Case Study: Global 500 Manufacturing Company achieves fail-safe next-gen firewall deployment with Ixia

Manufacturer Chooses Bypass for Deployment of Next Gen Firewall

Global 500 Manufacturing Company, a global manufacturer of HVAC equipment and automotive devices, needed to deploy Cisco ASA with FirePOWER across 1,000 locations on six continents while minimizing downtime and ensuring the network would stay available if an appliance failed. The company also wanted a simpler way to manage security infrastructure remotely.

Ixia provided the solution with iBypass VHD and Ixia Indigo Pro. The bypass switches enabled fail-open protection and fast, preconfigured integration with Cisco appliances, while Indigo Pro centralized remote management across all sites. As a result, deployment was faster and more consistent, real-time traffic inspection increased without added availability risk, and IT administration was reduced through one-touch global configuration updates.