Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd.
Retail Holdings Company Evolves Business Support Network While Reducing Costs with Fortinet
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For 36 years, Tokyo-based Nitori Holdings had been on a continuous growth trajectory, expanding both its retail footprint and its lines of business. Nitori’s self-managed data center served as the secure gateway connecting the company’s internal network to the internet and to various cloud platforms.
When burgeoning traffic and bandwidth-heavy applications began to impact its core operations, Nitori turned to Fortinet Secure SD-WAN. Now, the shops, corporate headquarters, and logistics sites have direct and secure access to their Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications. And Nitori retains complete management control over its new network, which is easier and less costly to manage.
“We’d considered SD-WAN a few times in the past, but we couldn’t see the point when it came to cost. We were really shocked by Fortinet’s proposal because not only could we evolve our existing network, but our operational costs would be lower than before.”
– Toshinori Arai, Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd.
Business Impact
Resolved bandwidth issues with SD-WAN and internet breakout, reducing network failures’ impact on business
Enabled rapid identification of problems and independent network operation and management
Enabled measures to enhance customer satisfaction and provide employees with a “ready” cloud application environment
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