Case Study: BigBand Networks achieves global data sharing and 50% WAN reduction with Riverbed Steelhead appliances

Riverbed Steelhead Appliances Enable Global Data Sharing for Broadband Services Platform Provider

BigBand Networks, a global provider of broadband multimedia platforms with offices in the US, Israel and worldwide, needed to give dispersed teams consistent, fast access to applications and data while maintaining a decentralized infrastructure. Rapid growth and geographically distributed groups (HR, R&D, marketing, support) made WAN performance and inter-office collaboration a limiting factor, and BigBand wanted a solution that would scale with the company without breaking security or disaster-recovery requirements.

BigBand deployed Riverbed Steelhead appliances globally to accelerate applications and optimize WAN traffic. The result: WAN usage fell by nearly 50%, a planned $90,000 distributed SharePoint rollout was avoided, Citrix licenses were cut by one-third as users returned to native Oracle access, VoIP deployment was accelerated, and centralized backups/disaster recovery were simplified—delivering consistent, secure access to data and applications for employees anywhere, anytime.

BigBand Networks

Eugene Alfaro

Director of IT Services