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Goldrush Group Software-defined success

Liquid Intelligent Technologies’ (Liquid) implementation of a Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) helped improve Goldrush Group’s network management, speed, redundancy, and flexibility.

Challenge

  • Slow network speeds, which led to packet loss, poor performance and high level of frustration during peak times when the Goldrush retail stores were busy
  • Management of multiple services, devices, and functionalities, making troubleshooting and end to end administration cumbersome
  • No management visibility across all sites
  • Risk of severe data losses and reduced uptime due to no failover/ redundancy at a site level
  • High costs from VPN topology and numerous contracts with different service providers

Solution

  • Converted the network to a fully Software-defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN), which allowed the customer to control the network from a central location while simultaneously providing them both visibility and flexibility
  • The implementation of SD-WAN meant all services with multiple supplier identities could be aggregated into a single service and be managed centrally

Result

  • Unifying secure connectivity approaches through the integration of security, policy, and orchestration. SD-WAN architecture enabled Goldrush to benefit from end-to-end encryption across the entire network.
  • Reduced overall cost of business through SDWAN
  • Improved network performance with added functionality
  • Improved security and uptime

In 2015, Goldrush had rolled out a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) solution to connect its SA and African operations, however in the last few years, they have realised the need for an upgrade.

Liquid successfully implemented SD-WAN across the customer’s business, and immediately Goldrush saw a significant reduction in costs, increased bandwidth, and capacity. Most importantly, they can now manage the service from a central portal and have complete visibility of their entire operations.

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