Case Study: Rohm and Haas accelerates global applications and backups with Riverbed Steelhead

Rohm and Haas cuts WAN backup time from hours to 15 minutes with Riverbed

Rohm and Haas, a Fortune 500 specialty chemicals manufacturer, faced significant application performance issues due to network latency in its globally consolidated IT environment. With users in over 200 offices worldwide accessing applications from centralized data centers, high latency was making critical imaging and ERP applications difficult or impossible to use. To overcome these challenges, the company turned to Riverbed and its Steelhead appliances for a WAN optimization solution.

Riverbed implemented its Steelhead appliances across 25 offices, which significantly accelerated application performance. The solution made applications usable over the WAN, providing LAN-like performance for remote users. For Rohm and Haas, this resulted in measurable benefits including a reduction in remote site backup times from several hours to just 15-20 minutes. The Riverbed solution also enabled server consolidation, saving enough money to virtually eliminate the payback period for the investment.

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