Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 22 | Page 87

/////////////////////////////////////////////////// t cht lk ACCELERATE CLOUD STRATEGIES AND MAXIMISE DIGITAL PERFORMANCE Riverbed introduces a series of powerful Microsoft product integrations. R iverbed, the Digital Performance Company, has introduced a series of powerful Microsoft product integrations, enabling mutual customers to leverage their Riverbed and Microsoft investments together to drive business results and maximise digital performance. With this announcement, Riverbed demonstrates its continued and ongoing commitment to deliver customers with the agility, flexibility and application performance required to compete in today’s cloud and digital environment. “Riverbed has a long-standing relationship with Microsoft and we remain committed to helping our mutual enterprise and government customers rethink possibilities in the digital era,” said Paul O’Farrell, Senior www.intelligentcio.com Vice President and General Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Business Unit at Riverbed. “With these product enhancements, our customers have more options to instantly capitalise on the benefits of their Microsoft investments, whether it be in the cloud with Microsoft Azure or at the edge with Microsoft Hyper-V. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with Microsoft and helping customers drive innovation and stay ahead of the curve in today’s competitive IT landscape.” Gavriella Schuster, CVP, One Commercial Partner at Microsoft, added: "Microsoft has always been a partner-led organisation and we value our strong relationship with Riverbed. These new product enhancements further demonstrate our ongoing “ RIVERBED HAS A LONG-STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH MICROSOFT AND WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO HELPING OUR MUTUAL ENTERPRISE AND GOVERNMENT CUSTOMERS RETHINK POSSIBILITIES IN THE DIGITAL ERA. INTELLIGENTCIO 87