The Net-a-Porter Group has picked Riverbed solutions in order to optimise the performance of mission critical SaaS applications.

The SteelCentral solutions will assist The Group in gaining a central view of its network traffic, to enable the tech team to detect, analyse and resolve any performance related issues.

The Group will be using AppResponse, Transaction Analyser and Packet Analyser, will be implemented into its hybrid IT infrastructure.

The hybrid IT infrastructure includes product and order management and warehouse logistics that are deployed in multiple data centres. Riverbed’s solutions fit the mould for The Group as it could be easily integrated into the existing infrastructure.

It was required that every member of the technology team would have access to the data wherever they needed it.

Simon Fotakis, Global Network Operations Manager at the Net-a-Porter Group, said: "We needed a solution to replace our current processes, provide us with insightful instrumentation, and increase collaboration across teams so that when network performance issues arise, they can be resolved faster than ever."

The Riverbed SteelCentral product family is a performance management and control suite. It is designed to combine user experience, application and network performance management in order to diagnose and cure issues before an end user notices a problem.