Corporate History
Riverbed Technology was founded May 23, 2002 by Jerry Kennelly, who is currently CEO, and Steve McCanne, currently CTO. The original name of the company was NBT (Next Big Thing) Technology, and it was renamed to Riverbed Technology in 2003. Jerry and Steve led internal development of the first Steelhead appliances, the 500, 1000, 2000, and 5000 models. The first product was shipped in April, 2004 to Environment Canada. Riverbed stock began trading on NASDAQ September 21, 2006.
Riverbed has been awarded InfoWorld Magazine's Technology of the Year for WAN Optimization every year it has been awarded: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2011
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