Monday, October 02, 2006

Riverbed Expands Global Presence in the Netherlands, and Establishes new Operations in Spain


SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Riverbed Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:RVBD) today announced the expansion of its global operations with the opening of offices in Spain and the Netherlands. Riverbed's new Spanish office will allow Riverbed® to best meet the needs of distributed organizations on the Iberian Peninsula as they seek to solve the problems associated with application performance over wide area networks (WANs). Riverbed has expanded its Netherlands operations with the opening of a sales office in Rotterdam. Riverbed already maintains support staff in the Netherlands as part of its commitment to delivering 24x7 "follow the sun support to customers worldwide.

We have a strong and dedicated commitment to our European customers and partners, said Marcus Chambers, vice president of EMEA at Riverbed. The expansion of our operations into Spain and the growth of our operations in the Netherlands allow us to work more closely with our existing local partners and customers and to establish stronger relationships in new markets.

Riverbeds decision to expand operations in Europe is driven by customer and partner demand, as organizations recognize the importance of optimizing WAN performance for a broad range of applications and services, including IT consolidation, backup and disaster recovery, and application acceleration.

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