BlueCat Joins Riverbed-Ready Technology Alliance
TORONTO AND SAN FRANCISO – April 12, 2016 – BlueCat, a leading provider of DNS, DHCP and IP address management solutions (DDI), today announced that it has joined the Riverbed-Ready Technology Alliance program to bring new critical capabilities that will enable customers to master the technical challenges of the hybrid enterprise.
Key takeawaysThis key takeaway was generated through LLMs crawling the page and coming up with an overview of the content.BlueCat announced its entry into the Riverbed-Ready Technology Alliance to integrate its DDI (DNS, DHCP, IPAM) solutions with Riverbed’s Application Performance Platform, addressing hybrid enterprise network challenges. The collaboration focuses on delivering adaptable, centrally managed network services and insights—enabling IT to project DNS/DHCP to distributed sites on-demand, maintain application access despite connectivity or performance issues, and improve visibility and security across hybrid environments. Key outcomes include deeper integration with Riverbed SteelCentral and SteelFusion for centralized control, local service delivery, and enhanced optimization, diagnosis, and protection of workloads across the enterprise.
What problem does the BlueCat and Riverbed partnership aim to solve for hybrid enterprises?
The partnership targets the operational challenge of managing and protecting applications and network services across hybrid enterprise environments where applications reside both centrally and at distributed locations. By integrating BlueCat DDI with Riverbed technologies like SteelFusion and SteelCentral, the solution enables centralized management and on-demand projection of DNS/DHCP services to branch sites, ensuring application access even when connectivity is limited or degraded. The integration also provides improved visibility and control to help IT visualize network transformation, optimize performance, and defend against emerging threats while maintaining consistent user experience.
How does integrating BlueCat DDI with Riverbed SteelFusion and SteelCentral benefit IT administrators?
Integration lets IT administrators centrally deploy and manage core network services (DNS and DHCP) while projecting those services to distributed locations on demand, offering operational flexibility to deliver services locally or centrally based on situational needs. Administrators gain unprecedented insights into network and security through combined telemetry and analytics from SteelCentral, enabling optimization, diagnostics, and informed decisions. Additionally, SteelFusion’s branch consolidation capabilities combined with BlueCat’s DDI allow continued application access regardless of branch connectivity or performance, simplifying management and improving reliability for distributed environments.
What specific Riverbed products are mentioned and how do they relate to the joint solution?
The announcement references Riverbed’s Application Performance Platform product families: SteelHead for optimizing and controlling application delivery, SteelCentral for end-to-end visibility, analytics, and diagnostics, and SteelFusion for consolidating branch infrastructure and optimizing app/data delivery to branches. BlueCat’s DDI integrates with SteelFusion to project DNS/DHCP services to branches on demand and with SteelCentral to deliver deeper visibility and analytics. Together, these products extend Riverbed’s platform by adding centrally managed and flexible DDI services, enhancing inspection, direction, optimization, and protection of workloads across hybrid enterprises.
TORONTO AND SAN FRANCISO – April 12, 2016 – BlueCat, a leading provider of DNS, DHCP and IP address management solutions (DDI), today announced that it has joined the Riverbed-Ready Technology Alliance program to bring new critical capabilities that will enable customers to master the technical challenges of the hybrid enterprise.
To support today’s constant business and technological transformation, your organizations’ network must be designed and architected for change. It must be highly adaptable to meet business demands in real-time and so IT must look for new and innovative ways to not only understand and visualize network transformation, but also protect against new and emerging threats and ensure a consistent user experience, regardless of where applications are located.
“We have been working with Riverbed for many years delivering tremendous value to our customers through integrations with SteelCentral™ and SteelFusion. Officially joining the Riverbed-Ready program is an opportunity for us to deliver even more value to enterprises,” said Andrew Wertkin, CTO at BlueCat. “The network is becoming the new platform of engagement. To support this, BlueCat and Riverbed have teamed to provide solutions that enable our customers to leverage their network infrastructure to pivot, change and grow based on complex and evolving business demands.”
Integrating BlueCat DDI™ with Riverbed’s SteelFusion™ provides organizations with unprecedented insights into their network and security. The joint solutions offer the flexibility to deliver core network services on-demand, locally or centrally. IT Administrators are able to project centrally deployed and managed DNS/DHCP services to distributed locations on-demand, ensuring application access regardless of connectivity status or performance.
“Through the Riverbed-Ready program, Riverbed and BlueCat will provide integrated solutions that extend the Riverbed Application Performance Platform,” said Katie Colbert, Vice President, Global Technology Alliances at Riverbed. “We are pleased to have BlueCat as a key partner, as we build upon our momentum in providing enterprise customers with end-to-end solutions that provide deep visibility, optimization, and control to inspect, direct, and protect workloads across the hybrid enterprise.”
About Riverbed Application Performance Platform
Riverbed Application Performance Platform product families include: Riverbed® SteelHead™ to optimize and control application delivery throughout the hybrid enterprise; Riverbed® SteelCentral™ for end-to-end visibility, analytics, and diagnostics across the hybrid enterprise; and Riverbed® SteelFusion™ to consolidate branch infrastructure in the data center and optimize delivery of apps/data to branches.
About BlueCat
BlueCat delivers software-based DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management (DDI) solutions that enable our customers to build and manage their most complex network infrastructure to meet the rapid pace of change of their business. With offices around the globe, leading enterprises trust BlueCat. For more information visit bluecatnetworks.com.
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