隨著網路的飛速發展，企業的業務模式也發生了相當大的變化。電子商務、
遠程辦公逐漸成為企業運作的新模式。通過廣域網路，企業員工可以從全球
各地向總部傳送資訊和存取資訊。但是，對於增長迅速的廣域網路來講，頻
寬總是供不應求，以致於影響了數據資料的傳輸速度。廣域網路範圍不論是
在城市間還是國家之間，傳輸的距離越遠，延遲（Latency）就會越長，靠
增加頻寬是不能解決這個問題的。
因此，廣域網路優化技術（WAN Optimization & Acceleration）出現了，這
是一門新興技術，通過解決廣域網路（WAN）用戶面臨的應用性能緩慢、流
量擁塞等難題，從而讓廣域網路具有區域網路一樣的應用性能，大幅度地提
升公司的商業運作效率。Riverbed公司的產品可以為用戶在廣域網路下的文
件共用、郵件、備份、ERP系統、CRM系統等應用提供高達5至100倍的加
速性能。其首席執行官JerryKen-nelly表示：“我們能夠為客戶提供的是一種
符合實際的解決方案，真正能為客戶帶來即時投資回報。通過消除傳統上因
帶寬有限、網路性能降低以及應用協議所造成的限制，Riverbed的解決方案
從根本上改變了網路設計思路及廣域網路所能發揮出的作用。”
Riverbed 提供全世界具有領先性能的廣域數據服務 (WDS) 解決方案，目前
在26個國家設有辦事機構，已擁有超過4500家客戶，佔據全球廣域網加速
市場份額的47%。自2004年推出第一款產品至2007年9月在納斯達克上市，
僅僅經歷了不足3年時間，以30 ％至40 ％的季度增長率成為美國IT行業內僅
次與GOOGLE成長最快的公司。事實表明Riverbed 正在改變人們的工作方
式，並且使分佈式協同工作可以與局域網的性能相媲美，讓分佈各地的員工
間也能象本地員工間那樣很好的共同協作。
Riverbed Technology is the pioneer and, with over 5,000 customers, the
worldwide technology and market share leader in wide-area data services
(WDS). Riverbed provides the first and only comprehensive WDS solution
to a host of severe problems that have effectively prevented enterprises
from sharing applications and data across wide areas. By wide area, we
mean anywhere in the world. Between Chicago and New York. Or
between LA and Taipei.
Riverbed's award-winning Steelhead WDS appliances address all of the
issues that affect application performance over the WAN, dramatically
improving the performance of applications that companies and knowledge
workers rely on every day - including file sharing, email, backup,
document management systems, IT tools, as well as ERP and CRM
solutions. With Riverbed, any of these applications can be accelerated
somewhere between 5 and 50, and even up to 100 times faster.
In very simple terms, the impact for companies is the difference between
having dial-up and having broadband. Suddenly, the impossible becomes
possible, just like that.
Riverbed's Steelhead WDS solutions are available anywhere in the world
through certified resellers, who are members of the Riverbed Partner
Network, from Riverbed OEM partners or directly from Riverbed.
Riverbed Technology's world headquarters is located in San Francisco,
California
