Case Study: Harbert Management Corporation achieves 100% uptime and resilient, secure SD‑WAN networking with Windstream Enterprise

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Harbert Management Corporation, a Birmingham-based financial services firm with 12 locations, was constrained by a single-threaded MPLS network that suffered inadequate resiliency, limited bandwidth and visibility, unreliable voice, non-uniform guest WiFi, and time-consuming maintenance. To scale safely as more fund teams and cloud applications were added, Harbert turned to Windstream Enterprise for modern networking and security solutions.

Windstream Enterprise deployed a high-availability SD‑WAN (active/active dual access fiber and cable), Managed Network Security (MNS) with CSOC, SIP Trunking with Dynamic IP, Secure WiFi and the WE Connect portal. The solution eliminated outages and delivered 100% uptime across all 12 sites, increased bandwidth and visibility, improved voice reliability with primary/backup sites and SD‑WAN prioritization, enabled cloud migration and VPN-based remote work, and relieved Harbert’s IT team of firewall maintenance.

Harbert Management Corporation

Jeff Liles

Chief Information Officer