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McDonald's SD-WAN by Interway

SD-WAN McDonald’s
by Interway

Interview with Mr Jean-Bernard Sizaret
Global Technology Manager
McDonald’s France

Project: implementation of SD-WAN for McDonald's France

McDonald's is deploying SD-WAN on its 1,500 sites to support the development of its business uses and enable the reliable use of decentralized applications.
SD-WAN is an innovative concept of virtual network integrating many advanced features overlaying the physical network to meet new digital uses.

What was your initial project?

McDonald's France has always offered innovative services for its customers and employees in its restaurants. The various services and businesses are being digitized to offer our million of daily customers a friendly, fast, efficient and secure service.
We needed an optimized WAN network to support the integration and ensure the proper functioning of all of our current and future solutions.
SD-WAN allows us to gain in reliability and security while guaranteeing the best performance on each of our restaurants according to the technical constraints of each site. The functionalities offered by this new network concept improve our visibility and the functioning of our current applications, and support long-term technological developments in the franchise, in particular the growth of the cloud.

What solution was chosen?

Beyond the links (copper, fiber, 4G / 5G) and the network configuration, we wanted to rely on a managed services operator capable of supporting us in the best possible way in the transition of our network to SD-WAN and its maintenance in operational condition, its optimization and the regular integration of our new services.

Renewing our WAN was a major project that represented 18 months of work.
The experts of our DSI studied the answers of 8 recognized tenderers in the field of telecoms, studied precisely the proposals during the defenses then organized recipes in laboratories, and finally POCs in our restaurants.

We adopted Interway's proposal, based on the Cisco Meraki solution, which perfectly meets our needs and is consistent with the McDonald's group's desire to have a unified technical solution on a global scale.

Why the choice of Interway?

Beyond the technical solution chosen, we were looking for a partner who would know how to take the precise measure of our business needs and challenges in order to administer and optimize the operation of our applications on a daily basis.
Interway, technically and commercially certified Cisco Meraki, was the first to operate all of our applications and to integrate our various specificities on SD-WAN technology.
Its ability to deploy SD-WAN on each restaurant in a single night and to manage the national deployment of our 1,500 sites in 24 months was decisive since the impact of this major project on the business of our restaurants is minimized.
In addition, Interway guarantees us the best possible connectivity to each of our restaurants by being able to offer multi-operator and multi-technological links.
Interway's expertise and technological mastery combined with the understanding of the uses of our different businesses has made Interway a logical choice to support us on this strategic project and in this new technological era.

Le mot d’Eric Jotti
Managing Director of Groupe Interway

Photo d'Eric Jotti - Directeur Général Groupe Interway

Interway has been operating thousands of IPSEC WAN links for more than 10 years on behalf of its customers and incorporates advanced internally developed features into its solutions that are now natively embedded in its SD-WAN solutions.
SD-WAN is redistributing the cards on the market and allowing us to compete with incumbent operators. Better still, the proximity that we have with our customers allows us to operate a WAN made to measure for our customers in order to optimize the operation of their applications.
We share our vision of the Telecom world within the CDRT (Club des Dirigeants des Réseaux Télécoms), SD-WAN is an important step in the Telecom revolution. It is the foundation for a comprehensive network approach with centralized end-to-end management of user connection to their applications, encompassing WAN and LAN. We then speak of SD-Branch.
Our DNA drives us to bring maximum value above our technological offers and has led us to integrate into our SD-WAN solutions innovative functionalities, in particular an AI using all network data for a fluid administration and a WAN that self-adapts to user behavior.
We would like to thank McDonald's for the confidence granted and for the quality of the exchanges during all the stages of this large-scale project which confirms the good positioning and maturity of our SD-WAN offer.


Groupe Interway joins MERCATEL

Groupe Interway joins MERCATEL

Created in 1986 by trade and distribution companies, MERCATEL is an operational think tank, an open structure bringing together all forms of commerce and its associated ecosystem, around the technological challenges of the retail front office and particularly on the subject of payments: 

                                                                           
  • Traders and trade federations
  • Banking establishments and financial institutions
  • Industrialists and service providers,
  • IT service companies,
  • Consulting companies,
  • Professional organizations,
  • Experts…

MERCATEL's missions

  • To anticipate

    long-term developments and master the challenges.
    Comprendre et anticiper les grandes évolutions en cours pour permettre l’adaptation des organisations et des outils.

