Prestigious International Awards Program Recognizes Outstanding Data Technology Products and Companies
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Riverbed, the leader in AIOps for observability, today announced that it has been selected as the winner of the ‘Data Observability Solution Provider of the Year’ award in the 6th annual Data Breakthrough Awards program conducted by Data Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global data technology market today.
This recognition underscores Riverbed’s leadership in data observability and AIOps, which are critical capabilities for modern enterprises navigating increasingly complex IT environments, and successfully implementing AI at scale. The award also recognizes the value and benefits of the Riverbed Platform, which delivers a powerful alternative to fragmented point tools by unifying observability across enterprise IT into an open AI-powered architecture.
“We are honored that Riverbed has been recognized with this Data Breakthrough award. Riverbed is continuing to push the boundaries of innovation and invest in the Riverbed Platform and AI-powered observability solutions to meet our customers’ most pressing needs,” said Richard Tworek, CTO, Riverbed Technology. “We have built a strategic platform architecture that helps enterprises consolidate their IT tools to reduce costs, while significantly improving IT operations and user experiences. Our customers are implementing Riverbed AI at massive scale today, with an annualized run-rate of 64 million AI automated remediations, and they’re seeing tremendous ROI.”
Last week, Riverbed announced a major expansion of the Riverbed Platform, with a set of AI-powered observability solutions that bring together Riverbed Generative, Predictive and Agentic AI, along with innovative data observability modules for unified communications applications, network packets and Intel® Thunderbolt™ and Wi-Fi connected devices. To watch a replay of the launch webcast, visit this link.
The latest launch follows several innovative and industry-first products delivered the previous year including: NPM+ (visibility into cloud, remote work and zero trust architectures), Aternity Mobile (industry first DEX for enterprise-owned mobile devices), Riverbed IQ Ops, Riverbed Unified Agent, and Aternity Intelligent Service Desk, among others.
The annual Data Breakthrough Awards is the premier awards program founded to recognize the data technology innovators, leaders and visionaries from around the world in a range of categories, including DataOps, Data Analytics, AI, Business Intelligence, Data Privacy, Data Storage and many more. The 6th annual Data Breakthrough Award program attracted thousands of nominations from across the globe.
“Enterprises are experiencing major benefits from the Riverbed Platform and Riverbed AI capabilities—including utilizing their data more effectively to save millions of dollars on software license optimization, massively reducing IT ticket volumes by using AI to automate routine issues, and dramatically decreasing false alerts,” said Steve Johansson, Managing Director, Data Breakthrough. “The Riverbed Platform provides an end-to-end strategy for enterprises, with AI that is safe, secure and accurate, enabling customers to optimize their digital experiences by using AIOps to prevent, identify, and resolve IT issues fast. We’re so pleased to recognize Riverbed with the 2025 award for ‘Data Observability Solution Provider of the Year’!”
The Riverbed Platform, launched in May 2024, provides full-stack, full-fidelity visibility across every layer of the digital enterprise—including applications, networks, endpoint devices, digital employee experience (DEX), public cloud, zero trust, and mobile environments—far beyond the narrow scope of typical monitoring solutions.
At the core of the platform is the patented Riverbed Data Store, designed to intelligently collect, correlate, and surface only the most relevant data. This precision not only reduces noise but also integrates with third-party tools to deliver a holistic view across complex ecosystems. Powering this intelligence is Riverbed IQ Ops which applies advanced AI—including Generative, Predictive, Agentic, and Causal capabilities—to automate tasks, accelerate resolution, and prevent issues before they impact users. Complementing this is Riverbed’s innovative Smart OTel approach, which enhances OpenTelemetry by exporting only high-value, targeted data streams—enabling enterprise-grade observability data to fuel critical projects.
About Data Breakthrough
Part of the Tech Breakthrough organization, a leading global provider of market intelligence and recognition platforms for technology innovation and leadership, the Data Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring innovation and market disruption in data technologies, services, companies and products. The global Data Breakthrough Awards program provides a forum for public recognition around the achievements of data companies and solutions in categories including data analytics, DataOps, data management, infrastructure and hardware, storage, Business Intelligence and more. For more information visit DataBreakthroughAwards.com.
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About Riverbed
Riverbed, the leader in AIOps for observability, helps organizations optimize their user’s experiences by leveraging AI automation for the prevention, identification, and resolution of IT issues. With over 20 years of experience in data collection and AI and machine learning, Riverbed’s open and AI-powered observability platform and solutions optimize digital experiences and greatly improves IT efficiency. Riverbed also offers industry-leading Acceleration solutions that provide fast, agile, secure acceleration of any app, over any network, to users anywhere. Together with our thousands of market-leading customers globally – including 95% of the FORTUNE 100 – we are empowering next-generation digital experiences. Learn more at riverbed.com.
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