Case Study: a convenience store chain achieves lower total cost of ownership and reliable uptime with Fortinet Security Fabric

Convenience Store Chain modernizes 300 stores with Fortinet and cuts downtime for POS systems

The customer, a large convenience store chain with 300 dispersed locations, faced challenges with its legacy network infrastructure which was not scalable and difficult to manage. They needed a modern solution to ensure network reliability, security, and ease of deployment, particularly for their critical point-of-sale systems. To address this, they selected Fortinet's Next-Generation Firewalls and Secure SD-WAN.

Fortinet implemented a solution featuring high-availability FortiGate firewalls and FortiSwitch secure switches in every store, along with FortiAP wireless access points. This deployment significantly lowered the total cost of ownership compared to competitors and provided a highly reliable WAN that minimized downtime. The ease of management has enabled the chain to support corporate growth of 20-25 new stores per year with a small IT team, and the performance of the WAN has been exceptional.