Case Study: One of the World’s Largest Insurance Companies achieves up to 50x faster app response and up to 95% bandwidth savings with Array Networks vWAN

World Largest Insurance Company - Customer Case Study

One of the world’s largest insurance conglomerates (the largest in the UK) with more than 50 global business units needed to accelerate Microsoft Office 365/SharePoint content, improve multimedia delivery for corporate events, and simplify rollout of new applications to remote offices — all without changing the existing network or adding significant hardware. Key requirements included transparent SSL acceleration, broad protocol support, and minimal footprint on off‑the‑shelf infrastructure.

The company deployed Array Networks’ vWAN virtual WAN optimization appliances in the hosted data center and at branch sites, running on existing x86 servers and virtual environments for rapid, low‑cost rollout. The solution accelerated SharePoint (especially files ≥15 Mbps), delivered on‑demand Windows media without disrupting the network, provided built‑in SSL acceleration and end‑to‑end security, improved application response times by up to 50x, reduced bandwidth use by up to 95%, and delivered more than $5M in projected savings over five years.