CASE STUDY
complete email control and junk mail filters , comprehensive Wi-Fi security and control , daily reports showing all data transfers and flow of data , VPN network for the complete organisation for ease of data transfer and security , and 24x7 technical assistance on stand-by .
Armed with the support and approval from the company ’ s senior management , Abdulrasheed and his team approached WannaGo Cloud , a SonicWall SecureFirst Partner , to implement a UTM solution that gave better insight and control over the security features of all its stores and head office across the UAE .
“ They had already deployed SonicWall solutions at some of the biggest enterprises in the country . The quality of SonicWall after-sales support and the fact that its portfolio answers the specific requirements of businesses of all sizes , the completeness of the SonicWall offering helped too ,” he said .
Everything was deployed centrally which saved us time . In addition , all SonicWall products are so easy to manage as we can watch over our entire security ecosystem with a scalable and synchronised singlepane-of-glass management solution .
“ It gives us complete visibility over the entire organisation which is especially advantageous as the IT team can easily monitor all the alerts and resolve them efficiently , regardless of where users work .” retailer needed for high-performance branch office connectivity .
“ Our first step was to map the business and technology landscape from an IT and security standpoint . This involved looking at the business capabilities enabled by technology , cost-saving and automation opportunities which helped provide the initial bill of quantities ( BoQ ). Once we mapped out the granular details , we ran a successful proof of concept ( POC ) to a
“ The installation and deployment of SonicWall solutions went smoothly .
WE ARE AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF OUR INDUSTRY , WITH A SECURITY SOLUTION THAT WON ’ T HOLD US BACK , BUT WILL ALLOW US TO SCALE OUR SECURITY AS WE LOOK AT GROWTH AND EXPANSION IN THE REGION .
Mohamed Abdallah , Regional Director – META at SonicWall , said Marina Pharmacy Group wanted to deploy the same technology across the board , so that it was consistent , flexible and scalable across all their locations , large and small .
Abdallah said SonicWall has so many success stories in large , distributeddeployment that its been able to offer use cases and network architecture that gave Marina Pharmacy enterprise-grade security along with the flexibility the limited number of test clients . This ensured that the SonicWall solution will be installed and configured following best practices and according to the customer ’ s business requirements ,” he said .
Abdallah added that staying ahead of today ’ s cyberthreats is paramount and with SonicWall ’ s end-to-end cybersecurity solutions , the company has been able to help Marina Pharmacy Group co-ordinate its defences regardless of the attack complexity or surface .
“ They are now more prepared than ever before and we are here to help and that means we ’ re here to help our end-customers , our channel partners in our ecosystem and the community in every way , shape or form ,” he said .
Looking ahead , Abdulrasheed believes SonicWall solutions go hand-in-hand with what Marina Pharmacy Group is trying to achieve as a company .
“ We are at the cutting edge of our industry , with a security solution that won ’ t hold us back , but will allow us to scale our security as we look at growth and expansion in the region .” •
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