BANGALORE, INDIA: Riverbed Technology, an IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, announced upcoming enhancements to its mobile WAN optimization solution to address the productivity challenges global organizations face when managing remote and mobile workforces. 

Riverbed Steelhead Mobile increases employee productivity while on the road, working from home or connected wirelessly in the office by providing application performance improvements. With this release, Riverbed will provide acceleration for Windows 7 and 64-bit systems for mobile end users.

Eric Wolford, senior vice president, marketing and business development, Riverbed, said: "As companies focus on consolidating their data through private cloud initiatives, the distance between their employees and critical data is growing--employees are becoming more mobile, working from a variety of locations outside of the office. This means that as centralization of data and IT infrastructure continues, remote access is becoming more of a challenge."

Steelhead Mobile 3.0 is expected to be generally available on December 2, 2009.