Riverbed Releases Granite 2.6

Key Enhancements Include 2x Higher Capacity Models and Enhanced Snapshot Control with New Integrated Support for IBM Storwize V7000 Arrays

Riverbed Technology announced Riverbed Granite 2.6, with new features that support more branches, bigger data sets, and additional enterprise-class storage solutions, including IBM Storwize V7000. Riverbed Granite is a branch converged infrastructure solution, unique on the market, which centralizes branch data in the data center while delivering local performance to branch users. With Granite, businesses can restore operations in a matter of minutes vs. days, centrally protect and secure data, and significantly lower the TCO of branch and remote offices. InfoWorld has recognized Granite as a unique solution to a widespread problem with back-to-back Technology of the Year Awards in 2013 and 2014.

“Organizations have an average of 55 branches for every data center and therefore managing business data across the globe is next to impossible. Organizations need better ways to protect data in remote places, faster ways to recover branches after disasters, and lower-cost ways to manage these critical operations,” said John Martin, senior vice president and general manager, Storage Delivery at Riverbed. “Granite is a unique and powerful solution to this universal problem, centralizing data for higher security, instant disaster recovery, and dramatically lower TCO. With our new Granite 2.6 release, we now support more branches with double the capacity and bigger data sets, resulting in even lower costs and higher security.”

“We have Riverbed Granite in all of our remote locations,” said Jerry Vigil, director IT operations, Bill Barrett Corporation. “Our users get great local performance and my IT staff is able to manage data centrally with the added plus of having a solid, faster disaster recovery capability. I’m already a happy user. The fact that Granite 2.6 delivers even more ways to simplify management and protect data affirms that we made the right choice for our branch infrastructure.”

Granite 2.6 and the VGC-1500 Series are available immediately.