CASE STUDY
Established in 1991 , Jellis Craig has grown to become one of Melbourne ’ s leading real estate groups . Operating from 28 offices across Victoria , the company has 750 staff and more than 350 sales consultants . During recent years , Jellis Craig has expanded its operations through a strategy of acquisition . Each office is then supported by centralized operations , marketing and IT services .
The challenge
As the company ’ s network of offices has grown , the challenges faced by the Jellis Craig IT team have also increased . Each new office needs to be fully equipped with effective security measures and robust data links to ensure both business and client information remains protected at all times .
IT Team Head , Christian Marotta , said his company has been a user of WatchGuard technology for more than a decade . Prior to that time , the firm had relied on an ageing Wide Area Network ( WAN ) infrastructure to connect each office to company headquarters .
“ Back then , I could quickly see that deploying WatchGuard firewalls would allow me to remove the expensive legacy WAN connections ,” he said . “ These days , we are making use of fiber NBN connections which deliver much better performance and data speeds .”
Marotta says the challenge then became finding an efficient way to monitor and manage a quickly growing fleet of devices .
The fleet includes a WatchGuard Firebox M470 appliance in the headquarters equipped with WatchGuard Total Security Suite . This provides services including support for content filtering , intrusion prevention , application control and ransomware protection .
WE PLAN TO MOVE OUR HEAD OFFICE INFRASTRUCTURE ON TO THE CLOUD PLATFORM AS PART OF OUR STRATEGY TO SHIFT FROM ON-PREM EQUIPMENT .
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