CASE STUDY | FINANCIAL

Automating and Simplifying theWAN for Financial Services IT
INDUSTRY
Financial Services

A Fortune 500 financial services company chooses softwaredefined WAN (SD-WAN) to transform their legacy architecture
to address multiple challenges related to global expansion, WAN

OBJECTIVES

resiliency and security compliance.

• Increase bandwidth and availability
per branch

Customer Profile• Deploy Active/Active Hybrid WAN

A look into the transformation of a U.S. based global financial services• Automate and unify complianceand estate management• Improve mean-time-to-service andmean-time-to-resolution• Reduce WAN operational costs

RESULTS

organization with 1000 branches and total assets exceeding $300 billion
US Dollars with 50,000 employees worldwide. Each of the 1000 sites offer
diverse personal, business and commercial financial services that utilize uniqueapplications hosted within multiple data centers across the globe and the cloud.
All locations are connected with single or dual low-speed (T1 – 6 Mbps) MPLS
circuits with low-bandwidth LTE backup and no direct Internet access. All
branch locations deployed separate edge infrastructure for additional securityand segmentation of internal vs. external assets and traffic.

50% Reduced

The business is also requiring new site installations as they expand into new markets.

Maintenance and support costs

Challenges

25x Increased

Securing and protecting the business is challenging enough when faced withBandwidth capacity per branchbreaches. This was further complicated by a complex legacy infrastructure

4x Improved
Reliability per branch

the increasing threat of zero-day attacks and the impact of those potential
unable to provide a consistent approach to configuration compliance andaudit across the entire WAN. The existing infrastructure required a manual persite and per device approach to view or deploy any change to configuration,
hardening or policies due to threats, vulnerabilities or simple maintenance.

100% Automated

Additionally, the recent deployment of new business applications andCompliance and WAN management

user and customer experience due to insufficient bandwidth and traditional

BENEFITS• Lower per branch and WAN
infrastructure cost
• Increased site bandwidth andresiliency

collaboration services (like Skype for Business) were suffering from poor
centralized internet access at each branch.
Challenged with device and tool sprawl and reports of non-optimal customer
experiences, the architecture team was tasked to look into new technologies
to bring enhanced efficiencies with a programmatic methodology to improvetheir WAN and branch management.

• Simplified deployment and site
activation

Nuts and Bolts to Success• Improved cloud application
performance and experience

defined WAN (SD-WAN) was the best technological solution to move forward

After thorough research and consultation, the team agreed that softwarewith. The business determined that SD-WAN would improve their secureCASE STUDY | FINANCIAL

site-to-site connectivity, efficiently increase overall bandwidth while enabling active/active WAN circuits and simplify
worldwide WAN and branch management through a single-pane-of-glass management and policy framework.
The criteria for evaluation and selection was based primarily on:• Capabilities for existing transport connectivity (native MPLS/Broadband/LTE)• Micro-segmentation and encryption with separate control and data paths per segment• Integrated and native security (IDS/IPS/NGFW/PROXY/UTM)• API integration to existing ServiceNow application suite

Versa CloudIP Platform delivering simplicity
The financial services institution selected Versa to be the foundational platform for the next generation WAN of the globalestate. Versa is providing the following solution and benefits:

What is deployed• Versa FlexVNF SD-WAN and SD-Security software deployed at each branch in high availability mode
• Versa Director for single-pane-of-management and policy control of the entire WAN estate• Versa Analytics for real-time awareness of traffic conditions and threat analysis

Benefits• Increasing bandwidth 25x with active/active hybrid WAN and backup LTE• Reduced time-to-service (TTS) 9x by plug-n-play activation• Improved voice and video experience• Decreased time for management with single-pane-of-management• Per branch appliance consolidation reducing costs by up to 50%• End to end automation of connectivity and policy

About Versa Networks
Founded by network industry veterans, Versa Networks is an innovative vendor in the SD-WAN and SD-Security market.
Versa’s solutions enable service providers and large enterprises to transform the WAN and branch networks to achieve
unprecedented business advantages. Versa’s carrier-grade NFV software provides unmatched agility, cost savings, andflexibility, compared to traditional network hardware. The company is backed by premier venture investors Sequoia,Mayfield, Artis Ventures and Verizon Ventures.

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