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Dicker Data Signs Agreement with Riverbed in ANZ

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – 21 September 2023: Dicker Data (ASX: DDR) is pleased to announce a new agreement with unified observability and application acceleration vendor, Riverbed Technology. Dicker Data will gain access to distribute Riverbed’s entire range of products and solutions in the Australian and New Zealand markets, including its market-leading Alluvio Unified Observability and Acceleration portfolios.

Vlad Mitnovetski, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Dicker Data Limited commented, “Dicker Data is pleased to be partnering with Riverbed to collectively inspire and grow the number of partners ready to embrace the value of unified observability to improve digital experiences. As the complexity of IT environments continues to increase, the observability of networks, applications and user experiences, and the performance of the applications that businesses deploy, requires careful consideration to ensure the user experience is maximised. The innovative products and solutions that Riverbed brings will enable our partner community to increase their customer satisfaction levels and unlock new revenue streams within their existing end-customers. Our partnership with Riverbed further cements our commitment to making the world’s leading technologies available to our partners.”

Riverbed has over 20 years of experience including working with 95% of the Fortune 100 and remain focused in enabling partners and customers to solve some of the toughest digital performance challenges. Spanning cloud, SaaS, network infrastructure and all the way to the end user, Riverbed provides the platforms and tools partners can use to become true trusted advisors to their customers to navigate digital transformation and cloud adoption.

Riverbed’s comprehensive Unified Observability portfolio includes: Digital Experience Management (DEM)– encompassing End User Experience Monitoring (EUEM) and Application Performance Management (APM) –, Network Performance Management (NPM), and Alluvio IQ, a SaaS-delivered Unified Observability service that surfaces issues with context to solve problems faster. The Riverbed Acceleration portfolio provides fast, agile, secure acceleration of any app, over any network, to users anywhere, and includes Riverbed SteelHead, Client Accelerator and Cloud Accelerator.

Malcolm Down, Director of Channels and Alliances for ANZ & Asia South said, “I’m excited to be partnering with a distributor who truly embodies the importance of building long-lasting relationships. Working with Dicker Data will help us collectively improve the digital experience for employees across a variety of industries to enable improved productivity and performance for businesses everywhere. Investing in the digital experience, for employees and customer alike, offers a competitive advantage and helps support key initiatives such as the shift to hybrid working.”

“We’ll be working closely with Dicker Data across Australia and New Zealand to help our partners solve their customers’ most compelling performance problems, by transforming data into insights, from the network to the cloud. We see Dicker Data as fast moving, with the expertise and skills to reach partners faster and support them in building solutions that deliver end to end visibility and unified observability to enable optimal digital experiences,” Down added.

Dicker Data’s highly-skilled team of product and technical experts are ready to assist partners to build solutions utilising Riverbed’s industry-leading technologies to improve the connectivity, performance and the end-customer experience. For more information, contact licensing@dickerdata.com.au.

ABOUT DICKER DATA

Dicker Data (ASX: DDR) is an Australian-owned and operated, ASX-listed technology hardware, software, cloud, access control and surveillance distributor with over 45 years of experience. Our sales and presales teams are experienced product specialists who are dedicated to helping you tailor solutions to suit your client’s needs.

As a distributor, we sell exclusively to our valued partner base of over 10,000 resellers across ANZ. We pride ourselves on developing strong long-term relationships with our customers, and helping them grow. This customer-first approach means we are proactive in engaging with our resellers and allows us to dynamically shift with changing market conditions, in turn helping to increase profitability.

Dicker Data distributes a wide portfolio of products from the world’s leading technology vendors, including Cisco, Citrix, Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft, and other Tier 1 global brands. As the leading Australian distributor for many of these vendors, Dicker Data is dedicated to helping our partners deliver industry-leading solutions built on the world’s best technologies. https://www.dickerdata.com.au/

About Riverbed

Riverbed is the only company with the collective richness of telemetry from network to app to end user, that illuminates and then accelerates every interaction, so organizations can deliver a seamless digital experience and drive enterprise performance. Riverbed offers two industry-leading portfolios: Alluvio by Riverbed, a differentiated Unified Observability portfolio that unifies data, insights, and actions across IT, so customers can deliver seamless, secure digital experiences; and Riverbed Acceleration, providing fast, agile, secure acceleration of any app, over any network, to users anywhere. Together with our thousands of partners, and market-leading customers globally – including 95% of the FORTUNE 100 – we empower every click, every digital experience. Riverbed. Empower the Experience. Learn more at riverbed.com

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