Riverbed’s John Martin honored

Riverbed Technology, the technology and market leader in WAN optimization, today announced that Network Products Guide, a leading publication on technologies and solutions, has honored Riverbed® Vice President of Product Management John Martin with the information technology industry’s 2008 Most Valuable Performers (MVP) recognition.

Network Products Guide 2008 MVP leaders have a clear vision and mission, have set measurable goals and objectives for themselves, are selfless and mentors to others, most importantly demonstrate respect and trust for their staff and employees and has proven success in the high-technology industry. Senior executives were honored from companies around the world, including Cisco Systems, Inc. and IBM.

John Martin joined Riverbed in 2005 after seven years at Network Appliance. As Vice President of Product Management at Riverbed, John and his team of product managers are responsible for building on Riverbed’s momentum in the WAN optimization marketplace by overseeing the innovation and development of the industry-leading and award-winning Steelhead® product line, and the recently previewed Atlas appliance.

“The vision for Riverbed is that we will enable data to be instantaneously accessed anywhere, anytime by providing a break-through solution to a number of bottlenecks that have crippled enterprises from instantly sharing applications and data across wide-area networks,” said Martin. “In a few short years, we have grown to become a global company with over 5,000 customers, many of whom are dependent on us for fast application and data access that drive their day-to-day operations – from email to ERP, document management to disaster recovery.”

“The new economy leaders are essentially those that are adapting best in the current economic environment and will emerge with higher standards,” said Rake Narang, editor-n-chief, Network Products Guide. “We are proud to honor John Martin with this year’s 2008 Most Valuable Performers award and acknowledge his positive contribution to the industry.”