Riverbed has announced the launch of its Riverbed Aternity Cloud solution hosted in-country for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
With this development, Riverbed declares that it has become the first technology provider in the Kingdom to deliver a SaaS-based Observability platform with integrated AI capabilities designed to meet Saudi Arabia’s data sovereignty and compliance requirements.
Riverbed explains that it has established its Middle East and North Africa Regional Headquarters (RHQ) in Riyadh to acknowledge its commitment to the region.
With a local General Manager, local executive directors and a dedicated team, the Riyadh RHQ will further strengthen support for customers and partners in the region and drive continued growth fueled by Riverbed’s ongoing technology innovation.
The significance of Riverbed’s Aternity Cloud launch, its new Regional Headquarters and the additional strategic investments supporting the Kingdom were underscored by the presence of Dave Donatelli, CEO of Riverbed, who was in Riyadh to officially inaugurate the first-of-its-kind observability cloud service for Saudi Arabia.
Donatelli’s visit was complemented by the attendance of several global and regional Riverbed executives at the company’s flagship EMPOWEREDx conference.
The availability of Riverbed Aternity Cloud hosted in Saudi Arabia reaffirms the company’s commitment to supporting Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 and the Kingdom’s broader digital transformation agenda, Riverbed adds.
Elie Dib, Senior Vice President EMEA, Riverbed said: “Riverbed has been a trusted partner to Saudi Arabia’s public and private sectors for decades, helping organisations enhance visibility and performance across complex IT environments.
“Riverbed’s new locally hosted observability cloud offering builds on that legacy, enabling enterprises to benefit from the latest AI capabilities in IT operations while maintaining full compliance with national data policies.”
Dib added: “It aligns perfectly with Saudi government mandates for data residency and provides a secure foundation for future innovation.”
The Riverbed Aternity Cloud for KSA is a proven enterprise-scale Digital Employee Experience (DEX) platform that delivers full-spectrum visibility into the digital experiences of employees and customer interactions.
Riverbed Aternity captures technical telemetry from millions of devices, business applications and cloud-native services, offering real-time insights into what users are actually experiencing.
Globally, Aternity processes over 250 billion activities daily, manages more than four million endpoints and operates under six years of certified compliant SaaS operations.
The launch further strengthens Riverbed’s long-standing presence in the Kingdom, where it already works closely with leading government entities, banks and other key industries to enhance digital performance assurance and observability.
The new Riverbed Aternity Cloud for Saudi Arabia introduces unmatched portability to the Saudi Arabia market, says Riverbed.
With the introduction of a cloud platform hosted in a leading data centre within the Kingdom, enterprises will have the flexibility to deploy the Riverbed solution as a SaaS model in the region.
Charbel Khneisser, Senior Vice President, Global Solutions Engineering, Riverbed commented: “Our Riverbed AI research also revealed that Saudi enterprises currently use an average of 13 observability tools from nine different vendors with 98% of respondents actively in the process of consolidating their tools to simplify operations and enhance system performance.
“With this launch, we’re making it simpler and more secure than ever for our customers in Saudi Arabia to achieve that goal.
“We’re excited to make the latest innovations from our observability platform accessible to Saudi Arabia enterprises, ensuring they can harness AI that delivers measurable value,” Khneisser concluded.