Case Study: Vector Media lowers bandwidth costs and accelerates productivity with Cisco Meraki

Lowering bandwidth costs and accelerating productivity for multi-site advertising firm

Vector Media, a nationwide advertising firm specializing in transit spectaculars, wallscapes and large-format displays, struggled with a cumbersome Astaro network across many branch locations. With a three-person IT team, constant manual appliance management, frequent branch outages when the primary WAN failed, and heavy coast-to-coast transfers of large files, Vector Media needed a simpler, more resilient multi-site networking solution — so they evaluated and selected Cisco Meraki.

Cisco Meraki deployed cloud-managed MX security appliances, Meraki wireless APs and Systems Manager, staged via the Meraki dashboard so remote sites could be online in under an hour. Using MX smart link bonding, multi‑WAN and traffic shaping, plus content filtering and remote device management, Cisco Meraki eliminated downtime, maximized uptime, cut bandwidth costs, reduced helpdesk calls, and accelerated troubleshooting (e.g., an email loop was fixed in about four clicks), while improving connectivity for their transit fleet.

Vector Media

Dan Dorato

CTO