FeatureRiverbed’s Mena Migally talks about what Riverbed will be doing at GITEX 2020.
Key products and solutions being presented on the stand or virtually.
At GITEX, we are showcasing the latest release of our unified Network Performance Management solution which delivers new cloud deployment options, increased visibility into encrypted traffic flows, and new AI and ML-based behavioural analytics. The greater level of visibility that this solution makes possible is crucial to monitoring productivity and performance, as organisations continue to shift toward hybrid-networks and work-from-anywhere models.
A second solution showcase will be our Client Accelerator. This solution has been especially relevant as organisations look to accelerate business-critical applications and performance of remote employees as increasingly more employees work from anywhere. This software solution extends best-in-class optimisation and acceleration technology all the way down to the end user, eliminating performance problems caused by network congestion, latency, and increasingly unpredictable last-mile networks, providing accelerated access to on-prem, IaaS, or SaaS-based applications, even in less than ideal user conditions and regardless of location.
Key activities planned.
Our participation will centre around the greater need for visibility in 2021 and beyond. With the Covid-19 pandemic, businesses need more visibility into hybrid and distributed workforces as users are increasingly connecting beyond corporate networks and facilities and working from anywhere. In Riverbed’s Future of Work Survey, 37% of business leaders surveyed said they needed better visibility into network and application performance to ensure a better remote work environment, as increased visibility provides greater insight into business productivity and performance. Even after Covid-19 passes, remote working and distributed workforces are expected to see a sharp increase from the past, growing to 600 million remote employees by 2024, up from 343 million in 2019.
With the innovations we will be demonstrating at GITEX, and our application acceleration solutions to drive performance, we’re making it easier than ever before for enterprises to have the tools to deliver productivity across the business, even in the face of unprecedented network complexity and an increasingly work-from-anywhere world.
Key takeaways for visitors.
Research conducted by Riverbed earlier this year indicates that business leaders in the UAE and Saudi Arabia expect that on average, 28% of their teams will work remotely after the pandemic. With Solution-as-a-Service offerings being a key enabler of the remote workforce, Riverbed has become even more relevant in the current environment. As a result, our regional strategy is to grow the base of customers who utilise our acceleration solutions, Riverbed SaaS Accelerator and Client Accelerator, and our end-to-end visibility solution, Riverbed Network Performance Management.
