Case Study: Piada Italian Street Food achieves seamless POS uptime and PCI‑secure, cloud‑managed SD‑WAN with Cradlepoint NetCloud Service

Piada Italian Street Food Protects Uptime & POS Data With All in One SD WAN Solution by Cradlepoint

Piada Italian Street Food, a fast‑growing 35‑store U.S. restaurant chain, needed reliable POS connectivity, PCI‑compliant security, and fast Day‑1 Internet for new openings while minimizing on‑site hardware and IT overhead. To meet these challenges, Piada turned to Cradlepoint’s NetCloud Service for Branch, seeking a single cloud‑managed solution that supports both wired and LTE WAN, SD‑WAN traffic management, and centralized configuration.

Cradlepoint deployed dual‑modem branch routers with embedded LTE and NetCloud Manager, adding VLAN separation for POS, TrendMicro CP Secure Threat Management, and Zscaler filtering for content security. The solution delivered seamless failover for uninterrupted credit‑card processing, Day‑1 LTE operation to avoid costly wired provisioning (often up to $15,000), reduced hardware and man‑hours, and remote monitoring/alerts—enabling Piada to maintain continuous operations and scale deployment across dozens (and potentially several hundred) stores with a small staff.

Piada Italian Street Food

Dave Gifford

Network Coordinator