Case Study: S&ME achieves secure, real-time collaboration across 30+ locations with Egnyte

How S&ME Secured Their Data While Bringing Real-time Collaboration to 30+ Locations

S&ME, an engineering, design, environmental sciences, and construction services firm with 30+ offices across 10 states, needed to support a new decentralized operating model while keeping data secure. Slow WAN and VPN connections forced staff to copy files between servers, creating duplication, version‑control problems and hampering cross‑office collaboration — and leadership quickly flagged data security as a top concern.

After a successful pilot, S&ME migrated 90 TB of data and 600–700 employees across 30+ locations to Egnyte over a single weekend, rolling out the Egnyte Desktop App, Microsoft co‑editing, and a templated folder structure. The change delivered LAN‑speed access and real‑time collaboration on large files, standardized file organization for faster search, and machine‑learning governance that improved security posture and advanced CMMC Level 3 readiness — benefitting more than 1,000 employees and boosting productivity and peace of mind.

S&ME

Michael Farrar

Technology Director