Riverbed Technology has added OPNET Technologies to its stable.
The network performance improvement specialist announced that it had completed its acquisition of OPNET, which focuses on application performance management (APM).
Riverbed's Cascade business unit and OPNET will be combined into the new Riverbed Performance Management business unit and will be led by GM Paul Brady, the company said.
By combining APM with network performance management (NPM), Riverbed is now able to offer customers performance management solutions that diagnose both application and infrastructure issues, it said.
These solutions may address server, application or network-based issues, in a virtual, physical or cloud infrastructure, or using mobile or fixed clients.
The performance management solutions will help application and infrastructure teams identify problems and deliver actionable insight for solving issues, said Riverbed.
"Customer satisfaction, employee productivity, business agility and the bottom line all hinge on business-critical applications working as expected," said Jerry Kennelly, chairman and CEO at Riverbed.
"The application and the underlying infrastructure on which it runs are tightly coupled, but previously were managed in fragmented technology silos."
Kennelly added that the OPNET acquisition allows Riverbed to provide customers with the solutions needed to manage and optimise all aspects of both application and network performance in a single portfolio of products, ensuring high performance, very fast problem resolution, and an enhanced end-user experience.
IT organisations are challenged to truly measure application performance and provide a consistent and reliable user experience, said Riverbed.
Problems in any component of application delivery can impact performance, and without a comprehensive and integrated performance management solution, problem identification and resolution are slow and difficult, the company added.
In addition, the company says, IT teams often lack the tools, expertise and time required to turn the vast volumes of raw data they receive into actionable insight.
To speed problem resolution, IT teams across functions need solutions that deliver performance data relevant to their roles, said Riverbed.
Riverbed Performance Management will allow IT organisations to collect the complete performance picture by gathering all necessary performance data.
It will also assist organisations to automate analysis by turning raw performance data into actionable intelligence to automate problem identification. Finally, it will enable organisations to communicate broadly and effectively.
This will be achieved with the provision of business-focused dashboards to triage issues according to business importance.
"We are excited by the opportunity created by joining the Riverbed team," said Marc Cohen, chairman and CEO of OPNET, and SVP, Riverbed Performance Management, sales and field operations at Riverbed.
"In addition to joining a world-class technology company that has a clear vision of the importance of APM, we now have the opportunity to bring our market-leading APM solutions to the global Riverbed distribution channel."
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