Riverbed Recognized as an Innovator and Outperformer in 2025 GigaOm Radars for Network Observability and AIOps Solutions

Dual recognition underscores Riverbed’s market leadership, relentless innovation, and ability to deliver AI-powered observability and automation at enterprise scale

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Riverbed, the leader in AIOps for observability, today announced it has been recognized as an Innovator and Outperformer in two 2025 GigaOm Radar reports: An Innovator and Outperformer in the Network Observability category; and an Innovator and Outperformer in the AIOps Solutions category. These recognitions underscore Riverbed’s continued leadership in delivering a unified platform for deep network visibility, full-stack observability, and AI-powered operations at enterprise scale.

For the second consecutive year, GigaOm named Riverbed an Outperformer in the AIOps Solutions Radar, positioning the company in the Innovation/Platform Play quadrant, representing vendors with broad functionality, strong use case coverage, and the ability to disrupt the market through innovation. Riverbed’s AIOps capabilities were commended for delivering measurable customer outcomes, fast-paced feature delivery, and an aggressive innovation roadmap, resulting in the largest year-over-year positional improvement in the GigaOm Radar report.

In the Network Observability Radar, Riverbed retained its Leader and Outperformer status, while also being recognized as an Innovator for its continued advancement in delivering end-to-end network and application visibility, security observability, and AI-based analytics. GigaOm praised Riverbed for its dynamic network discovery, application and Layer 7 monitoring, and advanced security capabilities, as well as its consistent feature expansion and development pipeline.

“Being recognized by GigaOm in two competitive technology categories and as both an Innovator and an Outperformer speaks to the incredible work our team is doing to push the boundaries of what’s possible with unified observability and AIOps,” said Jim Gargan, Chief Marketing Officer at Riverbed. “Enterprises today need AI that is trustworthy, automation that is actionable, and visibility that is complete. Our platform delivers on all three, empowering IT teams to resolve issues faster, operate more efficiently, and deliver exceptional digital experiences. These GigaOm results validate that we’re not just keeping pace with the market, we’re setting the pace.”

Delivering on the Future of Unified Observability and AIOps

Riverbed’s unified platform integrates network, infrastructure, cloud, application, and digital experience monitoring with AI-powered analytics and automation. Key capabilities highlighted by GigaOm include:

• Full-Stack Observability – A single platform delivering correlated insights across all layers of IT, with a Unified Agent for simplified deployment and management.
• Deep Network Visibility – Full packet capture, flow monitoring, and infrastructure monitoring to eliminate blind spots across hybrid, multi-cloud, and remote environments.
• Advanced AI and Automation – Causal, predictive, generative, and agentic AI delivering accurate root cause analysis, intelligent recommendations, and proactive remediation, powering over 64 million automated investigations and remediations in the past year.
• Smart OTel™ Data Architecture – Curates, normalizes, and enriches telemetry data for AI-readiness, reducing noise and enabling faster, more precise insights.

The GigaOm Radars emphasize that both AIOps and advanced network observability are now mission-critical for enterprises navigating increasingly complex, dynamic architectures. AIOps enables proactive, scalable service management, optimizes resources, reduces downtime, and drives measurable ROI. Network observability ensures resilience, security, and user satisfaction across modern IT environments.

Download the 2025 GigaOm Radar for AIOps Solutions and 2025 GigaOm Radar for Network Observability.

About Riverbed

Riverbed, the leader in AIOps for observability, helps organizations optimize their user’s experiences by leveraging AI automation for the prevention, identification, and resolution of IT issues. With over 20 years of experience in data collection and AI and machine learning, Riverbed’s open and AI-powered observability platform and solutions optimize digital experiences and greatly improves IT efficiency. Riverbed also offers industry-leading Acceleration solutions that provide fast, agile, secure acceleration of any app, over any network, to users anywhere. Together with our thousands of market-leading customers globally – including 95% of the FORTUNE 100 – we are empowering next-generation digital experiences. Learn more at riverbed.com.

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