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SteelCentral AppResponse Implementation Service Accelerate Your Riverbed® SteelCentral™ AppResponse Deployment and Time to Value Proven Methodologies to Increase Adoption and Utilization Maintaining a holistic view of your IT infrastructure is critical to continuously delivering exceptional applications. That’s why your organization has selected SteelCentral AppResponse for advanced application and transaction insight, end-user experience monitoring, and deep network intelligence. To quickly realize the benefits of SteelCentral AppResponse, you need expert guidance on how to quickly operationalize the solution within your IT environment. And while SteelCentral AppResponse delivers valuable information out of the box, many advanced capabilities and integrations are possible to truly tailor the solution to your unique business requirements. Earn a faster time to value for your investment with the SteelCentral AppResponse Implementation Service from Riverbed Professional Services (RPS) to achieve the following outcomes: Enhanced visibility into selected application performance Integration between purchased Riverbed components and other applicable systems such as event managers using built-in capabilities Reporting and alerting configuration Knowledge transfer from field experts for configuration, maintenance, and data analysis and insight Faster Riverbed solution adoption and time to value Key Service Benefits Accelerate your ROI with Riverbed’s proven expertise and best practice methodologies Enjoy peace of mind with a ready- to-run, Riverbed-validated solution Streamline operations by implementing reliable, prescriptive, and repeatable workflows Avoid costly mistakes and minimize disruptions to business and IT operations Enhance knowledge and proficiency with targeted knowledge transfer sessions Establish an expansion-ready framework to easily accommodate future needs

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SteelCentralAppResponseImplementationService

AccelerateYourRiverbed®SteelCentral™AppResponseDeploymentandTimetoValue

ProvenMethodologiestoIncreaseAdoptionandUtilizationMaintainingaholisticviewofyourITinfrastructureiscriticaltocontinuouslydeliveringexceptionalapplications.That’swhyyourorganizationhasselectedSteelCentralAppResponseforadvancedapplicationandtransactioninsight,end-userexperiencemonitoring,anddeepnetworkintelligence.ToquicklyrealizethebenefitsofSteelCentralAppResponse,youneedexpertguidanceonhowtoquicklyoperationalizethesolutionwithinyourITenvironment.AndwhileSteelCentralAppResponsedeliversvaluableinformationoutofthebox,manyadvancedcapabilitiesandintegrationsarepossibletotrulytailorthesolutiontoyouruniquebusinessrequirements.

EarnafastertimetovalueforyourinvestmentwiththeSteelCentralAppResponseImplementationServicefromRiverbedProfessionalServices(RPS)toachievethefollowingoutcomes: • Enhancedvisibilityintoselectedapplication

performance

• IntegrationbetweenpurchasedRiverbedcomponentsandotherapplicablesystemssuchaseventmanagersusingbuilt-incapabilities

• Reportingandalertingconfiguration

• Knowledgetransferfromfieldexpertsforconfiguration,maintenance,anddataanalysisandinsight

• FasterRiverbedsolutionadoptionandtimetovalue

KeyServiceBenefits • AccelerateyourROIwithRiverbed’s

provenexpertiseandbestpracticemethodologies

• Enjoypeaceofmindwithaready-

to-run,Riverbed-validatedsolution

• Streamlineoperationsbyimplementingreliable,prescriptive,andrepeatableworkflows

• Avoidcostlymistakesandminimize

disruptionstobusinessandIToperations

• Enhanceknowledgeandproficiencywithtargetedknowledgetransfersessions

• Establishanexpansion-readyframeworktoeasilyaccommodatefutureneeds

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ServiceOverviewRPSleveragesproven,repeatableimplementationmethodologiestoensureconsistentandpositiveoutcomes.TheSteelCentralAppResponseImplementationServiceisdeliveredthroughthefollowingphases:

Phase1:PlanLaythefoundationforasuccessfulimplementationbygatheringrequirementsandcreatingadesignand/orimplementationplan.

Phase2:Configure PreparetheproductsforfinalimplementationwithspecificconfigurationsthatmeettherequirementsgatheredduringPhase1.

Phase3:EnableConfiguretheproductstoenableimmediatebusinessvaluewhilevalidatingdatacollection,reportdata,andalertingmatchestotherequirementsgatheredinPhase1.

