Managed ITMulti-Site Environment— 6 Min Read
Consolidating National Retail Operations: 142 Sites Stabilised
Eliminating 40+ hours of monthly downtime through vendor consolidation and SD-WAN deployment.
David Peterson
Head of Infrastructure @ C9
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Talk to the TeamA national retail distribution was suffering from systemic revenue leakage caused by fragmented vendor management across 142 locations.
Fragmented Environment
The client was managing over 9 different ISP and MSP contracts. This fragmentation led to 40+ hours of monthly aggregate downtime, with zero visibility into store-level latency. Support was entirely reactive, relying on store managers to report outages manually.
Operational Exposure
Audit identified a single point of failure in the legacy MPLS backbone. Unpatched edge devices at store locations created critical security vulnerabilities, and there was a high probability of a site-wide POS blackout during peak seasonal trading.
Consolidation Layer
C9 implemented a centralised SD-WAN overlay, consolidating all 142 sites under a single management plane. We integrated 4G failover at every location and established a proactive monitoring layer that alerts engineers before a site goes offline.
Executive Summary
By consolidating vendors and moving to a managed infrastructure model, this partner transitioned from reactive "firefighting" to proactive growth. They no longer manage IT; they use it as a tool for scale.
Outcome: 100% Stability Achieved
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