Case Studies Australian Conglomerate Deploys vThunder ADC to Increase Availability and Security of Microsoft Exchange

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	Australian Conglomerate Deploys vThunder ADC to Increase Availability and Security of Microsoft Exchange

Australian Conglomerate Deploys vThunder ADC to Increase Availability and Security of Microsoft Exchange

Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization
Applicable Industries	Retail
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Facility Management
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	Based in Perth, Western Australia, Wesfarmers Limited needed to replace a Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006. The reverse proxy device, which enabled access to internal websites and an Exchange server, was nearing its end of life and support. The company required a virtual device compatible with their VMware virtualized environment to ensure approximately 250 head office staff could rely on web access and receive mobile emails without issue. Wesfarmers undertook a careful evaluation process, checking offerings from multiple vendors including F5, Bluecoat, Riverbed Stingray, and Websense. After review, the company chose an A10 Networks vThunder virtual appliance for its cost-effectiveness, scalability, and range of functionality. Read More
About Customer	Wesfarmers is one of Australia’s largest companies with operations that include supermarkets, department stores, home improvement and office supplies, coal production and export, chemicals, energy and fertilizers, and industrial and safety products. Revenue for 2014 was $A60.18 billion and staff numbered 200,000 plus. The group’s best-known brands are in retail, including household names such as Coles Supermarkets, Target, Kmart, Officeworks, and Bunnings Warehouse, the leading retailer of home improvement and outdoor living products in Australia and New Zealand. Coles Supermarkets alone has 765 stores nationwide, serviced by 100,000 plus staff. Wesfarmers Limited, the group’s holding company, has a staff of around 250. Read More
Solution	Wesfarmers selected the vThunder ADC line to provide expansion capabilities, fitting easily into its existing VMware virtualized infrastructure without requiring new hardware. The vThunder ADC offers rapid deployment, consolidated infrastructure, and high performance with no feature limitations. Each vThunder ADC virtual appliance includes all available ADC or Carrier Grade Networking (CGN) features, with versions licensed by bandwidth up to 8 Gbps on commodity hardware, or aggregate throughput up to 100 Gbps on A10 Networks Thunder HVA hybrid virtual appliances. Additional advantages include dynamic service chaining, granular policy enforcement, support for high-density multi-tenancy architecture, and dynamic provisioning and operation. The vThunder ADC reduces capital expenditure and operational costs by allowing more efficient use of resources. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization

Applicable Industries

Retail

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Facility Management

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

Based in Perth, Western Australia, Wesfarmers Limited needed to replace a Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006. The reverse proxy device, which enabled access to internal websites and an Exchange server, was nearing its end of life and support. The company required a virtual device compatible with their VMware virtualized environment to ensure approximately 250 head office staff could rely on web access and receive mobile emails without issue. Wesfarmers undertook a careful evaluation process, checking offerings from multiple vendors including F5, Bluecoat, Riverbed Stingray, and Websense. After review, the company chose an A10 Networks vThunder virtual appliance for its cost-effectiveness, scalability, and range of functionality.

About Customer

Wesfarmers is one of Australia’s largest companies with operations that include supermarkets, department stores, home improvement and office supplies, coal production and export, chemicals, energy and fertilizers, and industrial and safety products. Revenue for 2014 was $A60.18 billion and staff numbered 200,000 plus. The group’s best-known brands are in retail, including household names such as Coles Supermarkets, Target, Kmart, Officeworks, and Bunnings Warehouse, the leading retailer of home improvement and outdoor living products in Australia and New Zealand. Coles Supermarkets alone has 765 stores nationwide, serviced by 100,000 plus staff. Wesfarmers Limited, the group’s holding company, has a staff of around 250.

Solution

Wesfarmers selected the vThunder ADC line to provide expansion capabilities, fitting easily into its existing VMware virtualized infrastructure without requiring new hardware. The vThunder ADC offers rapid deployment, consolidated infrastructure, and high performance with no feature limitations. Each vThunder ADC virtual appliance includes all available ADC or Carrier Grade Networking (CGN) features, with versions licensed by bandwidth up to 8 Gbps on commodity hardware, or aggregate throughput up to 100 Gbps on A10 Networks Thunder HVA hybrid virtual appliances. Additional advantages include dynamic service chaining, granular policy enforcement, support for high-density multi-tenancy architecture, and dynamic provisioning and operation. The vThunder ADC reduces capital expenditure and operational costs by allowing more efficient use of resources.

Impact #1	Ease of implementation and reliability, with the vThunder ADC reverse proxy function delivering set-and-forget standards of performance during the first six months of operation.
Impact #2	The vThunder ADC sits in front of the Exchange server, providing an external layer of security and ensuring high levels of server availability.
Impact #3	The vThunder ADC secure socket layer (SSL) helps assure email traffic security, performance, and offload capabilities.

Impact #1

Ease of implementation and reliability, with the vThunder ADC reverse proxy function delivering set-and-forget standards of performance during the first six months of operation.

Impact #2

The vThunder ADC sits in front of the Exchange server, providing an external layer of security and ensuring high levels of server availability.

Impact #3

The vThunder ADC secure socket layer (SSL) helps assure email traffic security, performance, and offload capabilities.

Benefit #1	Wesfarmers is currently using only 5-10% of the vThunder ADC capability, providing huge scalability.
Benefit #2	The vThunder ADC offers bandwidth up to 8 Gbps on commodity hardware, or aggregate throughput up to 100 Gbps on A10 Networks Thunder HVA hybrid virtual appliances.

Benefit #1

Wesfarmers is currently using only 5-10% of the vThunder ADC capability, providing huge scalability.

Benefit #2

The vThunder ADC offers bandwidth up to 8 Gbps on commodity hardware, or aggregate throughput up to 100 Gbps on A10 Networks Thunder HVA hybrid virtual appliances.

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Australian Conglomerate Deploys vThunder ADC to Increase Availability and Security of Microsoft Exchange

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