Client Profile:
- 62 locations nationwide
- Over 1,200 employees and growing
- Headquarters in Dallas, Texas
- Healthcare
- Billion dollar company
Challenges:
- Old data network
- Vulnerblitilies in cybersecurity
- No IPS/IDS
- No web filtering
- The cost was high for the existing legacy network, minimal staff/resources to manage network
- Antiquated VOIP solution (hard to manage/not able to scale/not able to provide features and functionality needed)
- Contact solution did not have an ability for omnichannel
Process:
- New architecture for SD-WAN at each branch location (including data center)
- Conducted a cybersecurity assessment with them and managed a security operation center (SOC)
- Client entered into a proof of concept (they don’t pay for service they get to ‘test’ it out)
- Evaluated multiple vendors in SD-WAN, Security Services, and Unified Communications as a service
- Designed an optimized and upgraded network solution
- Created phased recommendations for implementation accounting for contractual obligations
Results & Benefits:
- Streamlined the data network to provide full visibility
- Provided visibility to the application traversed in the network
- Upgraded their legacy for a cybersecurity platform
- Built a fully redundant access diverse data network
- Provided our client with a 40% reduction in monthly costs
- With new UC platform, enabled doctors to practice telehealth
- Maintained and grew productivity at 30%