Case Study: Cardno achieves effortless global deployments and reliable multisite connectivity with Cisco Meraki

Simplifying installations and delivering security at scale for professional services

Cardno, a professional infrastructure and environmental services company with 200+ offices, needed reliable, consistent networking to support mobile teams and global projects. With a lean networking team of four and remote branches in emerging markets facing language, hardware import and staffing challenges, Cardno standardized on Cisco Meraki cloud networking—deploying Meraki MR16 and MR18 access points and MX60 Security Appliances—to simplify deployments and management.

Cisco Meraki enabled preconfigured out‑of‑box AP installs, cloud‑managed templates, site‑to‑site connectivity and MX60 dual‑WAN/USB failover, allowing remote branch setups (one Nigeria site went live in a few hours via phone), centralized analytics and monthly reporting, and scalable policies like bandwidth limits and auto‑joining guest Wi‑Fi. The result was faster deployments, reduced travel and data costs, MX60s at 60 Australian branches, improved uptime and clear, measurable operational and cost savings for Cardno.

Cardno

Cristian Lighezan

Senior Network Engineer