Case Study: MTC Australia achieves 300% faster Office 365 performance and major bandwidth savings with Riverbed SteelHead

Non-Profit Accelerates Deployment And Delivery Of Microsoft Office 365 To Realize Extensive Cloud-First Infrastructure

MTC Australia is a not‑for‑profit that provides education and employment services across 30+ locations with ~530 staff. Facing aging infrastructure and a “cloud‑first” move—including migrating Exchange to Office 365 hosted in Singapore (~4,000 miles away)—the CIO needed users to experience cloud apps as if they were local but could not afford large bandwidth upgrades.

MTC deployed Riverbed SteelHead Cloud Accelerator software and SteelHead EX appliances (plus related gear) in under a month to optimize WAN traffic. The solution delivered ~300% faster Office 365 performance with sub‑second response from Singapore, cut migration time by ~50%, reduced transferred data by ~40–60%, lowered bandwidth needs by up to 60% (reducing upgrade costs by two‑thirds), achieved >10x network improvement, and paid back in under 12 months.

MTC Australia

Branko Ceran

Chief Information Officer