  • To contribute

    avec l’ensemble des parties prenantes, tous les organismes et autorités européennes concernés à faire émerger des standards et proposer, dans un mode collaboratif, des voies de convergence facilitant l’adoption des nouvelles technologies.

  • Carry

    la voix du commerce en collaboration avec l’ensemble des Fédérations et organisations professionnelles.
    In legislative and technical developments and in safety rules so that sectoral needs and constraints are taken into account.

Why is Groupe Interway joining the network?

Interview d’Eric Jotti – Directeur Général de Groupe Interway :

 » Le Groupe Interway est reconnu depuis plus de 10 ans en tant qu’expert monétique & paiement digital et a développé depuis longtemps de la valeur ajoutée pour satisfaire les exigences complexes de ses clients en recherche permanentes d’innovation et de digitalisation. We are eager to bring our expertise to the Mercatel group, our vision to the working groups and thus contribute to the various advances in the sector.
As a reminder, our Electronic banking apportent l’agilité, la performance et les analyses nécessaires et stratégiques aux clients, pour leurs permettre de s’adapter aux exigences de transformations digitales et ainsi favoriser une expérience d’achat fluide et innovante. Les solutions Electronic banking solutions of Groupe Interway take on an even more important dimension by being integrated into the digital solutions of its subsidiary InStore Solution.
Parce que la sécurité est essentielle, le Groupe Interway répond au label REMPARTS pour sécuriser l’ensemble de ses solutions monétiques et accompagne ses clients dans leurs certifications PCI-DSS. »

Plus d’informations sur le MERCATEL

SD-WAN by Interway Advantages

Benefits of
SD-WAN by Interway

Current events demonstrate the importance of having a powerful and agile network to adapt to the rise of teleworking and the migration of business applications in the cloud.
The SD-WAN solutions and networks of Groupe Interway respond to these new challenges.

For more information contact: commercial@interway.fr

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SD-WAN Interway solutions advantages

Solution innovante: la Cabine Connectée

Innovative and interactive solution: the Connected Cabin

 

Here is the third episode of our video series presenting the universes and solutions of Groupe Interway.
The connected booth is a solution that allows the seller to keep the link with the customer and to resume his role of adviser in the act of purchase.
It fits perfectly into our ecosystem: we can combine our WiFi, Electronic Banking and Data solutions to complete the range of possible uses and generate ever more value.

#groupeinterway #digitalisation #phygital #cabineconnected #retail

Vidéo des solutions Paris Retail Week 2019

Presentation Video of Groupe Interway solutions

Groupe Interway offers innovative technological solutions to digitize & phygitalize points of sale, workspaces, and any other professional environment.
This first general presentation video of our solutions will be followed by a series of videos describing each of the universes and themes addressed during this first “credits”.

SD-WAN Solutions by Interway

Interway has been operating thousands of intelligent hybrid IPSEC links for years and integrates advanced features into its WAN solutions. Load balancing, QoS, multi-link backup, centralized operation, configuration templates, local escape… are added value services integrated into IPSEC Interway solutions.

With the same philosophy and to support decentralization to the cloud or to users' partners, Interway is enriching its offer with its SD-WAN solutions:

  • Aggregation of multi-link / multi-technology flows, including general public type
  • Mechanisms for dynamic prioritization of flows
  • Load balancing of all types of links
  • Quality of Services
  • Traffic Direction by Application
  • Centralized and transparent operation

+ Fast: combine the best possible links and determine your priority uses
+ Secure: end-to-end encryption on all links
+ Simple: central and transparent administration
+ Flexible: rapid deployment of new sites and new services

SD-WAN: An independent and thoughtful implementation

SD-WAN is not a standard, but a concept! Each manufacturer has its strengths and weaknesses linked to its history and its own vision. Interway has selected several manufacturers and publishers:

  • Based on laboratory benchmarking and continuous monitoring
  • To meet the needs with an adapted and personalised solution
  • With direct access to advanced support from our partners
  • In a process of continuous improvement with our partners

Convergence of WAN and LAN: SD-Branch

Interway combines its LAN and WiFi expertise with WAN to offer a unified global solution, personalized according to customer needs, and managed centrally.

Via our unified WAN and LAN offer, manage the security and interconnection of your sites globally, and accelerate the deployment of new sites and new services. End-to-end management, from the internet link to the connection of your equipment and users, via Ethernet or Wireless.

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