Case Study: Ring Power Corporation achieves stronger security and significantly lower TCO with Fortinet

CAT Dealer Standardizes on Fortinet Solutions for Better Security at a Lower TCO

Ring Power Corporation, a 61-year-old CAT dealer based in St. Augustine, Florida with 24 branch locations, was operating on aging, disparate IT systems and weak security practices—shared passwords, widespread phishing, and a ransomware incident—that exposed the need to better protect Microsoft 365 and modernize its security without prohibitive licensing costs.

Working with MSSP Layer 3 Communications, Ring Power standardized on Fortinet solutions—FortiMail in front of Microsoft 365, FortiEDR across 2,800 endpoints, FortiGate NGFWs with Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, FortiManager, FortiSwitch/AP, FortiClient and FortiAuthenticator—consolidating networking and security. The deployment delivered faster visibility and response, simplified management, a roughly $250,000 annual savings by replacing MPLS with broadband SD‑WAN, a tenfold bandwidth increase per site, and a significantly lower total cost of ownership.

Ring Power Corporation

Kevin Bush

Vice President, IT