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Riverbed Provides WDS Solutions to Hyundai Hysco

Delivers Significant Improvements in Application Response Time

San Francisco, CA – July 2, 2007 – Riverbed Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: RVBD), the performance leader in wide-area data services (WDS), announced today Hyundai Hysco, a leading manufacturer of automotive steel sheet and high-tech steel pipes, and a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company, has deployed Riverbed’s Steelhead WDS appliances.

Hyundai Hysco is a leading manufacturer in the Korean steel industry and currently operates 11 overseas offices in countries such as the United States, China, India, and the Slovak Republic. Hyundai employees in overseas offices are connected to groupware and electronic approval systems via an Internet VPN, and have been suffering poor application response time. Users in China were particularly hard hit when a strong earthquake struck Taiwan last year, damaging undersea cables and disrupting communications across East Asia.

To overcome these issues, Hyundai Hysco performed proof of concept tests with Riverbed® solutions at its manufacturing facility in Beijing, China, where the performance impact had been most severe. The tests confirmed a four- to ten-fold boost in application response time for groupware and electronic approval systems. “With Riverbed’s Steelhead appliances installed, our remote office users were able to access head office applications quickly, resulting in enhanced productivity and improvements in overall user experience,” said Donghoon Seo, manager, IT Team at Hyundai Hysco.

Hyundai Hysco has since deployed Riverbed’s Steelhead appliances in local datacenter and manufacturing facilities in Beijing and Yenchung, China. Hyundai Hysco is also planning to deploy the Riverbed solution at its India offices.

“Many customers are witnessing improvements in business productivity with the implementation of Riverbed’s Steelhead appliances,” said Jaewook Kim, country manager for Riverbed in Korea. “With the recent growth in B2B electronic document exchange and the adoption of electronic approval systems, WDS solutions are becoming a must-have infrastructure component for many global companies with overseas offices looking to enhance business and management efficiencies.”

About Riverbed’s Steelhead Appliances
Riverbed’s WDS solutions enable organizations with more than one office to overcome a host of severe problems, including poor application performance and insufficient bandwidth at remote sites. By speeding the performance of applications between distributed sites by five to 50 times and in some cases up to 100 times between enterprise datacenters and remote offices, Riverbed’s award-winning Steelhead WDS appliances enable companies to consolidate IT, improve backup and replication processes to ensure data integrity, and improve staff productivity and collaboration. Steelhead appliances have been deployed in organizations ranging from the world’s largest corporations with offices around the globe to small companies with a couple of sites that are just miles apart. To learn more, view Riverbed’s demo: www.riverbed.com/pr/jack.

Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the expected demand for Riverbed’s products and services, statements relating to the expected growth of the WDS market, and statements relating to Riverbed’s ability to meet the needs of distributed organizations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they do not fully materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include our ability to react to trends and challenges in our business and the markets in which we operate; our ability to anticipate market needs or develop new or enhanced products to meet those needs; the adoption rate of our products; our ability to establish and maintain successful relationships with our distribution partners; our ability to compete in our industry; fluctuations in demand, sales cycles and prices for our products and services; shortages or price fluctuations in our supply chain; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights; general political, economic and market conditions and events; and other risks and uncertainties described more fully in our documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. More information about these and other risks that may impact Riverbed’s business are set forth in our Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on April 27, 2007. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

About Riverbed
Riverbed Technology is the performance leader in wide-area data services (WDS) solutions for companies worldwide. By enabling application performance over the wide area network (WAN) that is orders of magnitude faster than what users experience today, Riverbed is changing the way people work, and enabling a distributed workforce that can collaborate as if they were local. Additional information about Riverbed (Nasdaq: RVBD) is available at www.riverbed.com.

Riverbed Technology, Riverbed, Steelhead, RiOS, Interceptor, and the Riverbed logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Riverbed Technology, Inc. All other trademarks used or mentioned herein belong to their respective owners.

