Middle East Investment Group
Leading Middle East Investment Group Lowers Cost by 60% and Increases Security with Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Overview
A prominent Middle Eastern investment group, distributed across 180 sites, transitioned to cloud-based software systems to improve operational efficiencies. Given the increasing traffic to and from the cloud, the group’s Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) WAN connections became cost-prohibitive and unreliable. Moreover, the group’s data center-based security architecture could not adequately protect the cloud traffic.
The Fortinet Secure SD-WAN solution helped solve both the networking and the security challenges. It added much-needed layers of defense to and through the cloud, while reducing WAN connectivity costs. The group’s network team can now provide better quality of service with less effort and has a clear path to scale secure connectivity across the enterprise.
“The Fortinet solution lets us achieve more with less. We have reduced administration as well as connectivity costs while simultaneously improving security and resilience. But even more importantly, we now have a solid security foundation and partnership on which we can build for the future.”
– Senior Network Engineer, Middle East Investment Group
Business Impact
Reduced connectivity costs by 60%
Added layers of defense, including DLP and URL filtering
Improved security, performance, and resilience of cloud-based services
Reduced burden of administration and compliance
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