Growth, Accelerated

“With Dell as our OEM partner, we can run with smaller inventories and fill customer orders quickly. We have less money tied up on the warehouse shelf and more satisfied customers.”

- David Olson, vice president of operations, Riverbed Technology.

With sales volumes significantly increasing each year, Riverbed Technology needed an OEM partner that could reliably supply high-quality hardware for its Riverbed^® Steelhead^®  WAN optimization appliance.

Dell^TM  PowerEdge^TM  860 servers with dual-core Intel^®  Pentium^®  processors deliver a high price/performance ratio to meet the company’s needs, while Dell manufacturing expertise handles sudden changes in order volume.

• Get IT Faster: Rapid response from Dell helped save estimated US$400,000 in annual expediting costs; Riverbed reduced order fulfillment time by an estimated 80 percent
• Run IT Better: Reliable Dell servers helped reduce failure rates by an estimated 50 percent
•Grow IT Smarter: Dell manufacturing efficiency helped trim hardware costs by an estimated 15 percent; Riverbed cut standing inventory by an estimated 75 percent