Case Study: European Shoe Retailer achieves resilient, cost-efficient SD‑WAN and uninterrupted VoIP with Peplink SpeedFusion

SD-WAN MPLS Replacement for an European Shoe Retail

European Shoe Retailer, an Italian maker of handcrafted women’s shoes, was constrained by a legacy MPLS WAN—limited bandwidth, single‑carrier dependencies at stores and production sites, inconsistent reliability, and rising costs—that threatened its digital transformation. To modernize its WAN, the company engaged Know IT and chose Peplink solutions, including SpeedFusion™ and Balance SD‑WAN routers, to move to a flexible SD‑WAN architecture.

Know IT deployed a Peplink SD‑WAN using SpeedFusion to aggregate multiple physical links and added secondary fiber where needed, with Balance devices (e.g., Balance 710 and 380) providing load balancing, multi‑carrier distribution and automated failover. The Peplink solution delivered stronger WAN resiliency and higher bandwidth (up to 1 Gbps combined on Balance 710, 200 Mbps on Balance 380), ensured uninterrupted VoIP and virtually unbreakable VPNs via SpeedFusion Hot Failover, and reduced reliance on costly MPLS while improving 24/7 availability.