Case Study: GHD achieves unified global collaboration and 60x faster file transfers with Riverbed SteelHead and SteelCentral

GHD - Customer Case Study

GHD is a global professional services firm of 8,500 people across more than 200 offices, delivering engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services. Its highly collaborative projects rely on 3,000+ applications (including CAD, 3D modeling and GIS) and move massive files across continents; slow transfers (a 112 MB file once took ~19 minutes) and a prior faulty WAN optimization solution were impeding "One GHD" collaboration and risking project delivery.

GHD deployed the Riverbed Application Performance Platform—SteelHead WAN optimization and SteelCentral network performance management (initially 37, now 96 appliances and analytics tools)—to accelerate apps and improve visibility. The result: file transfers that once took 19 minutes now take about 19 seconds, faster troubleshooting and end-to-end performance visibility, greatly improved staff productivity and morale (user satisfaction >90%), and virtually eliminated network-related risks to project delivery.

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Elizabeth Harper

Chief Information Officer