Riverbed® SteelConnect™ EX provides a flexible, extensible and software-defined network architecture that enables enterprises to provide agile and cost-effective WAN connectivity across the modern hybrid IT landscape. SteelConnect EX enables enterprises to increase WAN capacity, streamline the deployment and management of remote sites and applications, boost network uptime and reliability, accelerate application performance, and secure user access and data, all while reducing WAN circuit costs and boosting operational efficiency.

SteelConnect EX expands SD-WAN with industry-leading application acceleration and advanced software-defined security (SD-Security) including next-generation firewall (NGFW) and unified threat management (UTM) services. Enterprises can combine SD-WAN, Application Acceleration and SD-Security to create a software-defined branch (SD-Branch) experience that is fast, agile, secure and simple to operate.