Case Study: AutoNation achieves 25% telecom cost savings and blazing-fast, uninterrupted connectivity with Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN

Driving High Performance and Millions in Savings for AutoNation

AutoNation, the largest automotive retailer in the U.S. with more than 350 locations and 22,000 employees, needed to replace an increasingly slow, complex and expensive MPLS network to ensure reliable, secure access to applications and data across dealerships, collision centers and data centers. The company sought higher bandwidth, Layer 7 visibility, rapid non-disruptive deployment and reduced telecom cost and operational complexity.

AutoNation selected Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD‑WAN, gaining cloud-delivered SD‑WAN with fail-to-wire redundancy and Layer 7 visibility. The rollout cut store deployment time by 95% (deployments as fast as 30 minutes), eliminated MPLS and consolidated carriers, and delivered $3 million in annual telecom savings (about 25%), while improving reliability for CRM and inventory systems and enabling digital customer services and advanced applications like VR.

AutoNation

Adam Rasner

Senior Director of IT Operations and Infrastructure