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Aruba and Riverbed Partner toAccelerate and Optimize Mobile-FirstConnectivity to Cloud-First ApplicationsToday’s workforce is more distributed, moreemployees in branch locations have reliablewireless and wired access, and reliableconnectivity to corporate and cloud services?mobile, and more demanding. Constantavailability and high performance are expectedregardless of the application. Many of these Visibility: How do you provide visibility into enduser experience and application performance toefficiently troubleshoot or resolve issues evenbefore they are noticed by the end user? Performance: How do you ensure consistentapplications have expanded from a monolithicapplication in a single datacenter to multi-tieredapplications that span multiple data centersand clouds. The result is an unprecedentedcombination of mobile users who demandconsistent performance and a multi-locationinfrastructure that at times struggles to meetapplication performance over wireless and wiredaccess networks, regardless of whetherbranches are connected via MPLS or the publicInternet, and regardless of infrastructure location(private datacenter, hybrid datacenter, cloud)?the expectations of the 21st century workforce.Aruba and Riverbed Power Mobile ConnectivityBusiness Gets Done at the BranchBranch offices become increasingly important as we seegrowth in business revenues streaming in from locationsAruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, is aleading provider of next-generation networking solutionsfor enterprises of all sizes worldwide. Riverbed is theaway from headquarters. On average, nearly half of allemployees in mid-to-large sized enterprises work inremote locations. IT must ensure that these locations arealways up and running with the applications and servicesthey need to stay productive. However, providingconsistent application performance to remote users atleader in Application Performance Infrastructure,delivering the most complete platform for the hybridenterprise to ensure applications perform as expected,data is always available when needed, and performanceissues can be proactively detected and resolved beforeimpacting business performance. Together, Aruba andthese sites creates various challenges:Riverbed have partnered to deliver best-in-class mobilityaccess and management combined with networkoptimization and visibility. Connectivity: How do you ensure that 2016 Riverbed Technology. All rights reserved.1

Aruba for Wired and Wireless Access andNetwork ManagementAruba provides a broad portfolio of products for branchoffice wireless connectivity: Superb Wi-Fi performance with wirelessaccess points (APs) and controllers that alsosupport centralized network engineering, statefulfirewall, IP services and policy controls Scalable and secure wired access withswitches optimized for wireless that feature HPESmart Rate multi-gigabit Ethernet and bettertogether integration with Wi-Fi infrastructure User-centric network management designedwith mobile devices and apps in mind thatproactively monitors the health and performanceof all connected devicesdifficult for applications to perform as expected. RiverbedSteelHead solutions address these problems through itsindustry-leading WAN acceleration and optimizationtechnologies. A dual-ended solution, SteelHead sits oneither side of the WAN and provide a uniquecombination of application, data, and network trafficstreamlining: transactions. Traffic shaping: Applies policies to prioritizetraffic and control the data flow on an applicationbasis to determine which data will be transmittedon the WAN. TCP/IP optimization: Leverages varioustechniques to make TCP a more efficientnetworking protocol. These techniques canAruba solutions are optimized for cloud services andhybrid WAN connections, and designed to deliver theperformance, reliability and security required to supportthe growing number of IoT devices now in the workplace.Riverbed for Application AccelerationRiverbed SteelHead solutions deliver comprehensivevisibility, optimization and control of all applications,(both on-premises and cloud), to deliver extraordinaryperformance no matter where users and applications arelocated.Application streamlining: Reduces thechattiness of applications based on a number ofdifferent protocols including CIFS, HTTP,HTTPS, MAPI, NFS, and SQL. These specificmodules understand the chattiness of eachprotocol and work to keep the conversation onthe LAN, where chattiness is not a factor;thereby significantly reducing latency beforemaking transmissions over the WAN.For smaller remote locations that need enterprise-gradeWi-Fi that’s simple to deploy and manage, Aruba InstantAPs offer robust, resilient and secure branch networkservices. For larger remote locations, the Aruba 7000series controllers provide integrated wireless andswitching services for enterprises that need to rapidlydeploy and manage an all-in-one CPE solution for eachbranch or remote location.Data de-duplication: Eliminates redundant datafrom being transferred across the WAN,reducing the overall amount of network trafficand increasing the throughput on file downloads,remote backups, replication, disaster recovery,and many other application and datainclude improving latency through window-sizescaling, selective acknowledgements, Layer 3congestion control algorithms, and IP protocolspoofing. This can also include forward errorcorrection that reduces the need forretransmissions in error-prone and congestedWAN links.Unreliable network connections, constantly changinglocations, distance, and network latency often make it 2016 Riverbed Technology. All rights reserved.SteelHead solutions are delivered in a variety of formfactors ranging from physical to virtual to cloud-hosted. A2

