Case Study: Leading U.S. Telecommunications Provider achieves 75% reduction in tool costs and enhanced security with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline

Leading U.S. telecommunications provider enhances security posture while reducing tool costs by 75 percent with the Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline

A leading U.S. telecommunications provider redesigning its network put security and complete traffic visibility first. The NetOps and SecOps teams needed NetFlow generation, advanced filtering, and better tool efficiency to support triage and future requirements, while addressing a lack of visibility and costly, hard-to-manage DDoS tooling.

They deployed the Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline — including GigaVUE HC with Inline Bypass, GigaVUE TA edge nodes, and GigaSMART with NetFlow Generation and Application Filtering Intelligence — to centralize, filter and redirect traffic. The solution enabled inline security tool deployment and a custom negative-heartbeat check for DDoS devices, reduced DDoS appliances from 24 to six, cut tool costs by 75%, and delivered broader visibility and operational flexibility.