2007

Orange Business Services Delivers Global Integration Services to Support Riverbed’s WAN Optimization Products

Paris, Feb. 27, 2007

Orange Business Services has signed a global integration services contract with Riverbed Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: RVBD), the performance leader in wide-area data services (WDS), to provide global installation and maintenance support, including a four-hour response time to replace field parts to Riverbed ^® customers worldwide.

Orange Business Services’ field services and logistics capabilities will allow Riverbed to ensure seamless business continuity, regardless of the size and location of enterprise customers. Riverbed’s award-winning WDS solutions are deployed on all seven continents to provide distributed workforces with LAN-like application performance, while at the same time safeguarding data and reducing IT costs.

“Our solutions serve global enterprises and have been placed all over the world," said Scott Downie, vice president of customer support at Riverbed. "We needed a global partner that could reach our customers within four hours. Orange Business Services gives us this ability. Orange Business Services has the infrastructure, people and processes in place to meet the unique requirements of our business.”

“With more than 29,000 people in 166 countries around the world, Orange Business Services offers comprehensive and consistent support with our own ‘feet on the street’,” said Mack Treece, president of the Americas, Orange Business Services. “We value the opportunity to meet the time-sensitive business needs of Riverbed’s global customers and look forward to a lasting and successful partnership.” 

About Riverbed

Riverbed Technology is the performance leader in wide-area data services (WDS) solutions for companies worldwide. By enabling application performance over the wide area network (WAN) that is orders of magnitude faster than what users experience today, Riverbed is changing the way people work, and enabling a distributed workforce that can collaborate as if they were local. Additional information about Riverbed (Nasdaq: RVBD) is available at www.riverbed.com.

Riverbed Technology, Riverbed, Steelhead, RiOS, Interceptor, and the Riverbed logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Riverbed Technology, Inc.  All other trademarks used or mentioned herein belong to their respective owners.
 

Orange Business Services represents the business communications solutions and services provided by the France Telecom Group as of June 1, 2006. They were previously sold under the France Telecom, Orange, Equant, Etrali, Almerys, EGT, Expertel Consulting, France Telecom Intelmatique, SETIB and Solicia brands.