GRUPO EULEN

Efficiency and control for a global network

GRUPO EULEN needed to upgrade its communications infrastructure to manage its more than 29 branches in Spain more efficiently.

With SAIWALL Secure SD-WAN, the company replaced its MPLS network with a more flexible, centralized model designed to support the company's growth.

 

The customer

GRUPO EULEN is a family-owned company with 100% Spanish capital, founded in 1962, that specializes in providing general services to businesses, institutions, and public administrations.

With a presence in 11 countries, it employs more than 74,000 professionals and serves more than 7,000 clients in the public and private sectors.

Its operations span areas such as cleaning, security, maintenance, support services, environmental services, logistics, human resources, and social and health care. Its strong global presence enables it to maintain extensive national coverage, with 60 offices, 49% of which are located in Spain.

 

74,000
professionals
The talent that drives the group's activities.
11
countries
A well-established international structure.
7,000
customers
Organizaciones de sectores muy diversos.
60
years
Over six decades of evolution.

The challenge

The company started with an MPLS network that needed to evolve to respond more flexibly to the company’s growth and the management of its branches in Spain.

The project was designed to centralize the entire network, provide real-time visibility and control, ensure redundancy at critical points, and reduce communications costs without compromising service quality.

In addition, the company wanted to migrate its infrastructure from an on-premises model to a private cloud environment hosted in an external data center and deployed with high availability (HA).

 

“We needed a network capable of supporting our structure, with greater control, availability, and efficiency at each branch.”

Information Systems Department
GRUPO EULEN

Solution

The implementation of SAIWALL Secure SD-WAN made it possible to replace the MPLS network and centralize the management of GRUPO EULEN's communications.

 

  • Migration from MPLS to SD-WAN, with FTTH connections of 300 Mb and up to 500 Mb in larger locations.
  • Centralized management of branch offices from a single platform.
  • Redundancy at critical points through secondary lines, 4G backup, and high-availability (HA) equipment.
  • High availability in data centers, with a redundant architecture between the primary and secondary centers.
  • Remote access via encrypted VPNs for company users.
  • Plug-and-play deployment with SAIMA CPC 3.5, automating setup through ZTI and ZTP to streamline implementation across different locations.
  • Training for the technical team to manage the solution with greater autonomy.
  • 24/7 support to ensure uninterrupted communications.

 

 

Conclusion

The project enabled GRUPO EULEN to transform a complex, distributed network into an infrastructure that is easier to control, maintain, and scale.

Replacing the MPLS model with SAIWALL Secure SD-WAN has addressed the operational needs of a company with more than 29 branch offices, two high-availability data centers, and varying requirements based on the size and criticality of each location. The company now has higher-capacity connections, redundancy at key points, and more agile management of the entire infrastructure.

The result is a network with greater operational autonomy, ready to quickly incorporate new locations and capable of ensuring service continuity with greater reliability.

Added to this is a reduction of more than 50% in communications costs, reflecting the project’s real impact on both the technological and economic fronts.