Case Study: Global Software Solutions Company achieves faster, secure cloud/SaaS access and 30% telecom cost savings with Riverbed SD-WAN

Global software firm embarks on digital journey with enterprise SD-WAN

A global software company with 50 offices in more than 30 countries and 10,000 employees was migrating most workloads to public cloud and SaaS, but its legacy MPLS hub‑and‑spoke WAN caused high latency, poor branch application performance, complex management and rising branch IT costs. Business leaders needed direct, secure cloud access from every branch, greater bandwidth and availability, and centralized automation to simplify operations.

The firm deployed an enterprise SD‑WAN fabric—replacing branch routers with SD‑WAN appliances, enabling local Internet breakouts with integrated NGFW/IPS security, policy‑based traffic steering and centralized management—while augmenting MPLS with lower‑cost Internet links. The result was faster, more reliable access to cloud apps, active‑active links for higher availability, simplified operations and rapid site onboarding (<1 hour), with telecom costs down ~30% and branch IT footprint reduced by over 50%.