Phase4:DocumentDocumentbestpracticesfordeployment,configuration,maintenance,andusage.

SteelCentralAppResponseImplementationServicesToprovideaddedflexibilitywhenaddressinguniquecustomerrequirementsanddesiredbusinessoutcomes,threedifferentpackagesoftheSteelCentralAppResponseImplementationServiceareavailable:Starter,Standard,andAdvanced.Thefollowingtableidentifiestheservicefeaturesincludedineachphaseandhighlightsthedifferencesbetweeneachpackage.ServicefeaturesidentifiedinthetablebelowarefurtherdescribedintheServiceFeatureDefinitionssectionofthisdocument.

ServicePhase ServiceFeature Starter Standard Advanced

Phase1:Plan

SolutionPlanning ü ü ü

SolutionDesign ü ü ü

Phase2:Configure

BaseConfiguration UptoFiveApplications Upto10Applications Upto10Applications

ModuleConfiguration ü ü ü

Riverbed®SteelCentral™PortalConfiguration

ü ü

Phase3:Enable

Application-SpecificDefinitions UptoFiveApplications Upto10Applications Upto10Applications

SteelCentralPortalStandardDashboards

UptoOneDashboard UptoOneDashboardperApplication

SteelCentralPortalCustomDashboards

UptoOneDashboardUptoTwoDashboardsper

Application

Alerts UptoTwoSLAAlertsUptoTwoAlertsper

ApplicationSteelCentralAppResponseCustomReports

UptoFiveReports Upto10Reports

SteelCentralPortalApplicationMaps

UptoOneMapperApplication

RiverbedPortfolioIntegration FlowExportonly FlowExportonly ü

Phase4:Document

As-builtDocument ü ü ü

StandardOperatingProcedures ü ü

OperationalBestPractices ü

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ProductsTheapplicableproductsthatwillbeconfiguredaspartoftheservicesprovidedforeachpackageversionareasfollows:

Service ApplicableProducts

SteelCentralAppResponseStarterImplementation

OnephysicaloruptofivevirtualSteelCentralAppResponseappliances(optionalASAandWTAmodulesarerequiredforAppResponseversion11andhigher)

SteelCentralAppResponseStandardImplementation

Uptotwophysicalorupto10virtualSteelCentralAppResponseappliances(optionalASAandWTAmodulesarerequiredforAppResponseversion11andhigher)

SteelCentralAppResponseAdvancedImplementation

Uptotwophysicalorupto10virtualSteelCentralAppResponseappliances(optionalASAandWTAmodulesarerequiredforAppResponseversion11andhigher)

ServiceFeatureDefinitions

ServiceFeature Definition

SolutionPlanning Reviewrequirementsandplanhigh-levelactivitiesrequiredtoaccomplishtheimplementationtaskswiththecustomer.

SolutionDesignReviewcustomer’snetwork,application,andmanagementsystemarchitecture,determineconfigurationrequired,andprovideguidanceforproductdeployment.

BaseConfigurationInitialconfigurationofappliance,includingmanagementIPaddress,emailgateway,externalauthenticationsource,backups,andproductupdates.

ModuleConfigurationConfigurationofpurchasedSteelCentralAppResponsemodulesasrelatedtothespecificapplicationsidentifiedforagivenengagement.Upto10CXTraceragentswillbedeployed,asapplicable.

SteelCentralPortalConfigurationAddimplementedRiverbedproductasadatasourcetoSteelCentralPortal.IfaSteelCentralPortallicensehasnotbeendeployed,thisincludesperformingbasedeploymentinordertoaddthedatasource.

Application

Upto20uniquecomponentsbehindone“entry”IPaddresswithinonedatacenterthatprovideservicestosatisfyindividualrequests(multipleJavaor.NETapplicationsononehostcountasmultiplecomponents).Iftheapplicationisweb-based,theapplicationdefinitioncanhaveuptofiveuniqueURLpatterns.

SteelCentralPortalStandardDashboard

StandarddashboardsthatareavailableoutoftheboxwhenSteelCentralPortalispurchased.

SteelCentralPortalCustomDashboard

Customized,application-specificSteelCentralPortaldashboardviewsthataredevelopedduringthecourseoftheimplementationservice.

AlertAnalertisbasedeitheroncustomer-providedSLAs(thresholds)orfromabaselineanalysisofatleastoneweekofhistoricaldata.

