Case Study: A. Schulman achieves 60% bandwidth reduction and improved employee productivity with Riverbed SteelHead

Manufacuring Company Improves Employee Workflows and Productivity While Benefitting From Large IT Cost Reductions

A. Schulman is a global manufacturer of semimanufactured plastics with regional operations across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific. The company needed to improve employee productivity and collaboration by giving remote offices fast, reliable access to centralized applications—particularly Lotus Notes—and to fix poor video conferencing and latency issues without undertaking costly bandwidth upgrades.

A. Schulman deployed Riverbed SteelHead WAN optimization after a successful evaluation, which cut bandwidth utilization by about 60% and enabled centralization of Lotus Notes (saving roughly $38,000 annually) with an ROI under 12 months. The solution accelerated application performance and downloads, improved video conferencing and employee workflows, avoided expensive bandwidth upgrades, and was simple to deploy and maintain.

A. Schulman

Roel Fonteyn

Network, Security, and Telecom Administrator EMEA