Like many technically-driven industries, companies in the A/E/C (architecture, engineering and construction) sector are dependent on professionals sharing very large CAD drawings quickly. Whether you use AutoCAD, MicroStation or some other leading CAD application, it's likely that Riverbed can dramatically improve the throughput, in many cases by up to 100 times. This kind of radical change in performance has a deep impact on architecture and engineering firms. In fact, hundreds of A/E/C companies have already implemented Riverbed’s WAN optimization solutions in order to change the way their organizations operate.

Collaborate globally — but store data in just one place

One of the big benefits for architects is the ability to collaborate globally. Architects and engineers can work together around the world as if they all worked at the same site. Management can "in-source" work from one overworked office to other offices that may be under-utilized, which means firms can take on more work that they might otherwise have to pass up.

Eliminate version control issues

How many times have your teams been forced to do a design — or worse, redo actual construction or engineering — due to using the wrong version of a schematic? Riverbed helps simplify data management so that your team can avoid these costly mistakes.

Instead of maintaining multiple file vaults and facing a high risk of revision control mistakes, you can have everyone work out of one data repository. With Riverbed's application acceleration capabilities, every user will feel like they are working off a local copy of the design.

Move the work — not the people

Enabling your subject matter experts to collaborate on a project often means flying them to be on site for days or weeks at a time, because otherwise they can't effectively contribute. Riverbed can help you keep the expenses and disruption of temporary relocation down by enabling people to work on projects from wherever they normally work. By improving throughput of applications by up to 100 times, Riverbed can be the key to truly making your company a global one.