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.

1. Alison Conigliaro Hubbard
Senior Director of Product Marketing, Riverbed, SteelFusion
SteelFusion
Modernizing Edge IT

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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

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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

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Edge
Legacy
Datacenter
Innovation

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ü No servers. No storage. No backup.
ü Instant provisioning. Instant recovery.
ü Complete data security. Full visibility.
ü Apps that simply work.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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VISIBILITY
APP-DEFINED
NETWORKING
SOFTWARE-DEFINED
EDGE
RIVERBED APPLICATION PERFORMANCE PLATFORM™

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