Riverbed Overview

Riverbed's AI-driven observability platform addresses the challenge of maintaining exceptional digital experiences by improving performance and resolving IT issues. It offers a solution for businesses struggling with tool sprawl and the need for seamless user interactions. The platform leverages artificial intelligence to provide insights that enhance digital operations, ensuring reliable and efficient service delivery. This approach not only helps in identifying and fixing issues proactively but also supports an organization's broader strategic goals by delivering consistent user satisfaction and reducing operational complexities.

Use Cases

Customers recommend Collaboration, Competitive Intelligence, Contract Management, as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied with while using Riverbed.

Other use cases:

  • Performance Management
  • Workflow Management
  • Playbook Creation
  • Measuring Customer Satisfaction
  • Products & Pricelist Management
  • Helpdesk Management
  • Offer Management
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Business Priorities

Improve Efficiency and Improve Digital And Social Presence are the most popular business priorities that customers and associates have achieved using Riverbed.

Other priorities:

  • Acquire Customers
  • Enhance Customer Relationships
  • Enter New Markets Internationally Or Locally
  • Manage Risk
  • Scale Best Practices
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Riverbed Use-Cases and Business Priorities: Customer Satisfaction Data

Riverbed works with different mediums / channels such as Chat. Skype. E-Mail etc.

Riverbed's features include Ticketing, Alerts: Popups & Notifications, and Dashboard. and Riverbed support capabilities include 24/7 Support, AI Powered, Phone Support, etc. also Riverbed analytics capabilities include Analytics, and Custom Reports.

Reviews

"The first year of Aternity was amazing. It helped us solve many issues, including some we didn’t know we had. Now Aternity is helping us find out about new problems right away so we can resolve them before they take time away from client service." - Mike Plichta

Peer review evidence (same sources as the product rating summary)

"...Improve the performance of business-critical applications to enable better collaboration...." Swiss Re
"...Compare your organization's digital experience to others in the market by leveraging our IT service benchmark data from millions of devices under management. ..." Solutions Overview
"...Use an Experience Level Agreement (XLA) to validate that business activity performance across all applications meets expectations, by geography, department, and data center. ..." Application Performance Visibility to Improve User Experience

Riverbed, Quadient CCM platform, Contentsquare, Whatfix, RapidSpike, etc., all belong to a category of solutions that help Digital Experience Platform. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

Optimizing digital experiences is made accessible by Riverbed. The full potential of digital possibilities is illuminated and accelerated.

Popular Business Setting

for Riverbed

Top Industries

  • Legal Services

Popular in

  • Enterprise

Riverbed is popular in Legal Services, and is widely used by Enterprise,

Riverbed Customer wins, Customer success stories, Case studies

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11 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well Riverbed solved their Digital Experience Platform needs. Cuspera uses 432 insights from these buyers along with peer reviews, customer case studies, testimonials, expert blogs and vendor provided installation data to help you assess the fit for your specific Digital Experience Platform needs.

CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
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Mike Plichta

PC Experience Supervisor

Winston & Strawn

The first year of Aternity was amazing. It helped us solve many issues, including some we didn’t know we had. Now Aternity is helping us find out about new problems right away so we can resolve them before they take time away from client service. Testimonial By Mike Plichta
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Jeremy Hoyland

Managing Partner

Simmons & Simmons

Desktops are the core of the business, but we know 50% of users are accessing emails on their mobile device. Mobiles are part of a lawyers’ everyday life. We can deploy applications to mobiles securely, so it makes sense for us to understand how these apps are performing. Testimonial By Jeremy Hoyland
CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
Riverbed testimonial

Mike Plichta

PC Experience Supervisor

Winston & Strawn

The first year of Aternity was amazing. It helped us solve many issues, including some we didn’t know we had. Now Aternity is helping us find out about new problems right away so we can resolve them before they take time away from client service. Testimonial By Mike Plichta
Riverbed testimonial

Jeremy Hoyland

Managing Partner

Simmons & Simmons

Desktops are the core of the business, but we know 50% of users are accessing emails on their mobile device. Mobiles are part of a lawyers’ everyday life. We can deploy applications to mobiles securely, so it makes sense for us to understand how these apps are performing. Testimonial By Jeremy Hoyland
 

Riverbed Aternity Revenue Jumps 48% to Cross $100M in Q1 2026

Riverbed's Aternity Digital Employee Experience (DEX) business achieved over $100 million in annual revenue in Q1 2026, with bookings up 85% year-over-year. The growth is driven by new customer wins ...and expansion within existing accounts. Aternity's platform offers full-fidelity insights across devices, applications, and networks, enhancing IT teams' ability to prevent disruptions and improve employee productivity.

