Case Study: Roche Brothers achieves reliable backup VPN and PCI-compliant in-store wireless with Fortinet

Wireless network deployed throughout all stores and headquarters

Roche Brothers is a family‑owned regional grocery chain in eastern Massachusetts with 18 stores and a headquarters, plus online shopping and delivery. The company needed a cost‑effective, PCI‑compliant network that guaranteed near‑continuous operation (99.9% uptime) because any network outage prevents credit card processing and causes lost sales, and also required a secure in‑store wireless solution for inventory and order management.

Security7 deployed Fortinet appliances: FortiGate‑80C units with Sprint wireless air cards to create an automatic OSPF‑based backup VPN, FortiAPs (including dual‑radio FortiAP‑220B units) for in‑store wireless and PCI‑compliant air scanning, and FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer with ManageWerx for centralized management and reporting. The result was reliable automatic failover and improved uptime, simplified management of 160+ devices with fast global updates, compliance with PCI reporting mandates, lower costs and reduced equipment footprint, and better in‑store mobility for operations.

Roche Brothers

John Lauderbach

Vice President of IT