The Secret Connection between Vacuum Cleaners and Riverbed Cascade

Those of you who remember the browser wars between Microsoft and Netscape in the 1990's may remember that browsers always seemed to be named after SUV's (think Ford Explorer and Lincoln Navigator). If you use Riverbed Cascade, you might be wondering what its components are named after. I think I found the answer: vacuum cleaners!

Let's start with Shark - I noticed this one in a store a few days ago:

 

As every Cascade customer knows, Shark is not complete without Pilot.

The next one reminds me of Cascade Profiler - did we just forget the letter r?

No issues with the next one - Sensor is simply Sensor. I took this picture at a hotel recently.

 
 
 

And finally... a vacuum cleaner that represents the entire product line:

 

So there you have it... Next time you want to suck all the performance problems out of your network, look at the nearest vacuum cleaner for inspiration!