Industry
Retail
WAN optimisation | Network Security
Unifying independent branch outlets
under one common SaaS-model
With a total of 25 locations including its headquarters, a large-scale retail company expanding its footprint and growing through mergers faced the challenge of operating two of the organisation.

The Challenge
There was a need to remove the reliance on MPLS due to its cost and speed inefficiencies. The real-time visibility into network activity caused application performance latency and hence, scaling/branching and its connectivity was a challenge.
The approach
To merge the two business platforms and to be expansion-ready, we began to focus on solutions that would help to meet network goals and provide a dynamic, agile, and flexible infrastructure that the legacy network lacked.
The Solution
SD-WAN eliminated those concerns or the need to do a deep analysis of connectivity because the platform can be deployed quickly at any location, with any available connection.
The shift to SD-WAN resulted in significant cost savings by hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. This also included the lower cost of broadband links. Cisco SD-WAN Security further provided consistent security across branches, clouds, and users.
Product categories and services used
Cisco
- Cisco SD-WAN
- Cisco SD-WAN Security