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Cushman & Wakefield's Transformation with Secure SD-WAN and Cloud Security

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Event-Driven Application Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security
Applicable Industries	Construction & Infrastructure National Security & Defense
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Tamper Detection Traffic Monitoring
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	Cushman & Wakefield, a global real estate services firm, faced a significant challenge in providing a secure, responsive network that offered a uniform experience to its users, regardless of their location. The company's employees relied heavily on software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings like Workday, Salesforce, and Microsoft 365, both in offices and on the go. However, the traditional hub-and-spoke WAN architecture was not meeting the company's needs. This was particularly problematic as the company was focusing on its growth strategy through mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Integrating new companies into the Cushman & Wakefield network meant bringing technology, software, networks, processes, and people on board as seamlessly and quickly as possible. The existing WAN architecture was not suited to handle this rapid onboarding. Read More
About Customer	Cushman & Wakefield is a global real estate services firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The company operates in 60 countries through its 400 offices. It serves a large number of users and customers who require a secure, responsive network that provides a uniform experience no matter where they connect. The company's employees rely heavily on various software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings like Workday, Salesforce, and Microsoft 365, both in offices and on the go. The company is also focused on its growth strategy through mergers and acquisitions, which requires rapid and seamless onboarding of new companies into the Cushman & Wakefield network. Read More
Solution	Cushman & Wakefield decided to adopt a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solution. After investigating various options, they chose Aruba as their SD-WAN provider. Aruba's EdgeConnect SD-WAN edge platform offered increased application performance, support for the company’s M&A growth strategy, reduced deployment costs, and network-wide traffic visibility. Alongside this, the company also needed to secure connections between users and applications. They selected the Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA™) service, which examines internet-destined traffic across all ports and protocols, including SSL-encrypted traffic. It also enables policies to follow users, regardless of location or device, providing security for Cushman & Wakefield’s over 50,000 staff members around the globe. It also seamlessly works with the company’s Aruba EdgeConnect deployment. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Event-Driven Application

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security

Applicable Industries

Construction & Infrastructure

National Security & Defense

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Tamper Detection

Traffic Monitoring

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

Cushman & Wakefield, a global real estate services firm, faced a significant challenge in providing a secure, responsive network that offered a uniform experience to its users, regardless of their location. The company's employees relied heavily on software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings like Workday, Salesforce, and Microsoft 365, both in offices and on the go. However, the traditional hub-and-spoke WAN architecture was not meeting the company's needs. This was particularly problematic as the company was focusing on its growth strategy through mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Integrating new companies into the Cushman & Wakefield network meant bringing technology, software, networks, processes, and people on board as seamlessly and quickly as possible. The existing WAN architecture was not suited to handle this rapid onboarding.

About Customer

Cushman & Wakefield is a global real estate services firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The company operates in 60 countries through its 400 offices. It serves a large number of users and customers who require a secure, responsive network that provides a uniform experience no matter where they connect. The company's employees rely heavily on various software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings like Workday, Salesforce, and Microsoft 365, both in offices and on the go. The company is also focused on its growth strategy through mergers and acquisitions, which requires rapid and seamless onboarding of new companies into the Cushman & Wakefield network.

Solution

Cushman & Wakefield decided to adopt a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solution. After investigating various options, they chose Aruba as their SD-WAN provider. Aruba's EdgeConnect SD-WAN edge platform offered increased application performance, support for the company’s M&A growth strategy, reduced deployment costs, and network-wide traffic visibility. Alongside this, the company also needed to secure connections between users and applications. They selected the Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA™) service, which examines internet-destined traffic across all ports and protocols, including SSL-encrypted traffic. It also enables policies to follow users, regardless of location or device, providing security for Cushman & Wakefield’s over 50,000 staff members around the globe. It also seamlessly works with the company’s Aruba EdgeConnect deployment.

Impact #1	With the implementation of Aruba's SD-WAN and Zscaler's security solution, Cushman & Wakefield was able to guarantee delivery of application performance and security across its entire network. The solution ensured that local internet breakouts were adaptive and secure, set bandwidth for business-critical applications, and provided a unified WAN experience for users with fast connections, no matter where they were and what they needed to access. The combined solution also allowed complete network visibility over who was using what applications, giving the IT teams insight into what exactly was happening in the network. The seamless API integrations between Aruba and Zscaler sped up and simplified deployment, both to existing branches or at new acquisitions as Cushman & Wakefield grew its business.

Impact #1

With the implementation of Aruba's SD-WAN and Zscaler's security solution, Cushman & Wakefield was able to guarantee delivery of application performance and security across its entire network. The solution ensured that local internet breakouts were adaptive and secure, set bandwidth for business-critical applications, and provided a unified WAN experience for users with fast connections, no matter where they were and what they needed to access. The combined solution also allowed complete network visibility over who was using what applications, giving the IT teams insight into what exactly was happening in the network. The seamless API integrations between Aruba and Zscaler sped up and simplified deployment, both to existing branches or at new acquisitions as Cushman & Wakefield grew its business.

Benefit #1	Application performance improvement on average by 35 percent.
Benefit #2	Fast, secure access to business-critical applications with 99.999% availability.
Benefit #3	Anticipated OpEx savings of $1.5 million per year.

Benefit #1

Application performance improvement on average by 35 percent.

Benefit #2

Fast, secure access to business-critical applications with 99.999% availability.

Benefit #3

Anticipated OpEx savings of $1.5 million per year.

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Cushman & Wakefield's Transformation with Secure SD-WAN and Cloud Security

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