Case Study: Alstom achieves rapid application problem localization and three-day ROI with Riverbed SteelCentral AppResponse

Alstom - Customer Case Study

Alstom, a global leader in power and transport infrastructure, runs 40 UK offices tied by an MPLS WAN to a primary data center supporting a wide mix of business and bespoke applications. The IT team struggled to get real-time visibility and quickly troubleshoot application performance problems using several disparate tools, which slowed incident resolution and limited time for strategic projects.

Alstom deployed a Riverbed SteelCentral AppResponse appliance in its main data center (via a simple SPAN/tap), gaining real-time and historical application and network metrics and fast drill-down to root causes. The solution enabled much quicker problem localization and resolution (for example, an intranet slowdown was diagnosed and validated within half a day), delivered rapid time-to-value (about three days), improved non‑technical reporting, and freed IT to focus on business‑critical work.

Alstom

Chris Reynolds

Network Manager