Case Study: Distinctive Software Solutions minimises network change risk and saves €100,000/year with Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Distinctive Software’s Firewall Automation Solution Underpinned by HP Software

Distinctive Software Solutions worked with a leading Greek communications operator that was struggling to manage up to 15 daily change requests across 40 firewalls and 500 network elements. Manual creation and validation of large ACLs was time consuming, error prone and made compliance reporting difficult. To address this, Distinctive Software Solutions implemented its Firewall Automation Management and Provisioning solution built on Hewlett Packard Enterprise software, including HP Network Automation and HP Network Node Manager i.

Using the solution from Distinctive Software Solutions and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, the operator automated provisioning, policy-based change management, sanity checks and audit reporting, allowing multiple work orders to run in seconds instead of hours. The automation reduced needless reconfigurations and human error, saved about 40 man‑hours per day, cut costs by roughly €100,000 a year, and produced comprehensive compliance and backup reports for audits.

Distinctive Software Solutions

Spyros Agathos

Managing Director