Riverbed's SteelCentral application performance management portfolio provides significant ROI and benefits to customers. On average for every 100 users, the portfolio delivers annual benefits of $20,361, with a 521% 3-year ROI and a payback period of just 6.4 months. Key benefits include an average reduction in downtime of 82.4% and 8.8 hours saved per user annually through improved IT staff productivity, business productivity, risk management and reduced infrastructure costs. Riverbed helps pinpoint issues and resolve application performance problems with fewer people, removing blame and accelerating problem resolution.

1. ROI Summary for Riverbed’s Application
Performance Management Portfolio
Key Performance Improvements Realized from
Customers Who Deployed Riverbed SteelCentral
Business Value Benefits – Average Annual
Benefits per 100 users
3 Year
ROI
Payback
Period
Hours Saved per User
Average Annual Benefits
(per 100 users)
Reduction in Downtime
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521%
6.4
MONTHS
8.8
$20,361
82.4%
IT Staff
Productivity
Business Productivity
Risk Management
Infrastructure
Cost Reduction
$8,225
$7,474
$3,731
$931
Business Value Snapshot
IDC White Paper | The Business Value and ROI Achieved with Riverbed in Analyzing, Diagnosing, and Resolving Application Performance Issues
“Riverbed has helped us remove the blame game because we can pinpoint things. We used to have to bring 10-15 people in to bring an app back up, and the discussion was ‘whose issue is this?’ Now, when we have a problem, it’s only 2-3 people helping to solve the problem.”
— Application manager at a large U.S. technology manufacturer