Case Study: Lanes Group Plc achieves new revenue streams and a unified secure IoT‑ready network with HPE Aruba Networking

Creating a clear pipeline of growth

Lanes Group, the UK’s largest privately owned drainage contractor with over 2,200 staff across 30+ locations, needed to turn its IT network from a “utility” into a strategic asset. The company aimed to unlock operational data to transform water-industry operations—enabling proactive maintenance, smarter scheduling and faster emergency response—while requiring a consistent, secure network that could support IoT sensors, data analytics and AI with unified management.

Lanes deployed HPE Aruba’s Unified SASE architecture—including CX switches, Wi‑Fi 6 access points, EdgeConnect SD‑Branch and gateways, UXI sensors, Central and SSE—to create a secure, centrally managed digital network. The solution enabled IoT and analytics-driven operations, opened new service and revenue opportunities, strengthened cloud access control for a mobile workforce, and streamlined onboarding of acquisitions to support growth.

Lanes Group Plc

Mo Dawood

IT Director