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  • Riverbed goes private in US$3.6 billion deal

    Riverbed Technology is the latest major tech company to bow out of public trading, announcing a US$3.6 billion takeover by private equity firm Thoma Bravo on Monday. The price is the highest ever paid by Thoma Bravo, and works out to $21 for each share of Riverbed currently in circulation.

    Written by Jon Gold16 Dec. 14 06:28
  • Riverbed re-brands storage offerings, adds to the stack

    Riverbed Technology Tuesday released a rebranded SteelFusion line of storage appliances, signaling its intention to further centralize its branch office lines and combine as much functionality as possible into a single device.

    Written by Jon Gold16 April 14 01:17
  • Riverbed suitor takes stake in Juniper

    Activist investor, Elliott Management, which last week made an unsolicited bid to buy Riverbed Technology, this week took a 6.2 per cent stake in Juniper Networks.

    Written by Jim Duffy13 Jan. 14 18:24
  • Riverbed may go private in a $3 billion deal

    Investment company Elliott Management has offered to buy WAN optimization vendor Riverbed Technology for just over US$3 billion while giving Riverbed a chance to entertain higher bids.

    Written by Stephen Lawson08 Jan. 14 19:46
  • Riverbed to acquire Opnet in $1B deal

    Riverbed Technology will acquire Opnet Technologies for about US$1 billion, the two companies said Monday.

    Written by Martyn Williams30 Oct. 12 00:21
  • Riverbed Whitewater: Data deduplication for cloud storage

    Cloud storage seems like such a no-brainer for backups and disaster recovery, it's a wonder that more businesses aren't taking advantage of it. If you're concerned about cloud outages, cloud storage costs, data loss, data security, or the ability to push your nightly backup sets up the Internet straw, Riverbed Technology's Whitewater appliance may make cloud storage easier to embrace.

    Written by Keith Schultz15 July 11 00:56
  • Riverbed releases WAN cloud storage gateway appliances

    Riverbed Technology today released three new gateway appliances that use WAN acceleration algorithms in order to reduce the bandwidth required to send data to public or private cloud infrastructures.

    Written by Lucas Mearian08 June 11 04:06
  • Riverbed launches WAN optimisation for public cloud

    Riverbed Technology is set to tackle the issue of ensuring optimal network performance for applications hosted within a public cloud. Riverbed Cloud Steelhead is WAN optimisation software designed to help organisations improve performance whether they're using private, public and hybrid platforms - providing that they're already Steelhead users of course.

    Written by Maxwell Cooter13 Nov. 10 02:12
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