Riverbed combines SteelHead WAN optimization with the Alluvio unified observability platform (NPM, APM, DEM) to optimize user experience and rapidly resolve network and application performance issues.
Riverbed is the creator of WAN optimization and today provides the unified Alluvio observability platform spanning network, application, and digital experience monitoring (DEM). SteelHead deduplicates and accelerates traffic between branch, headquarters, and cloud to cut WAN bandwidth costs, while Alluvio IQ, NetProfiler, and AppResponse provide visibility from the packet layer up to the application code.
With cloud and hybrid work as the new normal, when users say "things are slow," determining whether the cause is the network, the application, or the cloud provider is increasingly difficult. Without clear evidence, incident response stalls in vendor finger-pointing. Riverbed lets teams prove root cause with data and dramatically reduces MTTR.
As a Riverbed Authorized Partner, Expernet has delivered SteelHead, NetProfiler/AppResponse, and Alluvio IQ projects across manufacturing, finance, and public sector. We help organizations move from fragmented monitoring (MRTG, Cacti) to unified observability, including hybrid cloud performance analysis and SaaS user experience monitoring (Microsoft 365, Salesforce).
TCP optimization, deduplication, and protocol acceleration cut WAN bandwidth by up to 95% and dramatically improve application speed.
Packet-level network analysis identifies the root cause of performance degradation in minutes.
End-to-end transaction analysis for SAP, ERP, and business-critical web apps.
Unified monitoring of AWS, Azure, GCP, and SaaS application performance alongside on-premises.
Alluvio Aternity measures real endpoint performance and Digital Experience Index (DEX) for remote workers.
Auto-learns baselines and alerts on performance anomalies with automated root cause analysis.
Riverbed reference configuration
ChallengeSubsidiaries in the US, China, and Southeast Asia experienced extremely slow access to the Korea HQ SAP ERP, blocking daily work.
SolutionDeployed SteelHead on both ends, accelerated CIFS/MAPI/Oracle protocols, and deduplicated WAN traffic.
Outcome10× faster ERP response, 70% WAN bandwidth savings, major productivity gains across subsidiaries.
From technical evaluation to deployment and operations — we support the entire lifecycle.
