Case Study: Ricoh achieves a unified global network and accelerated cloud migration with Juniper Networks

The Ricoh Group Unifies and Simplifies its Global Network to Accelerate Migration to The Cloud

The Ricoh Group, a global technology and office-services company supporting about 100,000 employees across roughly 500 locations, needed to modernize and unify its fragmented network to accelerate cloud adoption. Rapid growth in cloud usage exposed slow connections, poor performance for voice/video and conferencing, limited branch visibility, and disjointed operations across affiliates, making troubleshooting slow, costly, and frustrating for users.

Ricoh simplified its branch, campus, and WAN architecture with a unified Juniper-based solution—MX480 routers, QFX5100 and EX9214 switches, SRX5800 firewalls, and Juniper Sky ATP—standardized on Junos and automated operations. The upgrade delivered reliable Office 365 and cloud access, reduced user complaints and IT costs, created a digital workplace for 100,000 employees, cut network gear footprint by 50%, lowered power consumption by two-thirds, and improved centralized, automated threat detection and response.

Ricoh

Tomotake Wakuri

Corporate Senior Architect for Security and Network