Normalized claim
SD-WAN operation costs: 50% decrease
reduced 50% of costs
Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) deploys secure SD-WAN on Alibaba Cloud Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN) with Fortinet, reducing SD-WAN costs by 50% and latency by 80–90%
Use case typeInfrastructure modernizationUpdated 4 days ago
Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) is a global quantity surveying and construction consultancy firm with more than 140 offices and over 4,600 employees. The company used Alibaba Cloud and Fortinet to modernize its network for digital transformation, improve secure connectivity across its regional offices, and reduce network costs and latency.
- Organization
- Rider Levett Bucknall
- Industry
- Professional Services
- Location
- Hong Kong
- Published
- July 2026
Reported outcomes
−50%
SD-WAN operation costsCost savings
80-90%network latency
Strategic outcomes
Employee experienceImproved productivity for staffCustomer experience & trustImproved user experienceSpeed & agilityFaster transformation rollout
Catalog median for cost savings deployments: −40% across 177 reported metrics. Compare benchmarks →
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Normalized claim
Network latency: 80-90% decrease
overall network latency by 80-90%
Why do we believe this deployment?Customer identity, provider attribution, maturity, and source checks
- Customer
- Rider Levett Bucknall
- Provider
- Alibaba
- Maturity
- Production
- Linked source
- Alibaba Cloud Customers
Digital transformation required more agile and secure connectivity, but traditional network infrastructure had high MPLS costs, inflexibility, and operational complexity
Customer identity supportedSource describes one deploymentMaturity supported
Primary read
Use case focus
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- 1Infrastructure modernization
- 2Network optimization
Digital transformation required more agile and secure connectivity, but traditional network infrastructure had high MPLS costs, inflexibility, and operational complexity.
- RLB implemented a secure and agile SD-WAN with cloud on-ramp on Alibaba Cloud's global infrastructure.
- Cloud Enterprise Network facilitated cloud connectivity across Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong SAR, and South Korea, while Fortinet Secure SD-WAN handled security and network routing.
- Multisoft provided network and cloud architecture assessment, and the project moved from proof of concept to production in about two months.
- Reduced SD-WAN operation costs by 50%.
- Reduced network latency by 80–90%.
- Improved user experience for over 1,500 staff.
- Increased application accessibility and network availability.
Sources & evidence1
Evidence: Medium65/100Evidence strength
- Customer explicitly identified
- Deployment status explicitly supported
- Primary source available
- Quantified outcome available
- Technical implementation details available
Type: Customer StoryPublished: Jul 24, 2026Publisher: Alibaba CloudEvidence: PrimaryConfidence: High
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