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Mandarin Oriental to Open Luxury Hotel in Beijing

Hong Kong, 21 May, 2007 – At an official signing ceremony that took place today at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group announced that it will manage a luxury hotel in the new, landmark headquarters of China Central Television (CCTV), located in the central business district of Beijing. The 241-room Mandarin Oriental, Beijing will be a key component of the CCTV project, and is expected to open in mid-2008, in time for the Beijing Olympic Games.

“We look forward to creating the finest luxury hotel in the city, and our partners share our vision. The spectacular location, innovative architecture and design, along with Mandarin Oriental’s award-winning hospitality will ensure Mandarin Oriental, Beijing’s reputation as one of the world’s legendary hotels.” said Edouard Ettedgui, Group Chief Executive of Mandarin Oriental. “Mandarin Oriental is delighted to be expanding our collection of luxury hotels in China, particularly in Beijing, the nation’s capital city. This exciting venture is a significant step in further establishing our brand in key business and leisure locations worldwide.”

Li Xiaoming, Vice President of CCTV said “The cooperation of CCTV and Mandarin Oriental is a perfect and powerful partnership. We are delighted to welcome Mandarin Oriental into this new enterprise. We believe Mandarin Oriental’s reputation for excellence will ensure that this luxury hotel provides an exceptional addition to the overall master project.”

The interiors of the hotel will be strikingly contemporary, while offering all of Mandarin Oriental’s traditional quality. The 203 guestrooms and 38 suites are amongst the largest in the city with high ceilings, elegantly appointed materials, innovative in-room entertainment and commanding views of the surrounding district.

The hotel will feature six exceptional dining and cocktail venues. Both the Chinese and signature restaurant will be located on the top two floors of the hotel and linked by a champagne bar suspended over a dramatic staircase, thus allowing guests a birds-eye view of the stunning architecture and cityscape. A gourmet Mandarin Oriental Cake Shop will also be part of the dining experience. In addition, the hotel will be well positioned to cater to conferences and social events, with a uniquely designed circular ballroom, that will be surrounded by a ring of water.

The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Beijing, with 11 treatment rooms, will offer holistic rejuvenation and relaxation treatments in a tranquil, meditative setting. Incorporating a comprehensive range of wellness, beauty and massage treatments, The Spa will feature life-enhancing signature programmes that are exclusive to Mandarin Oriental. A sophisticated fitness centre and beauty salon will also be available.

The hotel’s interior design is by Lim, Teo & Wilkes (LTW), who were responsible for the recent refurbishment of the Group’s original flagship property, Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, and the stunning design of Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo.

The design of CCTV Headquarters is led by Ole Scheeren of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), founded by world-renowned Dutch architect Rem Koolhass. Located in the heart of Beijing’s Chaoyang CBD area, the new CCTV development occupies 550,000 sq metres and comprises two uniquely designed buildings and an expansive landscaped media park. The main CCTV building will house the company’s entire television production and broadcasting units. Mandarin Oriental, Beijing will be located in the Cultural Centre (TVCC), which will also contain a variety of facilities: a theatre, recording studios and digital cinemas.

Beijing continues to develop in stature as one of the world’s leading destinations. The city is currently investing US$40 billion on upgrading its infrastructure ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games. Mandarin Oriental, Beijing is ideally positioned for all of the city’s major tourist attractions.

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is the award-winning owner and operator of some of the world’s most prestigious hotels and resorts, currently operating 20 luxury hotels with a further 15 under development in Riviera Maya, Mexico and Hainan Island, China (2007), Barcelona, Boston and Beijing (2008), Dallas, Chicago, Las Vegas, Macau, Marrakech, Turks and Caicos and Grand Cayman (2009) and Guangzhou, Taipei and Paris (2010). In total, Mandarin Oriental now operates, or has under development more than 9,500 rooms in 20 countries with 16 hotels in Asia, 12 in The Americas and seven in Europe and North Africa.

Photography of Mandarin Oriental is available to download, in high and low resolution, in the Photo Library of our Media section, at www.mandarinoriental.com.

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1. Mandarin Oriental, Beijing - a key component of the landmark new headquarters of China Central Television (CCTV)

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Upstream Asia
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