BrandLoyalty Achieves Fast Performance and Network Maturity with Cato MPLS Migration to SD-WAN • Cloud Acceleration and Optimized • Global Connectivity Control The Network Challenges of a Global Enterprise I always assume that the solution a vendor IT leaders know all too well the challenges of global MPLS solutions. describes is much more The high costs of global MPLS circuits are well documented but less beautiful that it is in reality, spoken about are the little things like the lack of network visibility and but with Cato the promises the integration challenges needed to keep the solution operational to were all true!” say nothing of the problems with moving to the cloud. Such were the Arne van Vuuren, challenges facing BrandLoyalty. Head of IT Operations A provider of customer loyalty and incentive programs to food retailers worldwide, BrandLoyalty infrastructure connects offices About across Europe. “We work with leading global brands & licenses such BrandLoyalty as Disney or Zwilling that demand a reliable, secure, well-managed infrastructure from their partners, says Ben de Laat, head of IT security Based in the Netherlands, at BrandLoyalty. “It’s very important for us to have not only high-quality BrandLoyalty provides offices, desks, chairs, awesome coffee, and great lunches, but high- winning loyalty campaigns quality Internet and well-managed end-user devices.” by connecting high- With limited IT resources, BrandLoyalty had be very careful about frequency retailers, the technology choices it makes. The company was in the middle our partners, and of a full migration to Microsoft Azure with a WAN infrastructure that shoppers. BrandLoyalty was complex and not well suited for the cloud. “Our locations were fully supports the retailer’s connected by MPLS and two Internet lines with dynamic routing and journey, from strategy to failover at each site,” says Arne van Vuuren, Head of IT Operations. solution and execution. “We had WAN optimizers and firewall appliances at each location, with failover for each.” Cato. Ready for Whatever’s Next Case Studies - Retail 3
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