Managed ITMulti-Site Environment6 Min Read

Consolidating National Retail Operations: 142 Sites Stabilised

Eliminating 40+ hours of monthly downtime through vendor consolidation and SD-WAN deployment.

David Peterson
David Peterson
Head of Infrastructure @ C9
Share Impact

A 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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