Case Study: Energia Communications, Inc. achieves 99% bandwidth reduction and accelerated data replication with Riverbed SteelHead CX

SteelHead CX Helps Energia Communications Reduce Bandwidth Utilization by 99% and Accelerate Data Replication Between Data Centers

Energia Communications, a provider of information and communication services for the Chugoku region of Japan (supporting services like MEGA EGG and enterprise cloud offerings), operates virtualized systems from a Hiroshima data center with disaster-recovery replication to Okayama. Facing forecasted increases in replication data, the company needed to reduce replication time to lower risk, and gain accurate visibility into bandwidth usage — all without increasing service-line capacity.

Energia deployed Riverbed SteelHead CX to optimize WAN replication, achieving roughly a 99% reduction in bandwidth utilization, cutting initial transfer time from about 11 hours to 2–3 hours (≈80% reduction) and subsequent daily differentials from ~25 minutes to ~13 minutes (≈50% reduction). The solution also provided the visibility and scalability Energia required to handle future growth and improve overall service quality.

Energia Communications, Inc.

Hiroyuki Takeda

Infrastructure Design Team Manager, Transmission Engineering Department, Communication Technology Division