Steelhead Cloud Accelerator (SCA)
for Office 365
Fall 2013
Name, Title
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Riverbed: the leader in WAN Optimization
Gartner “Magic Quadrant for WAN
Optimization Controllers, 2013”
We are a leader once again in the
Gartner Magic Quadrant.
With 6 years in a row as a leader in
WAN optimization controllers,
Riverbed stands alone in the leaders
quadrant.
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Businesses are more cloud aware
Changing Network
Environment
Changing Apps
Environment
Changing IT
Spend
2.5X
58%
$80B
Growth in business
network traffic by 2017
Of business traffic will
be Video in 2017
80%
50%
$100B
Of traffic moves to
WAN by 2014
Split between Windows
and non-windows apps
Cloud IT Services
spend - 2016
5
Private WAN Services
spend
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Cloud SaaS usage is increasing
From: Research Report: 2013 Public Cloud Computing Trends. Source: Enterprise Strategy Group
Created for Bob Laliberte, ESG. IP Address: (Unknown) © 2013 Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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Cloud Services/SaaS creates new challenges
WAN
BRANCHES / MOBILE WORKER / CUSTOMERS
DATA CENTERS / CLOUD
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Users are further away from the data centers
SaaS DATA
CENTER
Los Angeles
SaaS DATA
CENTER
SaaS DATA
CENTER
SaaS DATA
CENTER
London
Tokyo
Herndon
SaaS DATA
CENTER
Sydney
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Traversing the Internet introduces
performance challenges for SaaS apps
Paris
Domestic
network
Internet
IP VPN
EMEA
WAN
30ms
???ms
International
WAN
Lexington (US)
St Louis (US)
North America
WAN
110ms
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Performance impacted by network latency
Application Access
60x SLOWER
120 sec
2 sec
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Cloud Access
Local Access
Accessing a 10 MB PPT Document on Office 365
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Microsoft Office 365 – a dominant enterprise
workload
Subscription-based online Office product suite
Offers access to various services and software built
around the Microsoft Office platform
Software and Services included:
• Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and Lync Online
• Access to full version of MS Office Applications (Word,
PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Publisher, etc.)
Offerings
• Multi-Tenant – Shared infrastructure for multiple customers
• Dedicated – Separate hosting infrastructure for each
customer
*Office 365 previously called Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS)
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Steelhead Cloud Accelerator
for Office 365 for multi-tenant cloud services
Steelhead appliances provide
Riverbed’s unrivaled
deduplication, transport
optimization, and compression
•
Ensures fastest path to
application
•
WAN and Internet optimization
•
Up to 30X better application
performance
•
More than 97% bandwidth
reduction
WAN
WELL CONNECTED HEADQUARTERS
BRANCH OFFICE
Supporting and enhancing powerful Office 365 applications in private, hybrid, or public
clouds, decreasing bandwidth and latency and increasing app performance and delivery
speed
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Riverbed Solutions for Office 365
Acceleration
Steelhead Cloud Accelerator
Optimized
Internet
Steelhead in Microsoft DC
Steelhead in Customer DC Close to the Provider Cloud
Internet
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Steelhead Cloud Accelerator delivers Office
365 performance benefits
for for Office 365
30+ Customers
use Steelhead
Cloud Accelerator
for Office 365
multi-tenant cloud
services
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Customer Use Case – Large Retailer
● Business Challenge
– Migrating 26,000 users from
Lotus Notes to Microsoft
Office 365
– Upgrading networks for all
global locations not an option
due to costs
– Network group mandated to
support Office 365 over
already saturated links in 100
global locations
● Riverbed Solution
– Steelhead Cloud Accelerator
to optimize Office 365 traffic
● Competitive Advantage
– Ease of deployment. Great
results in both Exchange and
SkyDrive Optimization
– Riverbed only solution to
accelerate Office 365 and
work with existing saturated
network
● Retailer Business Benefit
– Delivers accelerated Office
365 performance without
upgrading network
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Steelhead Cloud Accelerator delivers
value to Office 365
Key Features
30x faster application performance
Simple deployment and easy management
Dynamic scale and cloud-based subscription
Licensing (per user)
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Subscription Licensing Per User
● 12, 24 and 36 month terms
– Paid upfront
● Pay for Steelhead Capacity in the cloud
– Service/SaaS-like pricing - number of Users
– Service sized by connections & bandwidth
● Enterprise Steelheads
– Enable as many as needed
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Steelhead Cloud Accelerator with Microsoft
Office 365 – A Strong Partnership
● Riverbed solutions work seamlessly
with Microsoft software and
applications
● WAN devices are a choice for
customers to boost performance under
conditions of high latency or low
bandwidth
● Microsoft and Riverbed individually
support any customer using their
respective products. Respective
support teams can escalate customer
issues to each other
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2690045
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Customer experience
● Buy Steelhead Cloud Accelerator through Riverbed
● Integration is transparent to the end user
● Simple deployment
● No technical or business interactions needed with the
SaaS vendor
● Easily upgrade to Steelhead Cloud Accelerator enhanced
RiOS
IT’S AS EASY AS
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Summary
● Cloud services/SaaS are growing fast
● Office 365 is a dominant workload
● Industry-First WAN and Internet Optimization for
Office 365 for multi-tenant cloud services
Steelhead Cloud Accelerator
http://www.riverbed.com/products-solutions/products/wan-optimization-steelhead/cloudwan-optimization/SaaS-Optimization.html
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Next Steps
• Request a demo of Steelhead Cloud Accelerator
• Engage in a Proof of Concept provided by Riverbed
• Work with Riverbed Account Team and Preferred
Partner to deploy
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Customer Resources
Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization 2013
Forrester: End-To-End Application Acceleration Technologies Overcome SaaS Challenges
Video – Steelhead Cloud Accelerator and Office 365
Video – IT Performance is strategic for Data Center Transformation – Cloud Computing
Fast Facts – Steelhead Cloud Accelerator
Performance Brief – Steelhead Cloud Accelerator and Office 365
Case Study – Schneider Electric – Cloud Computing
White Paper – Can Cloud and High Performance Co-Exist?
ESG Analyst Paper – Overcoming Application Challenges
ESG: Accelerating Cloud Performance with WAN Optimization
ESG: What's Needed For Cloud Computing
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