Case Study: SoulCycle achieves rapid, scalable security and SD‑WAN deployments with Cisco Meraki

Growing rapidly with a security and SD-WAN solution that scales just as quickly

SoulCycle, a New York City–based fitness company with more than 60 studios, needed a scalable, easy-to-manage networking and security solution as it expanded. Frustrated by traditional networking and manual, time‑consuming rollouts, IT engineer Derek McWilliams chose Cisco Meraki cloud‑managed security and SD‑WAN—deploying Meraki MX Security Appliances across studios and corporate offices.

Cisco Meraki delivered template‑based MX deployments, built‑in Layer 7 firewall controls, and simple site‑to‑site VPNs, enabling rapid remote rollouts and consistent configurations across locations. The result: SoulCycle completed its initial roll‑out a month ahead of schedule, established VPN tunnels in minutes instead of the 7–8 hours previously required, standardized settings for 99% of studios, and significantly reduced IT configuration overhead thanks to Cisco Meraki.

SoulCycle

Derek McWilliams

Director, IT