Riverbed Support Options: Hardware Maintenance from XSi

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If you’re not yet familiar with “independent hardware maintenance” as a viable cost containment strategy, you really should be. In fact, 71% of the world’s largest companies are relying on this strategy to optimize their IT budgets (per a Gartner study), as well as for the service flexibility we’re known to provide (per an IDC study). As more companies are now choosing to extend hardware lifecycles and stave off any expensive tech refresh, you’ll likely benefit from reviewing this freely available white paper – Click Here to download.

A Gartner-recognized and global leader in independent networking maintenance, XSi provides Riverbed support and lower-cost maintenance agreements (XSi also supports Cisco, Juniper, Extreme, F5 Networks) for some of this country’s most respected companies, including several US federal agencies. Gartner and independent hardware support providers refer to this unique maintenance model as “Hybrid Hardware Support.”  This term refers to when in-warranty network hardware are maintained by the OEM, during the warranty period. But, all or a portion of your post-warranty hardware assets are maintained by an independent hardware support provider.

Do you have End-of-Life or End-of-Support assets for which you might be able to reduce OpEx with XSi’s Riverbed Support & Maintenance?

  • SteelHead CXA 555 Base
  • SteelHead CX570 B020
  • SteelHead CXA 755 L/M Base
  • SteelHead CXA 755 H Base
  • Steelhead CXA 1555 B010 with RiOS
  • Steelhead CXA 1555 B010-C with RiOS
  • SteelHead CX3070 B010 with RiOS
  • Steelhead CXA 5055 B010-C with RiOS
  • SteelHead EX 560 Appliance
  • SteelHead EX 760 Appliance
  • SteelHead EX 1160 Appliance
  • SteelHead EX1260
  • SteelHead 150-M
  • SteelHead 250-H
  • SteelHead 250-L
  • SteelHead 250-M
  • SteelHead CX 550-H (Steelhead 550-H)
  • SteelHead 550-M
  • SteelFusion Edge 1360
  • SteelHead Model 1020
  • SteelHead 1050-H
  • SteelHead 1050-L
  • SteelHead 1050-M
  • SteelHead 1050-U
  • SteelHead 2050-H
  • SteelHead 2050-L
  • SteelHead 2050-M
  • SteelHead 3010
  • SteelHead 3510
  • SteelHead 5010
  • SteelHead 5050-H
  • SteelHead 5050-L
  • SteelHead 5050-M
  • SteelHead 6050
  • SteelHead 7050-L
  • SteelHead 7050-M
  • Steelhead CXA 7070
  • SteelFusion Edge 1360P

About The Author

Todd founded XS International in 1990, helping to build an independent IT support organization led by pioneering executives with proven tenures at Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. He holds a board of director positions with the world’s two most prominent associations for independent IT support providers – Service Industry Association (SIA) and ASCDI (hardware resellers). He was a founding member of the Digital Right to Repair Coalition (now known as Repair.org, and continues to serve on their Board of Directors. Very much a serial entrepreneur, Todd earned his Bachelor’s in Finance from Ohio State University and later completed a three-year Entrepreneurial Masters Program, given by the Entrepreneurs’ Organization & MIT Enterprise Forum. He now resides in the greater Dallas area with his family.

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