Oil and gas company implements SASE to energize IT resiliency, connection speed and network security

Ranger Energy Services had a legacy VPN with high latency, as it required routing through another vendor’s data center. The IT team received a huge number of tickets related to network issues. Ranger Energy Services started by replacing its legacy VPN with the Cato SASE Cloud Platform and the Cato Client offered by Windstream Enterprise Software. With Cato, a single zero-trust policy guides user access regardless if the user is inside or outside the office. The Cato Client provides remote users with Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA). The ability to provide a high-quality ZTNA solution was a key factor in Ranger Energy Services’ transition to SASE from Windstream Enterprise.

The ZTNA clients significantly improved Ranger’s remote users and work-from-home employees’ performance. ZTNA traffic was routed to the closest regional SASE point of presence (PoP), which meant a much lower latency and a significant reduction in trouble tickets.

Ranger’s IT staff members were impressed with the support teams at Windstream Enterprise throughout the deployment of ZTNA and SASE. “Ever since bringing on Cato and Windstream Enterprise, we’ve had a marked improvement in our networks,” says Matthew Bennett, senior IT manager at Ranger Energy Services….Click here to read the complete story of the Cato-Windstream Enterprise deployment.