Modernizing Edge IT with Riverbed SteelFusion
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Riverbed's document discusses the challenges and solutions related to modernizing edge IT, emphasizing the need for better user experience and efficiency in branch offices. It promotes a software-defined edge strategy that centralizes data management, enhances security, and improves operational agility. The document highlights significant improvements in performance and recovery for organizations that adopt these modern IT infrastructure practices.
Modernizing Edge IT with Riverbed SteelFusion
- 1. Alison Conigliaro Hubbard Senior Director of Product Marketing, Riverbed, SteelFusion SteelFusion Modernizing Edge IT
- 2. © 2015 Riverbed Technology. All rights reserved. 2 55 remote IT facilities for every large datacenter Edge is Where Business Gets Done Source: IDC 2013. Enhancing Business Value with an Edge-Optimized Virtual Server and Storage Delivery Solution
- 3. © 2015 Riverbed Technology. All rights reserved. 3 Poor User Experience Cost-Inefficient Edge IT Challenges At Risk nearly half of all employees work in branch offices 50% data resides outside the data center branch offices represent roughly half of IT budget High Complexity, Lack of AgilityLack of Performance Security Risk and Downtime 50% 50% $ Source: Riverbed Feb, 2015. DATA CENTER AND BRANCH OFFICE RESILIENCY
- 4. © 2015 Riverbed Technology. All rights reserved. 4 Edge Legacy Datacenter Innovation
- 5. © 2015 Riverbed Technology. All rights reserved. 5 ü No servers. No storage. No backup. ü Instant provisioning. Instant recovery. ü Complete data security. Full visibility. ü Apps that simply work.
- 6. © 2015 Riverbed Technology. All rights reserved. 6 Modernizing Edge IT with a Software-Defined Edge Simplify edge infrastructure Consolidate infrastructure at the edge Make edges stateless Centralize data from the edges to the datacenter Software-define the edge Control the personality of the edge in software
- 7. © 2015 Riverbed Technology. All rights reserved. 7 Infrastructure Business Modern Edge IT Investment Considerations § Compute § Storage § Backup § WAN Optimization § Encryption § Hybrid Networking § ROBO Provisioning § ROBO Recovery § Data Security § Data Protection § Storage Management § Cloud Adoption § User Productivity § Site Productivity § High Application Uptime § Application Performance § Business Continuity § Business Agility Operations
- 8. © 2015 Riverbed Technology. All rights reserved. 8 Modernizing Edge IT Major Government Agency Social Media Giant § 85 Remote Locations and 2 Data Centers § Fixed Failed VDI Deployment § Data Security § Disaster Recovery § Substantial operational cost reduction § Centralized ROBO operations § Business Continuity § Compliance, Security
- 9. © 2015 Riverbed Technology. All rights reserved. 9 User Productivity Security & Performance Operational Agility Business Continuity 100% data secured in the data center and encrypted end-to-end. Local performance & availability at the branch. 30x faster deployment of branch services & sites.1 100% centralized management. 100x faster recovery time (RTO).1 Milliseconds or seconds of data loss vs. hours or days (RPO).1 Up to 100x increase in branch application performance. On-premises & cloud. 1Source: Taneja Group: April, 2014. CONVERGING BRANCH IT INFRASTRUCTURE THE RIGHT WAY A Better Solution for Edge IT
- 10. © 2015 Riverbed Technology. All rights reserved. 10© 2016 Riverbed Technology. All rights reserved. END-TO-END VISIBILITY APP-DEFINED NETWORKING SOFTWARE-DEFINED EDGE RIVERBED APPLICATION PERFORMANCE PLATFORM™
- 11. Thank You © 2015 Riverbed Technology. All rights reserved. 11