Case Study: DP Fox Ventures achieves 100% cloud application uptime with Bigleaf Networks

DP Fox Builds Their Future in the Cloud with Bigleaf SD-WAN as the Foundation

DP Fox Ventures, a Grand Rapids-based owner of an extensive portfolio including Fox Motors (25 dealerships, ~1,000 employees), migrated mission‑critical systems to the Cloud (Dealertrack, Microsoft 365) and found internet reliability became their top business risk. Brown-outs and inconsistent local ISPs left locations effectively offline, so DP Fox Ventures evaluated SD‑WAN options and selected Bigleaf Networks’ Cloud‑first SD‑WAN to preserve existing Watchguard firewall policies and avoid complex manual configurations.

Bigleaf Networks deployed its Site‑to‑Cloud SD‑WAN (routers + Dynamic QoS and Intelligent Load Balancing) in a 30‑day POC, then rolled it out broadly; today over 90% of sites run Bigleaf and DP Fox Ventures reports 100% application uptime to date, improved performance visibility, elimination of constant ISP firefights, and the ability to add new dealerships quickly (three added in the past year).

DP Fox Ventures

Grant Zondervan

Vice President of IT