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BLOG | Jan 6, 2025

A Global Analytics Supplier Revitalizes IT Operations with a Digital Twin for Improved Efficiency and Improved M&A Integration

A global analytics provider, supporting decision-making across 100+ countries, faced growing challenges managing its complex network infrastructure. To address these challenges, the company adopted the Forward Networks Digital Twin.

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Who should read this post?

IT Leaders who navigate budget constraints while being asked to deliver more services to the organization.
Network Engineers who are responsible for optimizing application provisioning processes.
Application Developers who need to provision new applications quickly and securely and are seeking self-service options.
CIOs and IT Staff who are in organizations focused on streamlining cloud migration efforts
Technology Executives who manage frequent mergers and acquisitions and need to safely integrate disparate networks while minimizing the risk of security breaches or outages.

What is covered in this content?

The challenges of managing a large-scale, multi-cloud network infrastructure and how they impact efficiency and visibility.
How Forward Networks’ Digital Twin provides real-time network insights, self-service data access, and enhanced security compliance.
Key benefits of adopting a Digital Twin, including streamlined operations, improved developer agility, and seamless cloud migrations.

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A global analytics provider, supporting decision-making across 100+ countries, faced growing challenges managing its complex network infrastructure. Operating multiple data centers and hybrid cloud environments, their IT team struggled with inefficiencies, lack of network visibility, and the demands of a large-scale cloud migration after a major merger. Repeated requests for basic network information, coupled with siloed tools, slowed both productivity and progress.

To address these challenges, the company adopted the Forward Networks Digital Twin. This powerful solution provided a comprehensive, always-accurate view of their network, enabling real-time insights and seamless integration of data into existing tools like NetOps and ServiceNow.

Key benefits included:

Improved Efficiency: Network engineers could focus on critical tasks as developers gained self-service access to up-to-date network data.
Streamlined Cloud Migration and M&A Integration: The digital twin simplified the process of merging two networks and migrating applications to the cloud.
Enhanced Visibility and Security Compliance: Real-time monitoring and automatic alerts ensured continuous compliance with network policies.

The Forward Networks Digital Twin empowered this organization to shift from reactive network management to a proactive, data-driven approach, laying the groundwork for future scalability and innovation.Read the full case study here to learn how the Digital Twin transformed this organization’s network management.

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