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A multi-billion dollar global manufacturing company had over 50 locations connected via MPLS. In 2022, after an acquisition that meant adding 30 more sites, the MPLS and IP VPN network setup became exorbitantly expensive. The company wanted to contain costs, reduce their hardware footprint, transition to secure access service edge (SASE) architecture, improve agility, and outsource network management, including last-mile circuits.
To achieve all that, the manufacturer opted for unified SASE, which combines managed SD-WAN and SASE services to streamline network and security operations. With a consolidated SD-WAN and SASE offering from our portfolio, the company was able to replace their costly MPLS infrastructure, significantly improve network performance, and increase flexibility and agility.
If you want to similarly streamline networking and security across multiple locations, you should consider implementing the same unified SASE as a service offering.
Unified SASE: Key features and benefits
With unified SASE, your organization will receive security and networking services from a single supplier. Notable features and advantages include
Single pane of glass for provisioning and management
Unified control pane for configuration and observability
Enhanced software as a service (SaaS) and multi-cloud application performance
Lower cybersecurity risk and minimal attack surface
“As a service” flexibility and cost containment
Greater operational agility
Forrester Consulting conducted a total economic impact study of this unified SASE offering based on the experience of four organizations. For a composite company with 3,000 workers at 50 sites worldwide, the study found that managed SD-WAN and SASE resulted in the following risk-adjusted present value benefits over three years:
45 percent reduction in effort for network operations employees
Improved uptime (elimination of 72 hours of downtime per year)
Migration away from MPLS circuits
Higher end user productivity due to lower latency and more uptime
Enhanced security via cloud-based secure web gateway
113 percent return on investment (ROI), with the solution paying for itself in under six months
Our technology advisors would be happy to help you compare your options for SD-WAN, SASE and other managed IT and security solutions. We can leverage our partnerships with leading suppliers, the latest market data, access to niche offerings, and a tool that rapidly generates detailed comparison matrices to identify the top three to five options that align with your unique needs in a matter of minutes. Our advisors typically save business and IT leaders dozens of hours they would have otherwise spent navigating complex marketplaces.
Call 877-599-3999 or email sales@stratospherenetworks.com to get started today. You can also accelerate your search for the best managed security solutions with this free 15-minute assessment.
