Riverbed SaaS Accelerator
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The facts
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What it does
- Access controls
- Customers may enable MFA in SaaS Accelerator Manager, and Riverbed support personnel can access a customer environment only after the customer grants permission through the support access setting.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Account security
- Customers authenticate with a user ID and password and can elect to configure multifactor authentication through SaaS Accelerator Manager.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Analytics
- The cloud management console provides access to configuration and usage metrics for SaaS Accelerator components.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Client compatibility
- The service works with Riverbed SteelHead, SteelFusion Edge, and Client Accelerator endpoints; Teams and Stream require no additional agent or appliance.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Cloud management
- Riverbed configures and manages the public cloud service clusters, so customers do not need their own cloud account for them.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Cluster limits
- A service cluster can handle at most 500,000 connections, and each SAM organization can deploy one cluster per SaaS application.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Data allowance
- Each AppUnit includes 0.3 GiB of egress data, pooled across applications and users, with monthly carryovers through the subscription term.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Deployment guidance
- Riverbed recommends deploying each SaaS service cluster in the same region as the SaaS application servers for best performance.checked 7 Oct 2026
- How it works
- SaaS Accelerator Manager configures the service clusters and client side Riverbed appliances that route SaaS traffic through them.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The security overview says Teams and Stream video acceleration can use Kollective Technology’s enterprise content delivery network to optimize content delivery.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The product is designed for organizations accelerating SaaS traffic through customer branch appliances or Client Accelerator endpoints, with configuration managed through SaaS Accelerator Manager.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Licensing
- SaaS Accelerator requires an additional license installed on SaaS Accelerator Manager; SteelHead CX 3080 requires Standard tier or higher.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Licensing limits
- The licensing guide lists per-application user ranges from 200 to 50,000 for most supported applications and 400 to 100,000 for Box.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Management
- SaaS Accelerator Manager provides configuration and management for acceleration, client appliances, and SaaS service clusters.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Mutual authentication
- Communication between service clusters and client SteelHeads uses TLS 1.2 with peering certificates for mutual authentication.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- SaaS Accelerator is a cloud delivered service for accelerating and measuring the performance of third party enterprise SaaS applications.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security
- The security overview states that data is encrypted at rest with AES-256 or higher and in transit within Riverbed’s domain with TLS 1.2.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- Riverbed’s support page provides links to submit a case, email support, and phone support.checked 7 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Application coverage
- The documentation lists Box, Microsoft Office 365, Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Veeva among supported SaaS applications.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Client platforms
- Riverbed describes Client Accelerator as a client application for Windows and macOS.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Supported applications
- The guide lists Box, Microsoft Office 365, Teams and Stream video, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Veeva as supported applications.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2002checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- California, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
- Teams and Stream
- For Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Stream, SaaS Accelerator requires no additional agent or appliance.checked 7 Oct 2026
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