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Case Study: Retail Giant Migrates 500 Branches to Fortinet SD-WAN
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Sarah van der Merwe
Chief Executive Officer
A leading SA retailer faced soaring MPLS costs and slow failover times. With 500 stores, they needed a modern, cost-effective WAN.
The Challenge
Legacy 2Mbps MPLS lines were choking POS traffic during updates. Failover to LTE backup took 30-60 seconds, causing transaction failures.
The Solution
We deployed FortiGate 60F appliances at all branches. This consolidated the Router, Firewall, and SD-WAN controller into one device.
Results
- Cost Savings: Replaced MPLS with dual business fiber/LTE broadband, saving R15m annually.
- Performance: Application-aware steering prioritizes voice and POS traffic over guest Wi-Fi.
- Uptime: Sub-second failover means staff don't even notice line drops.