Xinhua maintains large information databases of both historical and current events in various digital formats, including photographs and video footage. The information is stored centrally in data centers at its headquarters and is accessed by journalists around the globe.
Chen Mingxiang, deputy chief of the communication technology bureau at Xinhua News Agency in Beijing, said: By deploying Steelhead appliances in each of our major overseas offices, our WAN capacity has seen a huge boost. Our people in remote offices have experienced a dramatic improvement in application response times, leading to a more effective collaborative environment. In addition, we have achieved bandwidth cost savings. That is why we chose Riverbed Steelhead appliances.
According to Riverbed, Steelhead appliances leverage de-duplication and protocol and application optimization technology to address the key challenges such as WAN bandwidth limitations and high latency.
David Peranich, senior vice president of worldwide sales at Riverbed, said: Riverbed played a strategic role in helping the Xinhua News Agency increase their production efficiency. China represents an important market for Riverbed and we will continue to focus our efforts on bringing the benefits of our technology to the China market.
