enables our customers to recognize dramatic increases in performance of applications and access to data across a WAN, typically increasing transmission speeds by 5 to 50 times and in some cases by up to 100 times. Benefits include increased employee productivity, more efficient collaboration of globally distributed workgroups and more consistent rollout and adoption of enterprise applications;

 

  Ÿ  

Consolidate geographically distributed IT resources — Our solution enables the consolidation of remote office infrastructure, including servers, storage back-up systems, databases and IT

 

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support personnel, while achieving more LAN-like performance. Also, consolidation enhances data security by centralizing IT resources in more secure datacenters;

 

  Ÿ  

Reduce the need for WAN bandwidth — Our solution nearly eliminates redundant traffic traversing the WAN and enables more efficient use of existing bandwidth, reducing the pressure to add bandwidth, which is often expensive or unavailable, as network traffic increases;

 

  Ÿ  

Shorten storage back-up and replication time over the WAN — Our solution enables back-up and replication of data over the WAN in a fraction of the time previously allocated to the task. Additional benefits to our solution include reduced IT support needed to execute daily back-up procedures, as well as reduced security concerns related to storing and transporting backed-up data on physical tape media at every remote computing location; and

 

  Ÿ  

Improve productivity and reduce frustration for IT managers and end-users — Our solution allows users in sites linked by a WAN to collaborate and share files and other data without the delays normally caused by WANs. Additional benefits include faster development cycles, better data synchronization, lower error rates and more flexibility with respect to staffing and personnel coordination.

Our products are designed to be easily and transparently deployed into our customers’ networks. Our products are also designed to be easily managed, scalable across networks of all sizes and to address the wide-area distributed computing needs of every major industry.

The Riverbed Solution

SIZE="2">We have developed an innovative and comprehensive solution that broadly addresses the inter-related root causes of poor performance of wide-area distributed computing: latency and protocol chattiness, and bandwidth limitations. By
simultaneously addressing these causes, we are able to improve significantly the performance of applications and access to data across WANs and enable the consolidation of costly IT infrastructure. Our WDS solution consists of the Riverbed
Optimization System (RiOS™), our proprietary software that is embedded on a general purpose hardware computing platform to form our Steelhead appliances. We also embed RiOS in our Steelhead Mobile software designed for use on mobile worker
laptop computers.

Through the application of our proprietary technology, our WDS solution simultaneously addresses each of these root causes of poor
WAN performance:

 







 Ÿ 

Application protocol chattiness — Our Application Streamlining technology significantly reduces unnecessary protocol chattiness for a broad range of applications;

 







 Ÿ 

Network protocol chattiness — Our Transport Streamlining technology employs a variety of techniques to significantly improve TCP performance. Our technology
allows more data to be transmitted in each trip, which reduces the number of trips required; and

 







 Ÿ 

Bandwidth limitations — Our Data Streamlining technology employs sophisticated data mapping and pattern recognition techniques to minimize the amount of redundant
data traversing WAN connections. Our products detect requests for redundant information and send very little more than the data that has actually been modified over the WAN.

STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:5%">When combined, these key technologies allow us to deliver significant benefits to our customers, including the ability to:

STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> 







 Ÿ 

Accelerate performance of applications and access to data over the WAN — Our solution enables our customers to recognize dramatic increases in performance of
applications and access to data across a WAN, typically increasing transmission speeds by 5 to 50 times and in some cases by up to 100 times. Benefits include increased employee productivity, more efficient collaboration of globally distributed
workgroups and more consistent rollout and adoption of enterprise applications;

 







 Ÿ 

Consolidate geographically distributed IT resources — Our solution enables the consolidation of remote office infrastructure, including servers, storage back-up
systems, databases and IT

 


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support personnel, while achieving more LAN-like performance. Also, consolidation enhances data security by centralizing IT resources in more secure datacenters;

 







 Ÿ 

Reduce the need for WAN bandwidth — Our solution nearly eliminates redundant traffic traversing the WAN and enables more efficient use of existing bandwidth,
reducing the pressure to add bandwidth, which is often expensive or unavailable, as network traffic increases;

 







 Ÿ 

Shorten storage back-up and replication time over the WAN — Our solution enables back-up and replication of data over the WAN in a fraction of the time previously
allocated to the task. Additional benefits to our solution include reduced IT support needed to execute daily back-up procedures, as well as reduced security concerns related to storing and transporting backed-up data on physical tape media at every
remote computing location; and

 







 Ÿ 

Improve productivity and reduce frustration for IT managers and end-users — Our solution allows users in sites linked by a WAN to collaborate and share files and
other data without the delays normally caused by WANs. Additional benefits include faster development cycles, better data synchronization, lower error rates and more flexibility with respect to staffing and personnel coordination.

