Case Study: Richardson International achieves reliable, easily managed network operations with RUCKUS Networks

Richardson International runs 140+ locations with RUCKUS in 3 years without a single failure

Richardson International, a leading Canadian agribusiness, faced significant challenges with an unreliable and maintenance-intensive corporate switching network from HP. This issue became critical as the company grew through acquisitions, and their small IT team struggled to manage the expanding infrastructure. Acquired milling operations were also wary of the potential disruption from standardizing onto this problematic technology. To solve this, they turned to RUCKUS Networks.

The solution involved deploying 500 RUCKUS ICX switches across the organization. This new infrastructure has operated without a single failure for three years, allowing just three network engineers to easily manage over 140 locations. The reliability of the RUCKUS switches was instrumental in gaining the trust of acquired companies; a recent high-profile mill conversion required only five minutes of downtime, making the standardization process welcome rather than disruptive.

Richardson International