Riverbed Awarded 2009 Five-Star Partner Program Guide Certification by Everything Channel

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Mar 30 (MARKET WIRE) --
Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance
company for networks, applications and storage, today announced it has
been recognized by Everything Channel as one of North America's top
information-technology (IT) vendors for its Riverbed Partner Network
(RPN) program. Riverbed(R) recently announced the launch of its global
RPN with enhancements to the Value-added Resellers Program within North
America.

The Riverbed Partner Network program was awarded a Five-Star certification
in the "Emerging-Founded 2001 or Later" company category in Everything
Channel's 15th annual 2009 Partner Program Guide, acknowledging the
strength of Riverbed's programs for reseller partners, which include IT
integrators and technology solution providers. A list of winners will
appear in the March 30 issue of CRN magazine, the channel industry's
leading publication, and online at www.Channelweb.com, the world's
largest channel industry portal.

The new RPN program is built on a foundation of focusing Riverbed
resources and investment in partners that are committed to working
closely with Riverbed to build successful practices based on Riverbed
solutions. The new program introduces new VAR categorization levels --
Silver, Gold, Platinum and Diamond -- and recognizes the value of heavily
investing in the development of a VAR's business with the introduction of
market development funds (MDF), enhanced rebates and a significant
investment in training programs. The enhancements to the program allow
Riverbed to work jointly with partners in an effort to increase demand,
create training opportunities, and provide market awareness around
Riverbed solutions.

Research for the 2009 Everything Channel Partner Program Guide and the
Everything Channel Five-Star Program was conducted by Everything Channel's
Institute for Partner Education & Development (IPED). IPED analyzed 130
vendor programs rating vendors' responses to nearly 60 in-depth questions
about their partner programs in the six elements of sales support,
marketing support, partner profitability, channel operations,
communications and partner recruitment. To ensure fair comparisons,
companies were placed in one of four categories based on company size.
IPED weighted the responses to each question about such program elements
as sales support and partner recruitment so that the total weight given
to a vendor's answers in any of the six elements can potentially be
scored as high as 100. The weighting scheme varies depending on the
company size and product type and is based on IPED proprietary analysis
methodology and intellectual property. In each of the four company
categories, the companies with the highest overall weighted scores
received the Everything Channel Five-Star Program designation.

"We've introduced significant enhancements to our partner program that
provide VARs with additional educational and financial resources. The
program is intended to recognize the partners that have made investments
in Riverbed and accelerate their growth with us," said Johnna Bowley,
senior director of worldwide channel and partner marketing at Riverbed.
"Receiving recognition from Everything Channel further validates that our
partners will find great value in the new program elements."

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including
statements relating to the expected demand for Riverbed's products and
services, statements relating to the benefits of the RPN program expected
to be realized by Riverbed and its partners, and statements relating to
Riverbed's ability to meet the needs of distributed organizations. These
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as
assumptions that, if they do not fully materialize or prove incorrect,
could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties
that could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements include our ability to react to
trends and challenges in our business and the markets in which we operate;
our ability to anticipate market needs or develop new or enhanced products
to meet those needs; the adoption rate of our products; our ability to
establish and maintain successful relationships with our distribution
partners; our ability to compete in our industry; fluctuations in demand,
sales cycles and prices for our products and services; shortages or price
fluctuations in our supply chain; our ability to protect our intellectual
property rights; general political, economic and market conditions and
events; and other risks and uncertainties described more fully in our
documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission. More information about these and other risks that may impact
Riverbed's business are set forth in our Form 10-K filed with the SEC on
February 23, 2009. All forward-looking statements in this press release
are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we
assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements. Any
future product, feature or related specification that may be referenced in
this release are for information purposes only and are not commitments to
deliver any technology or enhancement. Riverbed reserves the right to
modify future product plans at any time.

About Riverbed

Riverbed Technology is the IT infrastructure performance company. The
Riverbed family of wide area network (WAN) optimization solutions
liberates businesses from common IT constraints by increasing application
performance, enabling consolidation, and providing enterprise-wide network
and application visibility -- all while eliminating the need to increase
bandwidth, storage or servers. Thousands of companies with distributed
operations use Riverbed to make their IT infrastructure faster, less
expensive and more responsive. Additional information about Riverbed
(NASDAQ: RVBD) is available at www.riverbed.com.

Riverbed Technology, Riverbed, Steelhead, RiOS, Interceptor, Think Fast,
the Riverbed logo, Mazu, Profiler and Cascade are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Riverbed Technology, Inc. All other trademarks used or
mentioned herein belong to their respective owners.

Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)

Everything Channel is the one-stop shop for accessing, enabling, managing
and accelerating technology sales channels. From branding and recruiting
to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the
unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence
combined with unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all
technology sales channels through an extensive database. Everything
Channel provides innovative sales and marketing solutions to arm the
sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable
and significant results.

About United Business Media Limited (www.unitedbusinessmedia.com)

United Business Media Limited (UBM) is a global media and marketing
services company that informs markets and brings the world's buyers and
sellers together at events, online, in print, and with the information
they need to do business successfully. UBM serves professional and
commercial communities, from IT professionals to doctors, from
journalists to jewelry dealers, from farmers to pharmacists around the
world. UBM employs more than 6,500 people in more than 30 countries.
UBM's businesses operating in the US include CMPMedica, Commonwealth
Business Media, Everything Channel, PR Newswire, RISI, TechInsights,
TechWeb and Think Services. UBM is listed on the London Stock Exchange
(UBM.L) and has a market capitalization of $1.6 billion.

Everything Channel Contact
Dan Neel
Everything Channel
Email Contact
212.600.3326

MEDIA CONTACT
Kristalle Ward
Riverbed Technology
415-247-8140
Email Contact

INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT
Renee Lyall
Riverbed Technology
415-247-6353
Email Contact

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