Will demonstrate the benefits of WDS to key Middle Eastern industries

San Francisco, CA, October 18th, 2008 - Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the technology and market leader in wide-area data services (WDS), has confirmed its participation in the 2008 Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX 2008) to be held from October 19 to 23, 2008, at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. The pioneering WDS solutions provider will feature the latest version of its Riverbed® Optimization System (RiOSÔ) 5.0, and highlight its value for vital Middle Eastern industries.

Riverbed will demonstrate RiOS 5.0, the enhanced version of the software that powers its Steelhead appliances. Through the introduction of this latest version, Riverbed has become the first vendor to facilitate application-level protocol optimization for Microsoft Exchange 2007. The WDS specialist will highlight the potential of the new platform for three key regional sectors in particular, oil and gas, financial services, and construction.

"GITEX is recognized as the Middle East's premier technology event as it is the ideal launch pad for new technologies and products," said Mohammed Anwar Karzazi, regional director Middle East and Africa, Riverbed. "The show also generates extensive regional and international media coverage. Our participation in this year's edition is essential for us to introduce our latest Riverbed Services Platform and our superior WDS capabilities to the MEA market. The Gulf is of particular interest to us because fast-paced economic activities here have transformed the region's IT services sector to a USD 9 billion industry."

Riverbed will showcase its latest products and services at stand Z Q-3. GITEX 2008 is the region's largest IT trade show that focuses annually on the rapidly-growing Gulf IT business solutions, telecommunications and consumer electronics sectors. Organisers expect GITEX 2008 to easily surpass the 1,373 exhibitors and more than 120,000 visitors logged by the event during the 2007 edition.

Riverbed has maintained industry leadership over the past four years in accelerating wide area network (WAN) applications to boost remote and mobile worker productivity and enhancing IT efficiency through IT consolidation without compromising application performance. It currently serves more than 4,500 customers internationally that benefit from the ability of Riverbed solutions to make applications perform five to 50 times and in some cases up to 100 times faster. The company's award-winning Steelhead WADS appliances are highly sought for their performance-enhancing effects on file sharing, email, backup, document management, enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management.

Steelhead Products
Riverbed WDS solutions enable organizations of all sizes to overcome a host of severe problems, including poor application performance and insufficient bandwidth at remote sites. By speeding the performance of applications between data centers, remote offices and mobile workers by five to 50 times and in some cases up to 100 times, the Riverbed award-winning Steelhead WDS products enable companies to consolidate IT, improve backup and replication processes to ensure data integrity, and improve staff productivity and collaboration. Steelhead products have been deployed in organizations ranging from the world's largest corporations with offices around the globe to small companies with a couple of sites that are just miles apart. To learn more, view Riverbed's demo: www.riverbed.com/pr/jack.

Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the expected demand for Riverbed's products and services, and statements relating to Riverbed's ability to meet the needs of distributed organizations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they do not fully materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include our ability to react to trends and challenges in our business and the markets in which we operate; our ability to anticipate market needs or develop new or enhanced products to meet those needs; the adoption rate of our products; our ability to establish and maintain successful relationships with our distribution partners; our ability to compete in our industry; fluctuations in demand, sales cycles and prices for our products and services; shortages or price fluctuations in our supply chain; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights; general political, economic and market conditions and events; and other risks and uncertainties described more fully in our documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. More information about these and other risks that may impact Riverbed's business are set forth in our Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on July 29, 2008. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements. Any future product, feature or related specification that may be referenced in this release are for information purposes only and are not commitments to deliver any technology or enhancement. Riverbed reserves the right to modify future product plans at any time.

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About Riverbed
Riverbed Technology is the technology and market leader in wide-area data services (WDS) solutions for companies worldwide. By enabling application performance over the wide area network (WAN) that is orders of magnitude faster than what users experience today, Riverbed is changing the way people work, and enabling a distributed workforce that can collaborate as if they were local. Additional information about Riverbed (Nasdaq: RVBD) is available at www.riverbed.com.

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