Case Study: Farrer & Co. boosts Azure application performance and triples bandwidth with HPE Aruba Networking

Leading UK law firm accelerates application performance on public IaaS to enhance productivity and client services

Farrer & Co, a leading UK law firm, moved its entire IT estate to Microsoft Azure but found some applications suffered latency over Azure ExpressRoute, slowing lawyers’ productivity and risking client service levels. The firm needed reliable, high-performance access to cloud-hosted apps, secure transport of confidential client data across ExpressRoute, and a solution that could be deployed quickly without disrupting workflows.

Working with SystemsUp, Farrer & Co deployed Aruba EdgeConnect SD‑WAN with the Aruba Boost WAN optimization pack and Aruba Orchestrator for centralized management. The rollout eliminated the performance issues—boosting application response by up to 60%—tripled effective bandwidth from 200 to 600 Mbps through compression and deduplication, delivered sub‑millisecond failover across multiple links, removed the need for separate encryption appliances, and simplified WAN administration, giving lawyers uninterrupted, faster access to cloud applications.

Farrer & Co.

Andy Beech

IT Director