Global SD-WAN transformation in midst of business carve-out
A global service provider engaged Cavell engineering services to support a key client, drawing on Cavell’s expertise in complex migrations.
Company
The client is a European multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company.
Key stakeholders
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Global Director of Network & Perimeter Security Operations
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Head of Network Architecture & Engineering
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Senior Director Global Networks
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Network & Security Architecture
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Programme Management – Network Separation
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Security & Risk
The Challenge
In the midst of an aggressive roll-out of SD-WAN to support cloud transformation, the client’s R&D and factories infrastructure had to be migrated (separated) with minimal downtime and impact to the availability of performance of the network.
Client Needs
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Cloud Adoption – Migration to Azure
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Reduction in network and security costs
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Increase in performance over the network
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Network separation or the carve out
Scale
400
Global sites migrated to SD-WAN
100
Sites' global network separation
Our Responsibilities
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Requirements & stakeholders management
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Developing target architecture
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Migration & implementation plan
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Overseeing implementation & operation
The Outcome
Successful migration of 400 sites in different geographical regions (including China). The architecture and migration plan we developed and executed delivered the expected outcomes.
