Case Study: Globus achieves guaranteed Lync video conferencing performance and reduced WAN costs with Infovista (Ipanema)

Globus guarantees LYNC video conferencing performances while reducing WAN costs with Ipanema

Globus, a leading German retail group with 159 sites and 32,500 employees, wanted to cut travel costs and boost collaboration by deploying Microsoft Lync and Polycom video/audio conferencing. To guarantee a high-quality user experience and protect business‑critical systems like EC cash registers and SAP across a hybrid MPLS/Internet WAN—threatened by resource‑intensive UCC traffic—Globus selected Infovista and its Ipanema solution.

Infovista implemented Ipanema to provide real-time visibility, QoS/control, WAN optimization and dynamic WAN selection, prioritizing EC and SAP traffic while ensuring excellent Lync/Polycom conferencing QoE. The deployment increased adoption and productivity, protected critical applications, and rightsized the WAN—Globus reports a 20% reduction in travel costs per year, now operates better on 8 Mbps managed by Ipanema versus 20 Mbps unmanaged, and avoided an estimated upgrade to ~100 Mbps.

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Dirk Schmidt

Technical Coordinator