Al Ghandi Auto

80% cost saving on MPLS network costs

Al Ghandi Auto is a prominent automotive retailer, serving as the premier General Motors dealer for Chevrolet and GMC in Dubai and the Northern Emirates. Additionally, they are the Cadillac dealer for the entire UAE. They wanted to improve their network performance and take advantage of the benefits of the Cloud with minimal costs.

80%

Saving on existing suppliers

24x7

Operation now easily available

15

Sites migrated

“We wanted to improve our network and take advantage of migrating to the Cloud. Orixcom were able to streamline our connections, so we no longer needed two separate networks and their solution allowed us to realise significant cost savings. We were very satisfied with their approach and decided to take advantage of another product, Cloud Connect, to enhance our network upgrades even further.”
Al Ghandi Auto Group
Dubai, UAE
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Challenges

  • Businesses in the UAE are generally restricted in their network choice dependent on their physical location. If they have multiple offices or branches this has traditionally resulted in an enterprise requiring two MPLS networks and then connecting them both together. 
  • MPLS networks are cumbersome to manage, expensive to install and run and provide very little visibility of the applications running on the network
  • Connecting two circuits and then providing an MPLS connection to Azure is prohibitively expensive and would have forced Al Ghandi Group to abandon the cloud migration project
  • SAP are moving away from support for on premise ERP systems by 2027 and Al Ghandi Auto Group were keen to future proof the business and take advantage of more flexible network options

Solution

Orixcom proposed Managed SD-WAN for Al Ghandi Group’s network and CloudConnect for their secure connection to Azure. 

  • Deploying Managed SD-WAN enabled the Al Ghandi Group to move away from the traditional MPLS network altogether 
  • Orixcom Managed SD-WAN gave the Al Ghandi Group significantly enhanced flexibility, high visibility of the network and better control 
  • Moving SAP from on-premise to Azure allows for a wide range of benefits such as:
    • Greater flexibility 
    • Scalability 
    • Cost savings 
    • Reliability 
    • Security 
    • Accessibility
  • Orixcom’s CloudConnect provided a cost effective, secure connection to Microsoft Azure with the attendant benefits of security and high availability

Outcomes and ROI

  • 80% cost saving on MPLS network costs
  • Real-time network visibility guarantees swift detection and resolution of issues, resulting in minimal downtime
  • SD-WAN migration ran parallel to MPLS network usage, ensuring uninterrupted 24/7 operations
  • 90% saving on CloudConnect (vs MPLS connections to the cloud) and ability to deploy the connection within a week instead of months for MPLS

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