RIVERBED - GOLDER ASSOCIATES CASESTUDY

SUBMITTED BY
CHIRAG JAIN , SANDHYA TANWAR
MBA 2011-13 R2
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COMPANY PROFILE

GROUND ENGINEERING DECOMMISIONING & DECONTAMINATION ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT & COMPLIANCE

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ENVIRONMENT & SOCIAL ASSESSMENT NATURAL RESOURCES & MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND DESIGNING

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FOUNDED IN 1960 IN TORONTO, CANADA AS A COMPANY DEALING IN SOIL MECHANICS AND GROUND ENGINEERING. GOLDER IS RANKED ONE OF THE BEST FIRMS TO WORK FOR IN ARFICA, AUSTRALIA, CANADA & U.S.FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS. COMPLTED12000+ PROJECTS & 6000 CLIENTS. EMPLOYS MORE THAN 5000 PEOPLE IN 150+ OFFICES IN OVER 30 COUNTRIES ACROSS THE WORLD. engineering earths development, preserving earths integrity
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FOUNDED IN 2002, WITH ITS HQ IN SAN FRANSISCO, U.S. &SHIPPED ITS FIRST PRODUCT , THE STEELHEAD APPLIANCES, IN MAY 2004. DESIGNER & MANUFACTURER OF WAN OPTIMIZATION & NETWORK TRAFFIC MEASUREMENT PRODUCTS. COMPANIES WITH DISTRIBUTED OPERATIONS USE RIVERBED TO

MAKE THEIR IT INFRASTRUCTURE FASTER, LESS EXPENSIVE AND

MORE RESPONSIVE.
accelerate your wide area network with WAN optimization solutions from riverbed
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CHALLENGES FACED
IMPROVE CLIENT SERVICE AND GLOBAL COLLABORATION BY CREATING A CENTRALIZED SHARE POINT INTRANET. EMPOWER MOBILE WORKERS WITH THE SAME PERFORMANCE AS USERS IN THE HQ AND THE BRANCH OFFICES. ACHIEVE SEAMLESS INTEGRATION OF AN ACCELRATION SYSTEM WITH GOLDERS CISCO-BASED ROUTING INFRASTRUCTURE.

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SOLUTIONS IMPLEMENTED
RIVERBED STEELHEAD APPLIANCES WERE DEPLOYED IN OVER 55 OFFICES. CMC DEPLOYED TO SIMPLIFY MANAGEMENT OF STEELHEAD APPLIANCES. STEELHEAD MOBILE SOFTWARE DEPLOYED TO ACCELRATE MOBILE WORKERS. STEELHEAD APPLIANCESTO BE DEPLEOYEDIN MOSTR OF THE REMAINING 100 OFFICES.

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BENEFITS
CENTRALIZED INTRANET PROVIDES LAN-LIKE PERFOMANCE IN BRANCH OFFICES AROUND THE WORLD. MOBILE WORKERS GET THE SAME LAN LIKE EXPERIENCE AS

EMPLOYEES IN THE BRANCH OFFICES.

WAN BACK UP TRAFFIC REDUCED BY ALMOST 40%.

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suggestions
THE COMPANY SHOULD ALSO HAVE TRIED TO LOKAOUT FOR SAP WHICH WOULD DEFINITELY BE A BETTER OPTION. BESIDES THIS THE COMPANY SHOULD ALSO HAVE TRIED TO SEARCH FOR MORE COMPANIES IN ASIAN MARKETS LIKE IN INDIA & CHINA THAT CAN MAKE THE REQUIRED SOFTWARE AT A LOW RATE .

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THANK YOU!! QUERIES ARE WELCOMED

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