Riverbed optimizes WAN performance

Riverbed Technology, Riverbed Steelhead appliances supports Microsoft RemoteFX. Steelhead appliances accelerates the performance of virtual desktop over the wide area network (WAN) by using a combination of scalable data referencing (SDR), compression and TCP streamlining, This allows the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol RDP protocol to completely utilize the available WAN bandwidth and also increase the amount of frames per second of a RemoteFX session. This solution enables enables organizations to overcome WAN performance issues when they deploy VDI solutions over the WAN.

RemoteFX has been optimized for low-latency LAN environments. This is boon to customers who wish to deliver a rich user experience over a WAN with limited bandwidth or high traffic. Riverbed Steelhead appliances optimize RDP traffic over the WAN; this helps ensure optimal performance for RemoteFX so that end users can realize the full benefits of enhanced desktop virtualization.

Manlio Vecchiet, Director of Product Management for Windows Server, Microsoft points, “As today's enterprises demand a seamless, full-fidelity virtual desktop environment, Microsoft customers can use RemoteFX to deliver rich graphical experiences that match the experience on a local desktop.” He adds, “Riverbed optimizes network traffic over a WAN so that Microsoft customers can extend the benefits of a virtual desktop infrastructure enhanced by RemoteFX to use cases beyond the traditional LAN environment.”

Venugopal Pai, vice president, global alliances at Riverbed says, “The promise of desktop virtualization is to provide users with seamless, anytime access to their applications and data while simplifying compliance and management through a centralized infrastructure." And he adds, "As data and applications move away from users, network bandwidth and latency significantly impact virtual desktop performance. Riverbed WAN optimization solutions improve desktop virtualization performance, helping organizations realize the business benefits of deploying virtual desktops over a distributed infrastructure”.