CASE STUDY
IT’ S VERY REASSURING TO HAVE A COMPLETE VIEW OF WHAT’ S GOING ON THROUGHOUT OUR BRANCH NETWORK – AND TO KNOW THAT THE CITRIX TECHNOLOGY IS PROTECTING US, KEEPING OUR PEOPLE CONNECTED AND PRODUCTIVE.
be unreliable.“ Even with expensive MPLS networks, we have experienced down time when a primary line has failed and backups have not been enabled,” he said. In a worst case scenario, the backup line was cancelled and there was no communication to us, and we could not see that there was no backup until the lines had failed.” He adds that even with MPLS networks working, you only use a single line and half of the network that you are paying for is never in use.
“ SD WAN allows the use of all of the lines,” said Vivien.“ But be careful in the provisioning of the lines, as you still need to remain functional in the case of a single line failure when you will be running at much lower capacity. Visibility into the network is extremely important. The SD WAN solution from Citrix provides that visibility. Detailed information flows and other monitoring provides a lot of information on what is going over the lines.”
Troye managing director Helen Kruger says NetScaler SD-WAN has transformed Kolok’ s ability to track the status and performance of its IT assets minute-by-minute, enabling potential problems to be efficiently and costeffectively overcome before they escalate.
“ It’ s very reassuring to have a complete view of what’ s going on throughout our branch network – and to know that the Citrix technology is protecting us, keeping our people connected and productive,” Vivian adds.
Meanwhile, Kruger said:“ Along with improved productivity and secure, alwayson communications, the investment in NetScaler SD-WAN is part of a business transformation that is providing Kolok with an agile, scalable, cloud-based IT platform to maintain its market leadership position in South Africa.”
Return on investment will be achieved in just three years, purely through savings on line costs. The results of improved business efficiency, performance and Kolok’ s enhanced reputation for excellence – which
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