SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwire) — 03/20/13 — (NASDAQ: RVBD), the application performance company, announced today that has joined the company as Vice President of Product Solutions Marketing. Whiteley joins Riverbed® after 10 years at Forrester Research as industry analyst, research director, and operations effectiveness leader. As Riverbed continues to build a world-class team to expand its leadership, Whiteley will employ his gained in thousands of customer meetings to address the varied needs of Riverbed-s customers.
As the lead of product solutions marketing, Whiteley will identify customers- most pressing business and IT problems as they transform their data centers. He will help customers solve these challenges and show how they can achieve better, faster outcomes with solutions from Riverbed and its partners. He will unlock the value of customer stories that prove the business value of a comprehensive solution and identify best practices that enable other organizations to achieve similar results.
“Robert brings a depth of industry and customer specific experience that is unmatched. His ability to identify our customers- key business and technology challenges and articulate the best Riverbed solutions will be key in our efforts to expand our position as the leader in performance management,” said David Greene, chief marketing officer, Riverbed.
Most recently Whiteley held the position of Vice President of Operational Effectiveness at Forrester Research where he supervised the quality and consistency of the firm-s research. In his 10 years at Forrester, Whiteley held several other positions including Principal Analyst and Vice President/Research Director where he was responsible for driving his department-s research agenda and writing industry reports on areas such as networking, infrastructure and application delivery. Whiteley also worked directly with end-user organizations as a consultant on vendor selection and architectural review. As Vice President of Portfolio Management and Strategy, Whiteley undertook a solution strategy and management role, helping to bring Forrester-s playbooks to market. For this he led all aspects of strategy, change management, and business transformation. He received his B.S. degree in computer engineering from Tufts University.
“Users are increasingly dependent on technology, specifically applications and data, to remain productive. As IT continues transforming their data centers to meet rapid changes in user requirements, performance becomes the central issue. Riverbed has demonstrated that they can provide unparalleled performance management solutions whether it-s application or network, on premise or in the cloud. I look forward to helping our customers realize even greater IT performance improvements and cost savings,” said Whiteley.
Riverbed delivers application performance for the globally connected enterprise. With Riverbed, enterprises can successfully and intelligently implement strategic initiatives such as virtualization, consolidation, cloud computing, and disaster recovery without fear of compromising performance. By giving enterprises the platform they need to understand, optimize and consolidate their IT, Riverbed helps enterprises to build a fast, fluid and dynamic IT architecture that aligns with the business needs of the organization. Additional information about Riverbed (NASDAQ: RVBD) is available at .
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the expected demand for Riverbed-s products and services. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they do not fully materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include our ability to react to trends and challenges in our business and the markets in which we operate; our ability to anticipate market needs or develop new or enhanced products to meet those needs; the adoption rate of our products; our ability to establish and maintain successful relationships with our distribution partners; our ability to compete in our industry; fluctuations in demand, sales cycles and prices for our products and services; shortages or price fluctuations in our supply chain; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights; general political, economic and market conditions and events; and other risks and uncertainties described more fully in our documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. More information about these and other risks that may impact Riverbed-s business are set forth in our Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 19, 2013. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements. Any future product, feature or related specification that may be referenced in this release are for information purposes only and are not commitments to deliver any technology or enhancement. Riverbed reserves the right to modify future product plans at any time.
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