Case Study: a Fortune 500 U.S.-based energy utility company validates SD-WAN performance with NETSCOUT Smart Edge Monitoring

NETSCOUT Smart Edge Monitoring Validates Quality Performance of New SD-WAN

The customer, a Fortune 500 U.S.-based energy utility company, faced the challenge of migrating its WAN to an SD-WAN infrastructure for hundreds of remote locations while ensuring performance quality was not degraded. They needed to fill a critical visibility gap to validate performance and rapidly troubleshoot any issues during and after the migration.

NETSCOUT addressed this with its Smart Edge Monitoring solution, utilizing nPoint sensors for "before and after" performance analysis and the nGeniusONE platform for visualization. This allowed the company to validate that the significant operational expense savings from SD-WAN were achieved without compromising network availability. NETSCOUT's solution provided the IT team with the ability to graphically prove this success to senior management and maintain comprehensive visibility for troubleshooting across their entire enterprise.