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ServiceFeature Definition

SLAAlert Analertthatisbasedonacustomer-providedSLA(threshold).

SteelCentralAppResponseCustomReports

InsightreportscreatedusingtheSteelCentralAppResponseInsightDevelopmentKit.

SteelCentralPortalApplicationMapAnapplicationmodelincludingtheapplicationmapandthecorrespondingviewscreatedbySteelCentralPortal.

RiverbedPortfolioIntegrationConfigurestandardintegrationsapplicabletoSteelCentralAppResponsewithotherRiverbedproductsthecustomerowns(e.g.,drill-downsfromSteelCentralPortal,SteelFlowWTA,FlowExporttoRiverbed®SteelCentral™NetProfiler,etc.).

As-builtDocumentDocumentationdetailingdeploymentandconfigurationperformedaspartoftheRiverbedproductimplementation.

StandardOperatingProceduresDocumentationonbestpracticesforconfiguringandmaintainingtheproductsuchasupdatingsoftwareversions,applicationdefinitions,reports,etc.

OperationalBestPractices Documentationoncommontriageworkflowsusingtheproduct.

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ScopeTheSteelCentralAppResponseImplementationServicesaredeliveredremotelyunlessapplicableTravel&Expenses(T&E)arepurchasedseparately.Allactivitiesaredoneinconsecutivedays.TheserviceisexpectedtobecompletedwithinthreemonthsofpurchaseunlessotherwisespecifiedintheAgreement.ThisservicedoesnotincludeanyRiverbedproductsoranyapplicationperformancetroubleshootingoranalysis.AllRiverbedproductsmustbepurchasedseparately.

InvoicingandPricing• Forpricinginformation,ortocreateacustomizedengagement,pleasecontactyourRiverbedProfessionalServices

[email protected].• Theservicesdescribedhereinwillbedeliveredinphasesassetforthinthisdocument.• Feesmaybeinvoiceduponcompletionofeachphase.Feesforeachphasemaybeinvoicedinequalamountsbased

onthetotalamountoffeesdividedbythetotalnumberofphases.• IfyouarepurchasingdirectlyfromRiverbed,additionaltermsandconditionsapplicabletoinvoicingandpaymentsare

setforthintheAgreement.IfyouarepurchasingthroughanauthorizedRiverbedchannelpartner,pleasecontactyourchannelpartnerrepresentativefordetailsoninvoicing,payment,andfees.

• AllProfessionalServicesprovidedbyRiverbedaresubjecttotheapplicabletermsandconditionsavailableat

www.riverbed.com/termsandconditions/professionalservices(ifyouareaRiverbedcustomer)oratwww.riverbed.com/partnerprofessionalservicesterms(ifyouareanauthorizedRiverbedchannelpartner)(“Agreement”).IfyouhaveaseparatemutuallysignedagreementwithRiverbedthatexpresslycoversthesaleofProfessionalServices,thatagreementwillgovernyourpurchaseofProfessionalServices,providedthatintheeventofaconflictbetweenthatagreementandtheAgreement,theAgreementwillcontrolsolelywithrespecttotheProfessionalServicessetforthinthisBrochure.

AboutRiverbed

Riverbed,atmorethan$1billioninannualrevenue,istheleaderinapplicationperformanceinfrastructure,deliveringthemostcompleteplatformforthehybridenterprisetoensureapplicationsperformasexpected,dataisalwaysavailablewhenneeded,andperformanceissuescanbeproactivelydetectedandresolvedbeforeimpactingbusinessperformance.RiverbedenableshybridenterprisestotransformapplicationperformanceintoacompetitiveadvantagebymaximizingemployeeproductivityandleveragingITtocreatenewformsofoperationalagility.Riverbed’s27,000+customersinclude97%oftheFortune100and98%oftheForbesGlobal100.Learnmoreatriverbed.com/services.

©2017RiverbedTechnology.Allrightsreserved.RiverbedandanyRiverbedproductorservicenameorlogousedhereinaretrademarksofRiverbedTechnology.Allothertrademarksusedhereinbelongtotheirrespectiveowners.ThetrademarksandlogosdisplayedhereinmaynotbeusedwithoutthepriorwrittenconsentofRiverbedTechnologyortheirrespectiveowners.