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Winston & Strawn LLP - Legal Services - Medium

Chicago, USA

Alluvio Aternity helps Winston & Strawn LLP quickly detect and resolve user experience issues. The law firm uses Aternity to monitor 2,300 devices for application performance. The IT team identifies ...and fixes problems before attorneys lose time. Aternity dashboards helped pinpoint a Windows process crash affecting 500 users for 90 days. The solution also optimizes license usage and reduces troubleshooting ticket severity.

 

Zain Jordan - Telecommunications - Large

Amman, Jordan

Riverbed’s AI-powered observability platform helped Zain Jordan cut incident resolution times from hours to under 15 minutes. The company unified IT monitoring, gaining real-time visibility across hy...brid environments. Teams now use centralized dashboards for faster troubleshooting and better collaboration. Riverbed’s tools reduced operational costs and improved network health. Zain Jordan now delivers more reliable digital services to over 4 million customers.

 

VINCI PLC - Construction - Large

Watford, UK

Riverbed Steelhead appliances helped VINCI PLC cut data recovery time from 72 to 24 hours. The company centralized 25 servers onto 3, improving disaster recovery and reducing IT costs. Bandwidth thro...ughput increased eightfold, enabling new projects like SharePoint and SAN. Users now access data faster, with fewer delays and no data loss. Riverbed's solution also reduced technical support requests and improved IT productivity.

 

EDF - Utilities - Very Large

London, UK

Riverbed Aternity helped EDF save 9,500 hours in one year by automating IT issue remediation. The platform gave EDF full visibility into application and device performance for 26,000 users. Automated... fixes improved Microsoft Teams performance and reduced manual troubleshooting. EDF saw an 80% improvement in employee experience scores. Compliance and security also improved with automated removal of non-compliant software.

 

Shelf Drilling - Oil & Energy - Large

Dubai, UAE

Riverbed SteelHead and SaaS Accelerator helped Shelf Drilling cut intranet traffic by up to 95%. The company optimized core apps by up to 80% and achieved 81% optimization for its JD Edwards ERP suit...e. Shelf Drilling improved user experience and operational efficiency across 30 rigs in eight countries. Riverbed enabled reliable data replication and application performance over low-bandwidth satellite links. The solution supports Shelf Drilling’s cloud-first strategy and seamless IT services for remote teams.

The Key to Brewing a Better User Experience Instant Visibility at the Point of Consumption

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Peers used Riverbed for collaboration and competitive intelligence

Riverbed Features

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FEATURE RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

4.45/5

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Analytics

4.88/5

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Custom Reports

4.79/5

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CAPABILITIES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

4.45/5

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Analytics

4.88/5

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Custom Reports

4.79/5

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Riverbed Technology News

Product

Riverbed Data Express Expands Multi-Cloud Data Movement with Expanded OCI, AWS, and Azure Support

Riverbed has expanded its Data Express capabilities to support multi-cloud data movement across OCI, AWS, and Azure. This includes new features for cloud-to-cloud migration and replication, enhancing data mobility and reducing transfer times. Data Express is now available on the Oracle Cloud Marketplace, facilitating easier adoption and deployment for OCI customers.

Awards

Riverbed Earns Leader Status in 2026 IDC MarketScape

Riverbed has been recognized as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Digital Employee Experience 2026 Vendor Assessment. This recognition highlights Riverbed's Aternity platform, which integrates AI governance and observability to enhance digital employee experiences. The platform's architecture supports autonomous IT operations and has seen significant adoption, particularly in regulated industries.

Awards

Riverbed Named a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Digital Employee ...

NR Reason: The article discusses Riverbed being recognized as a leader in the IDC MarketScape for Digital Employee Experience, which is an award recognition and not a commercial partnership or customer adoption.

Awards

Riverbed named Leader in IDC MarketScape for worldwide digital employee ...

Riverbed has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Digital Employee Experience 2026 Vendor Assessment. This recognition highlights Riverbed's Aternity platform, which integrates endpoint, application, and network telemetry with AI governance. The platform's Orion agentic AI framework enhances autonomous execution and governance, supporting enterprises in improving employee productivity and IT operations.

Riverbed Technology Profile

Company Name

Riverbed Technology

Company Website

https://www.riverbed.com/

Year Founded

2004

HQ Location

125 Cambridgepark Drive Cambridge, MA

Employees

101-250

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Financials

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