Case Study: GHD achieves rapid zero-touch deployment, stronger global collaboration and $1M/year cost savings with Riverbed SteelConnect

GHD - Customer Case Study

GHD, a global professional services firm in engineering, architecture and environmental consulting with more than 8,500 employees and 200+ offices, needed to rapidly integrate 3,000 staff and 50 small, remote sites after merging with Conestoga‑Rovers and Associates. The challenge was to provision those sites onto a complex network supporting 3,000+ applications and a private cloud in a cost‑effective, easy‑to‑manage way given limited local IT resources.

GHD adopted Riverbed SteelConnect SD‑WAN for near zero‑touch deployment, bringing 50 offices online in four weeks. The rollout simplified management, enabled full access to corporate services (including VoIP), strengthened global collaboration and culture, and delivered significant savings and agility—anticipated to exceed USD 1 million per year and reduce global telecommunications costs by about 75% over the medium term.

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Elizabeth Harper

Chief Information Officer