traditional, enterprise-only deployment might involve aSteelHead in the datacenter paired with SteelHead CX ineach branch office. Cloud and SaaS deploymentsinvolve on-premise SteelHead boxes paired withSteelHead hosted within the cloud provider (e.g., withinAmazon Web Services) and/or SteelHead hosted in apoint-of-presence in close proximity to a SaaS provider’sdatacenter (e.g., within the Akamai network in closeproximity to a Salesforce.com datacenter).SteelHead solutions deliver a number of benefitsincluding: Ability to quickly discern network problems fromSaaS provider problems with visibility intonetwork versus service provider server delays Increased performance of up to 100X overhybrid networks for on-premises, cloud, andSaaS applications Reduced bandwidth utilization by up to 99%,deferring costly network bandwidth upgradesSupport for the largest number of applicationsTogether, Aruba and Riverbed solutions help ensure fast,consistent connectivity for mobile users from the deviceto the branch office and either to the datacenter or toon premise, in the cloud or SaaS-basedincluding Microsoft Office 365, MicrosoftDynamics 365 CRM, Salesforce.com, SAP,ServiceNow, Box, and many otherscloud services. Figure 1 illustrates how the combinationof Aruba and Riverbed can deliver superior access andperformance to mobile users at branch offices –regardless of the location of the application.Faster, more effective troubleshooting with enduser experience visibilityFigure 1: Aruba and Riverbed for branch office connectivity, visibility, and performance from mobile users to Datacenter, Cloud, and SaaS 2016 Riverbed Technology. All rights reserved.3

Optimizing the Performance of CriticalBusiness ApplicationsBusinesses depend on a variety of applications andMicrosoft Office 365 is at the top of the list forproductivity, collaboration, and communication. Forsophisticated applications like Office 365, performancechallenges that adversely impact end user experienceand productivity can crop up in multiple areas of thenetwork – such as end user connectivity via a mobiledevice or branch office connectivity to a Microsoftdatacenter over the WAN or public Internet. Thecombination of Aruba and Riverbed addresses theseconnectivity challenges and provides end-to-endoptimization and visibility that ensures an optimal enduser experience.Aruba delivers QoS over the wire and the air directly toend users, while Riverbed improves the performance ofthe application over the WAN from branch office to thedatacenter or cloud. The result is a 33X betterapplication performance with up to 99% reduction ofnetwork bandwidth. Combined with world-classmanagement tools like Aruba Airwave and Riverbed Deliver as much as 33x better applicationperformance Reduce bandwidth use as much as 99%,eliminating the need to add costly networkbandwidthIn addition to Office 365, Aruba and Riverbed can alsoensure connectivity and an optimized experience forother business critical applications – both on-premise orcloud services – including SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow,Box, Microsoft Dynamics, as well as homegrown,custom applications.Deployment Questions and Example ScenariosAruba and Riverbed architectures will vary based on anumber of factors including branch office size, numberand type of applications being used, network type andbandwidth, additional network loads (e.g., databasebackups), etc. Some key questions to consider and initialsteps to take when architecting branch officeconnectivity for mission critical applications include: SteelCentral , customers can not only improveapplication performance but also, just as importantly,provide granular, application-centric visibility and reportsinto end user experience.Together, Aruba and Riverbed enhance the performanceand reliability of networks where users access Office 365and other mission-critical business applications anddeliver the following benefits: Improve Skype for Business call quality andprovide consistent user experienceWhat applications are most critical to yourbusiness stakeholders today and in the future?TM Where are these applications hosted today?Datacenter or cloud? Could this locationchange? What connectivity is in place today? Wired,wireless, MPLS networks, Internet, other? What is the end user experience and applicationperformance in branch offices today? Simplif and accelerates Skype for Businessdeployment while resolving call quality issuesfaster through detailed metrics Deliver unparalleled visibility to customer’sWith initial answers to these questions, customers canwork with Aruba and Riverbed to pilot an architecture fora small number of branch office in order to see thepotential benefits for critical business applications suchas Microsoft Office 365 and Skype for Business. Again,there are many factors to consider for a productionSkype for Business deployments with end-to-deployment, but a pilot environment could include aend, wireless LAN and endpoint device level callquality metricscombination of the products listed in this table: 2016 Riverbed Technology. All rights reserved.4