Case Study: GE Johnson Construction Company achieves 7-day remote site deployments and $75K annual cost savings with VMware SD-WAN

Deployment and Management of Remote Sites in 7 Days or Less

GE Johnson, a Colorado-based general contractor with ten offices, two equipment yards and about 40 project sites across multiple states, needed to rapidly provision connectivity for short-lived construction sites—often in seven days or less. Its small IT team was hampered by a legacy MPLS backbone, limited bandwidth for VoIP and video collaboration, little visibility into remote locations, and time-consuming on-site assessments.

By deploying VMware SD-WAN (Edges, Gateways and the Orchestrator) with pre‑configured devices and zero‑touch provisioning, GE Johnson gained centralized management, the ability to use any available transport (4G, broadband, satellite, microwave, etc.), and Dynamic Multipath Optimization to prioritize voice/video and accelerate large file transfers. The phased migration eliminated costly MPLS dependence, cut annual data and voice circuit costs by $75,000, shortened remote site lead times to well under seven days, and improved redundancy and overall network visibility.

GE Johnson Construction Company

Todd Dughman

ITS Director