In global finance, where network speeds and security are paramount, how do you ensure your clients are always ahead of the curve? Just ask Humble Monkey, a New York-based IT firm that has discovered the game-changing potential of VMware SD-Access™.
Humble Monkey recently implemented VMware SD-Access to provide secure and resilient networking for its clients in the financial sector. According to a new customer case study, VMware SD-Access enabled Humble Monkey to seamlessly connect distributed locations, monitor networks remotely, and provide reliable connectivity for financial firms that demand speed and uptime.
Resilient infrastructure for a hedge fund customer
The case study describes how Humble Monkey upgraded network infrastructure for a hedge fund customer with 40 employees across multiple sites. The customer required resilient infrastructure to support its complex, high-speed trading algorithms. Humble Monkey delivered this using a combination of VMware SD-WAN™ for connecting remote locations and VMware SD-Access for secure remote access.
“One of the rules of IT is that you never know what to expect, so you need good tools. VMware SD-Access is an extremely attractive solution that gives us another set of capabilities, including management features above and beyond any kind of traditional VPN client. It’s a lot more flexible and seamless, and the more seamless a tool is for end users, the more effective that tool is.”
Gordon Gabbay, Principal, Humble Monkey
VMware SD-WAN allowed Humble Monkey to tie together the customer’s offices in New York and Pennsylvania with dark fiber. It also provided redundant internet connectivity using a mix of fiber lines and Starlink satellite. This gave the financial customer the speed, uptime, and redundancy its business demands.
VMware SD-Access then enabled secure remote connectivity for the hedge fund’s 120+ endpoints. Employees could seamlessly access systems whether working from home, in the office, or traveling. VMware SD-Access integrated easily with the existing VMware environment. And it met the customer’s stringent security requirements with multifactor authentication.
Simplicity plus rock-solid security
You might think that setting up such a powerful tool would take a Herculean effort. But Humble Monkey found the deployment of VMware SD-Access swift and hassle-free, a testament to its user-friendliness and seamless integration with VMware SD-WAN.
Beyond its ease of use, VMware SD-Access shines in terms of data security. In an era where cyber threats like ransomware attacks are all too common, having a tool that exceeds the hypersensitive security requirements of the financial industry is invaluable.
According to Humble Monkey’s principal Gordan Gabbay, “VMware SD-Access is an extremely attractive solution that gives us another set of capabilities…It’s a lot more flexible and seamless, and the more seamless a tool is for end users, the more effective that tool is.”
The case study shows how VMware SD-Access simplifies secure remote access for distributed organizations like financial firms. This allows IT service providers like Humble Monkey to deliver the resilient infrastructure and seamless connectivity their clients need.
As a result of their successful deployment with their hedge fund customer, Humble Monkey gained not just applause, but also business. The firm has since registered two other clients, who saw what VMware SD-Access could accomplish.
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Want the whole story? Download the Humble Monkey customer case study to learn more about how they leveraged VMware SD-Access—and discover how this tool can revolutionize your own business.
