Riverbed Technology(NASDAQ:RVBD) has announced that it has become a Certified Solutions Partner as part of the Juniper Networks SDN Technology Partner Programme. This certification marks a milestone in the ADC industry and is the result of the validation of the industry-leading Riverbed Stingray application delivery controller (ADC) with Juniper Networks Contrail which is a standard-based, highly scalable network virtualization and intelligence solution for software-defined networks (SDN). By bringing together Riverbed Stingray and Juniper Networks Contrail, organizations will be able to realize reduced network complexity and improved flexibility to respond faster to business needs.
As a Juniper Networks SDN Technology Partner, Riverbed will work with Juniper to help customers implement SDNs and transition to software-defined data centers (SDDCs) that include highly scalable and automated service chaining of virtualized layer-7 services. Automated service chaining will allow companies to deliver new network services faster at lower cost and less risk.
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Juniper Networks is pleased to have Riverbed be part of the SDN Technology Partner Programme. Juniper Networks Contrail combined with Stingray will provide our mutual customers with an SDN platform that is simple, agile and easy to manage," said Aruna Ravichandran, Vice-President - Marketing and Strategy, Software Solutions Division, Juniper Networks.
Ravichandran added, "Juniper Networks Contrail helps customers speed service deployment by automating the creation and dynamic control of service chains. By working with Riverbed to integrate Stingray software ADCs with Juniper Networks Contrail, customers will benefit from the simple approach to connect networks and automate the provisioning of Stingray ADC service."
This deployment will bring application delivery and control to Software-Defined Networks (SDN) to help reduce complexity, increase speed and lower cost.
