Riverbed to Showcase IT Infrastructure Performance Solutions at VMworld 2009

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Aug 27 (MARKET WIRE) --
Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance
company for networks, applications and storage, today announced its
participation at VMworld 2009, taking place Aug. 31 - Sept. 3 at the
Moscone Center in San Francisco. Now in its sixth year, VMworld is the
leading virtualization event for IT professionals to discover how
virtualization is revolutionizing the next generation of computing --
providing even more efficiency and flexibility at a time when both are
critical to the future of IT. At the conference, Riverbed(R) (booth
#1332) will showcase the capabilities of its WAN optimization solutions,
including the Riverbed Services Platform (RSP), a virtualized partition
within the Riverbed Steelhead(R) appliance that allows organizations to
consolidate their branch office IT infrastructure without impacting
employee productivity.

Riverbed Steelhead appliances accelerate the performance of applications
between data centers, remote offices and mobile workers by five to 50
times and in some cases up to 100 times. Steelhead appliances enable
enterprises to efficiently collaborate across VMware environments, while
at the same time centralizing and consolidating IT resources -- all
without sacrificing application performance. Joint Riverbed and VMware
customers can more efficiently replicate VMware environments to set up
remote and branch offices backed by disaster recovery, all while
experiencing performance improvements of up to 55x.

With the RSP -- the Steelhead appliances running on the VMware platform --
enterprises can further consolidate IT infrastructure by running up to
five remote office virtual edge services, without the need for separate
dedicated servers. This approach allows enterprises to improve asset
utilization, operational efficiency and business agility, while ensuring
end-user satisfaction. Services currently available for deployment on the
RSP include streaming media, print services, network management sensors,
unified threat management/web proxy services and DNS/DHCP/IPAM.

To learn more about Riverbed WAN optimization solutions, conference-goers
can visit Riverbed on the VMware 2009 show floor.

What: Riverbed exhibiting in the Solutions Exchange at VMworld 2009
When: Tuesday, Sept. 1, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 2, 10:00a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 3, 10:00a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Where: The Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
Booth #1332

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including
statements relating to the expected demand for Riverbed's products and
services, 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-Q filed with the SEC on July 30, 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.

MEDIA CONTACT
Kristalle Ward
Riverbed Technology
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INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT
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Riverbed Technology
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