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Zscaler and VMware SD-WAN Transform Northgate Market into a Cloud-First Organization

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Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Application Security Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security
Applicable Industries	National Security & Defense Retail
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Tamper Detection Traffic Monitoring
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	Northgate Market expanded to 40 supermarkets through market growth and strategic acquisitions. Its ambitious expansion goals included additional services and capabilities intended to deliver exceptional service to its customers. However, these ambitions were hindered by its aging infrastructure with limited and failing network and security capabilities. Northgate Market was operating on an MPLS network with two T-1 network connections and limited 3Mbps capacity at each location. A wireless 3G LTE network served as a backup when the primary terrestrial network failed. Unfortunately, the network was slow and experienced frequent outages. All internet-bound traffic was backhauled from the individual supermarkets to the two corporate data centers and secured through web content filtering appliances before going out to the internet. This created bottlenecks and negatively impacted user experience as well as the ability for Northgate Market’s associates to deliver excellent service to its customers. Read More
About Customer	Northgate Market is a retail company based in Anaheim, California, that owns and operates 40 supermarkets in Southern California, managing 500,000 customer visits per week. The company was founded in 1980 and focuses on providing fresh and prepared foods as well as domestic and imported Latin American grocery goods. Northgate Market is dedicated to providing meaningful work, offering a workplace where individuals are treated as members of the family. The company also manages two data centers and a 384,000 square foot distribution center. Read More
Solution	Northgate Market deployed VMware SD-WAN to address these challenges for its store locations. And it employed Zscaler Internet Access to secure traffic from those locations. Zscaler and VMware SD-WAN work together to optimize and secure local internet breakouts. Together, they enable fast and secure access to websites and business-critical cloud applications from its supermarket locations without the cost and complexity of traditional network and security appliances. The partnership of Zscaler and VMware SD-WAN made it easy for Northgate Market to migrate from its legacy hub-and-spoke architecture to a secure SD-WAN infrastructure and securely route traffic from its multiple locations to the internet. The Zscaler Cloud Security Platform streamlined delivery of the entire security stack, helping Northgate Market reduce its overall expenses and recognize a 40-percent savings. The solution also enabled Northgate Market to increase its bandwidth capabilities to support constantly expanding traffic requirements while improving its security posture. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Application Security

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security

Applicable Industries

National Security & Defense

Retail

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Tamper Detection

Traffic Monitoring

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

Northgate Market expanded to 40 supermarkets through market growth and strategic acquisitions. Its ambitious expansion goals included additional services and capabilities intended to deliver exceptional service to its customers. However, these ambitions were hindered by its aging infrastructure with limited and failing network and security capabilities. Northgate Market was operating on an MPLS network with two T-1 network connections and limited 3Mbps capacity at each location. A wireless 3G LTE network served as a backup when the primary terrestrial network failed. Unfortunately, the network was slow and experienced frequent outages. All internet-bound traffic was backhauled from the individual supermarkets to the two corporate data centers and secured through web content filtering appliances before going out to the internet. This created bottlenecks and negatively impacted user experience as well as the ability for Northgate Market’s associates to deliver excellent service to its customers.

About Customer

Northgate Market is a retail company based in Anaheim, California, that owns and operates 40 supermarkets in Southern California, managing 500,000 customer visits per week. The company was founded in 1980 and focuses on providing fresh and prepared foods as well as domestic and imported Latin American grocery goods. Northgate Market is dedicated to providing meaningful work, offering a workplace where individuals are treated as members of the family. The company also manages two data centers and a 384,000 square foot distribution center.

Solution

Northgate Market deployed VMware SD-WAN to address these challenges for its store locations. And it employed Zscaler Internet Access to secure traffic from those locations. Zscaler and VMware SD-WAN work together to optimize and secure local internet breakouts. Together, they enable fast and secure access to websites and business-critical cloud applications from its supermarket locations without the cost and complexity of traditional network and security appliances. The partnership of Zscaler and VMware SD-WAN made it easy for Northgate Market to migrate from its legacy hub-and-spoke architecture to a secure SD-WAN infrastructure and securely route traffic from its multiple locations to the internet. The Zscaler Cloud Security Platform streamlined delivery of the entire security stack, helping Northgate Market reduce its overall expenses and recognize a 40-percent savings. The solution also enabled Northgate Market to increase its bandwidth capabilities to support constantly expanding traffic requirements while improving its security posture.

Impact #1	With Zscaler securing its SD-WAN deployment, Northgate Market’s employees are better protected from web-based threats regardless of their location and can be confident that the appropriate protections are in place at all times, providing identical protection for users wherever they connect. The powerful combination of Zscaler and VMware SD-WAN helped simplify branch operations by using software-defined policies to route traffic via the most efficient path. The improved visibility into its network enabled Northgate Market’s IT team to identify and solve problems much more quickly and efficiently than ever before. The high availability configuration, including traffic prioritization and segmentation, eliminated network outages. Northgate Market also recognized the need to protect the more than 250 employees that regularly travel from site to site, opting to replace its Cisco AnyConnect VPN with Zscaler Private Access.

Impact #1

With Zscaler securing its SD-WAN deployment, Northgate Market’s employees are better protected from web-based threats regardless of their location and can be confident that the appropriate protections are in place at all times, providing identical protection for users wherever they connect. The powerful combination of Zscaler and VMware SD-WAN helped simplify branch operations by using software-defined policies to route traffic via the most efficient path. The improved visibility into its network enabled Northgate Market’s IT team to identify and solve problems much more quickly and efficiently than ever before. The high availability configuration, including traffic prioritization and segmentation, eliminated network outages. Northgate Market also recognized the need to protect the more than 250 employees that regularly travel from site to site, opting to replace its Cisco AnyConnect VPN with Zscaler Private Access.

Benefit #1	40 percent savings in expenses, with higher bandwidth consumption
Benefit #2	Increased security
Benefit #3	Network visibility simplified problem identification and remediation

Benefit #1

40 percent savings in expenses, with higher bandwidth consumption

Benefit #2

Increased security

Benefit #3

Network visibility simplified problem identification and remediation

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Zscaler and VMware SD-WAN Transform Northgate Market into a Cloud-First Organization

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