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Colruyt Group Selects Juniper Networks to Support its Digital Transformation

Press release
April 24, 2019 at 3:00 AM EDT
Network Underpins Fast Business Growth for Retail Leader
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), an industry leader in automated, scalable and secure networks, today announced that Colruyt Group, one of the largest retailers in Belgium and also present in France, has deployed Juniper Networks’ solutions to improve its data connectivity in response to exponential growth in network traffic.
Colruyt Group offers numerous retail chains, including food and non-food retail, fuel, wholesale and food services. Established more than 80 years ago, it operates 553 of its own stores, supplies 581 independent shopkeepers in Belgium and France and also offers its products via e-commerce sites. The group owns the BIO-planet, Collishop, Cru, dreambaby, DreamLand, OKay, SPAR Belgium, MyUnderwear24, NewStory, Newpharma and ZEB brands and operates a network of DATS24 fuel stations throughout Belgium.
Colruyt must ensure that it provides quality products and convenient services at competitive prices to protect and grow its leadership status. Ensuring the smooth operation of mission-critical applications such as stock controls and technological infrastructure that underpin its customer-facing services is the key to maintaining happy and loyal customers.
Facing a rapid increase in demand for its products and services across the company’s portfolio, Colruyt needed to upgrade its WAN and LAN to ensure that it could respond effectively to the growth in network activity.
News highlights:
To maximize bandwidth and reduce latency while ensuring network security and stability, Colruyt invested in a range of Juniper solutions to:
Support fast growth and seasonal shopping spikes: Juniper Networks® EX Series Ethernet Switches that are deployed in a Virtual Chassis topology with EX Series switches or QFX Series data center switches. L3 aggregation gives Colruyt the ability to add new nodes into the campus network quickly. This extensible configuration provides Colruyt with the flexibility and agility to meet any peaks in traffic caused by further growth or seasonal shopping periods.
Provide more reliable point of sale: The Virtual Chassis capabilities offered by the EX Series Ethernet Switches and QFX Series Switches means in-store POS (point of sale) and tablet devices will be much less likely to go offline, even at peak times. By moving to a Virtual Chassis for the switches that handle all store-related traffic, Colruyt is able to simplify its network topology. This layer of virtualization drives a better customer experience.
Deliver scalable internet connections: Colruyt uses MX104 routers as peering devices with the ISP. Powered by the Junos operating system and the programmable Trio Chipset, Juniper’s MX104 Universal Routing Platform is a modular, highly redundant and compact platform offering advanced routing, switching, security and service features.
Secure its data and infrastructure: Colruyt implemented the Juniper Networks® SRX5400 Services Gateway, providing the retailer with a scalable, resilient firewall, equipped with integrated threat intelligence, an intrusion prevention system and a powerful routing engine. This feature helps Colruyt protect its own infrastructure and sensitive customer data from cybersecurity threats.
Ensure reliable and secure store connectivity: Colruyt deployed the Juniper Networks® SRX300 Services Gateway as its branch solution for Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) for its site connectivity.
The company is now on its way to upgrading its network bandwidth to 40 Gbps.
Colruyt selected Juniper Networks’ partner Securelink, a leading information consulting company specializing in network and security, to design and deliver Colruyt’s solution.

https://newsroom.juniper.net/press-releases/colruyt-group-selects-juniper-networks-support-its-digital-transformation

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