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“Having the service under my control
rather than an ISP makes it less
expensive,” continues Neethling.
“Moreover, once we started the PoC and
I saw the results on paper, it was clearly
the right choice.”
SOLUTION: Optimised
applications boost productivity
SteelHead offers industry-leading secure
optimisation of all applications, across
hybrid networks to users everywhere
so Tradebridge can leverage global
resources and access applications
and data from anywhere – all while
reducing the cost of running the
business. SteelHead SaaS is an
integrated, purpose built, end-to-end
scalable solution that accelerates
SaaS application delivery to and from
the cloud. Tradebridge can now start
optimisation for SaaS applications
with a simple license activation – any
physical or virtual SteelHead solution
already deployed can quickly be enabled
and service availability is instantly
increased based on user demand.
“Riverbed worked with our local partner,
Datacentrix, to deliver the project on time
via detailed planning. The implementation
really was surprisingly easy,” comments
Neethling. “We have recently renewed our
license after the first year.”
Now the issues with latency have
been eliminated and, as a result,
user experience has improved. The
deployment is also a demonstration
of how the company is embracing the
cloud and enabling its employees to
become engaged endorsements for the
new approach.
“We are in the process of articulating
our new vision of becoming a fully-
digitalised cloud company and this is
an example of that,” says Neethling.
“Riverbed underpins that cloud platform
to ensure optimal performance. When
we had a problem with telephony and
“I expect the
division to perform
at 100% so I must
deliver 100%
uptime.”
had to switch the Riverbed platform off,
I was swamped with complaints. Now
that does not happen anymore.”
BENEFITS: Collaboration,
versatility and reliability
Tradebridge has noted numerous
benefits of working with Riverbed, most
importantly the increase in collaboration.
Whereas previously employees would
travel extensively to attend meetings,
they now use SharePoint and Skype to
work together remotely.
SteelHead SaaS – accelerate the delivery of your SaaS applications by up to 33x
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