The Riverbed CX 70 series, the first WAN optimization solution specifically designed to meet the needs of modern applications in the hybrid enterprise, offers a new hardware form factor to complement the most complete visibility, control, and optimization solution to accelerate performance of on-premises, cloud, and SaaS applications.. 

The new SteelHead CX 70 series includes a complete hardware update, including solid state drive-based architecture, double the RAM capacity and increased processing power for great scalability and even better application performance, securely optimize the growing number of connections between end-users and web-based application servers. SteelHead also provides network traffic information that improves the visibility essential to troubleshooting, fixing, and, ultimately, preempting network and application degradation, while optimizing applications and prioritizing network traffic based on business needs.

CX70 hardware series coupled with SteelHead 9.6 offers the most powerful solution for IT to transform application performance into business performance.”

The new CX 70 series offers the following enhancements:
Up to 5x more WAN capacity for SteelHead Network Services, which include Application Flow Engine, Network QoS, Path Selection, Secure Transport and SteelFlow – the integration between SteelHead 9.0 and SteelCentral AppResponse 9.5 for complete visibility of performance metrics
Rated to support 100% of optimized connections using secure socket layer (SSL) and transport layer security (TLS) application protocols, meeting the data transport security requirements of modern day applications
Greatly improved application performance and reliability with 100% solid state drive (SSD)-based architecture