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Pacific National

Australian National Rail Operator Conquering the Tyranny of Distance While Halving Annual Networking Costs

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Business Impact

Challenges

  • Key transport management system (TMS) ran on costly multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) network
  • MPLS network offered limited redundancy, low bandwidth, and shunted all traffic through the data center
  • Any MPLS replacement would require robust security at the network edge

Solution

  • Deploy Fortinet Secure SD-Branch at every location to improve internet and Wi-Fi access speeds
  • Leverage Fortinet Secure SD-WAN to prevent intrusion into the operational network, while enabling direct internet access

50%

savings on annual networking costs

2

year ROI

Results

  • Improved security posture through granular security controls and greater visibility of network traffic
  • Improved user experience at remote sites
  • Improvements in network performance, redundancy, and resilience
  • Ability to provision connectivity to new sites in days rather than months
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Overview

Pacific National carries approximately 70% of intermodal freight traffic in Australia. The company’s bespoke transport management system (TMS) is core to its operations, but the system was supported by a costly private multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) network that offered only limited redundancy and low bandwidth. 

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A High-Performance Network for Digital Innovation

Working with Fortinet partner Ip.Glass, Pacific National deployed a Fortinet SD-Branch software-defined solution across its 86 sites. The simplicity of Fortinet’s unified management means that Pacific National benefits from granular control and visibility of security and traffic at each site, without impacting network performance. As a result of the project, the company gains a more reliable, robust, agile, cost-effective, and higher bandwidth network for digital innovation.

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“By deploying Fortinet, we are cutting our entire network costs in half. You do not often go to your CFO and say, ‘Actually, we are going to get something better for less.’ And when I say less, I mean that by deploying Fortinet, we have cut our annual network costs in half. All of a sudden, our CFO is really excited about networking.”
- Paul Williams, CIO, Pacific National

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