Case Study: BAUER Group reduces international network costs and centralizes firewall management with Barracuda Networks' CloudGen Firewall

Bauer Construction Group Reduces Costs for International Networks

BAUER Group, a global construction and equipment parent with more than 120 subsidiaries, faced rising network costs and management complexity as it moved away from expensive MPLS lines. The IT team needed reliable, encrypted connectivity (including to China where state firewalls create latency), centralized firewall management across dispersed sites, and affordable ADSL load‑sharing to connect smaller branches.

BAUER deployed Barracuda CloudGen Firewall with a centralized Control Center and multi‑link/SD‑WAN capabilities; Barracuda added the specific ADSL load‑sharing feature within eight months. The solution enabled fast, simple rollouts (days per branch), brought down transmission costs, centralized administration, and let BAUER’s team handle more complex tasks internally—improving scalability, security and performance across its international network.

BAUER Group

Roland Bauer

Head of the Network Infrastructure Department