Case Study: Rodericks Dental achieves scalable, always-on secure SD-WAN and centralized network visibility with Barracuda Networks

Rodericks Dental combines next-generation security and SD-WAN solution

Rodericks Dental, the UK’s third-largest dental group with 100 practices and a lean IT team, needed to scale reliable, secure connectivity for thin-client branches that rely on data-center servers. Their inexpensive modem-router/VPN setup created operational overhead, limited network visibility, used single uplinks that caused connection losses, and lacked application prioritization — all of which threatened expansion and patient-data protection.

Rodericks implemented Barracuda CloudGen Firewall with SD‑WAN (including optional 4G and virtual instances in the data center) and centralized management via Firewall Control Center, plus dual high-performance units at headquarters. The deployment delivered centrally managed security and WAN connectivity, simultaneous multi-uplink use, prioritized business traffic, always-on secure data-center access, improved traffic visibility, preemptive maintenance, and faster troubleshooting — enabling scalable growth.

Rodericks Dental

Alex Snell

Head of IT