Our products are designed to be easily and transparently deployed into our customers’ networks. Our products are also
designed to be easily managed, scalable across networks of all sizes and to address the wide-area distributed computing needs of every major industry.

This excerpt taken from the RVBD 10-K filed Feb 9, 2007.

The Riverbed Solution

We have developed an innovative and comprehensive solution that broadly addresses the inter-related root causes of poor performance of wide-area distributed computing: latency and protocol chattiness, and bandwidth limitations. By simultaneously addressing these causes, we are able to improve significantly the performance of applications and access to data across WANs and enable the consolidation of costly IT infrastructure. Our WDS solution consists of the Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS™), our proprietary software that is embedded on a general purpose hardware computing platform to form our Steelhead appliances.

Through the application of our proprietary technology, our WDS solution simultaneously addresses each of these root causes of poor WAN performance:

 

  Ÿ Application protocol chattiness — Our Application Streamlining technology significantly reduces unnecessary protocol chattiness for a broad range of applications;

 

  Ÿ Network protocol chattiness — Our Transport Streamlining technology employs a variety of techniques to significantly improve TCP performance. Our technology allows more data to be transmitted in each trip, which reduces the number of trips required; and

 

  Ÿ Bandwidth limitations — Our Data Streamlining technology employs sophisticated data mapping and pattern recognition techniques to minimize the amount of redundant data traversing WAN connections. Our Steelhead appliances detect requests for redundant information and send very little more than the data that has actually been modified over the WAN.

When combined, these key technologies allow us to deliver significant benefits to our customers, including the ability to:

 

  Ÿ Accelerate performance of applications and access to data over the WAN — Our solution enables our customers to recognize dramatic increases in performance of applications and access to data across a WAN, typically increasing transmission speeds by 5 to 50 times and in some cases by up to 100 times. Benefits include increased employee productivity, more efficient collaboration of globally distributed workgroups and more consistent rollout and adoption of enterprise applications;

 

  Ÿ Consolidate geographically distributed IT resources — Our solution enables the consolidation of remote office infrastructure, including servers, storage back-up systems, databases and IT support personnel, while achieving more LAN-like performance. Also, consolidation enhances data security by centralizing IT resources in more secure datacenters;

 

  Ÿ Reduce the need for WAN bandwidth — Our solution nearly eliminates redundant traffic traversing the WAN and enables more efficient use of existing bandwidth, reducing the pressure to add bandwidth, which is often expensive or unavailable, as network traffic increases;

 

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  Ÿ Shorten storage back-up and replication time over the WAN — Our solution enables back-up and replication of data over the WAN in a fraction of the time previously allocated to the task. Additional benefits to our solution include reduced IT support needed to execute daily back-up procedures, as well as reduced security concerns related to storing and transporting backed-up data on physical tape media at every remote computing location;

 

  Ÿ Provide local storage for continued access to remote files during WAN failures — Our solution includes a Proxy File Services (PFS) feature that ensures continued access to data and applications during WAN failures. PFS also manages synchronization of locally modified data with the central datacenter when the WAN connection is restored; and

 

  Ÿ Improve productivity and reduce frustration for IT managers and end-users — Our solution allows users in sites linked by a WAN to collaborate and share files and other data without the delays normally caused by WANs. Additional benefits include faster development cycles, better data synchronization, lower error rates and more flexibility with respect to staffing and personnel coordination.

Our products are designed to be easily and transparently deployed into our customers’ networks. Our products are also designed to be easily managed, scalable across networks of all sizes and to address the wide-area distributed computing needs of every major industry.

EXCERPTS ON THIS PAGE:

10-K (2 sections)
Feb 23, 2009
10-K (2 sections)
Feb 15, 2008
10-K
Feb 9, 2007

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