Case Study: Fortune 500 Financial Services Company achieves 25x bandwidth increase and 50% WAN cost reduction with Versa Networks

Automating and Simplifying the WAN for Financial Services IT

Fortune 500 Financial Services Company is a U.S.-based global financial services firm with 1,000 branches, 50,000 employees and over $300 billion in assets that was struggling with a legacy WAN of low‑speed MPLS links (T1–6 Mbps), LTE backups, no direct Internet, and separate edge appliances per site. The environment required manual, per‑device configuration and auditing, caused poor application performance (including voice/video), and hindered global expansion — so the customer selected Versa Networks and its SD‑WAN/SD‑Security solution (Versa FlexVNF, Versa Director and Versa Analytics) to modernize the WAN.

Versa Networks deployed FlexVNF in high‑availability at each branch with Versa Director for single‑pane management and Versa Analytics for real‑time visibility, enabling active/active hybrid WAN with LTE backup, end‑to‑end automation, micro‑segmentation and integrated security. The deployment delivered measurable impact: 25x increased bandwidth per branch, 9x faster time‑to‑service via plug‑and‑play activation, 50% reduction in maintenance/support costs, 4x improved reliability and 100% automated compliance and WAN management, while improving voice/video experience and reducing per‑branch appliance costs.