Case Study: Riachuelo achieves 60% faster application response time and reduced bandwidth use with F5 Networks

Brazil-based Riachuelo Improves Application Response Time by 60% with F5 Solution

Riachuelo, a Brazil-based retail chain in Grupo Guararapes, consolidated multiple IT and telecom centers into a single data center to support 112 stores, financial services, distribution centers and a large call center. The company needed to redesign its infrastructure to ensure high availability and faster response for mission‑critical web‑based applications (including the SICC credit card and HR systems), add bandwidth for video conferencing, and handle rapidly growing customer traffic; it selected F5 Networks’ BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and BIG-IP WebAccelerator to address these challenges.

F5 Networks’ BIG-IP LTM and BIG-IP WebAccelerator — deployed with partner IPconnection and installed between the Cisco routers and IBM servers — provided traffic optimization, caching and compression to accelerate web delivery. The F5 solution reduced bandwidth use and improved application response time by about 60%, increased system availability, and enabled Riachuelo to better size its telecom purchases while meeting peak demand.

Riachuelo

Rubens Serrano Muchao

Technology Manager