Decathlon

The world's largest sports retailer enhances network visibility, security, and automation with Cisco Meraki to deliver a connected experience for customers and staff. Decathlon requires network connectivity that ensures seamless operations worldwide, delivers exceptional customer experiences, and is built for rapid, reliable scalability.

About Decathlon

With a presence in 79 countries, Decathlon leads the way in sporting goods, supported by over 100,000 employees. Their global operations are anchored in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France.

Challenges

Because of its highly distributed network and customer base, Decathlon recognised the need for innovative technology that would enable growth while addressing global challenges, including:

• Simplifying network management for central and local IT teams
• Meeting diverse regional administrative requirements
• Establishing scalable processes and reducing manual effort
• Increasing visibility into customer experience

Solutions

To provide reliable connectivity and seamless network operations across its diverse locations, Decathlon leverages a wide variety of solutions built on the Cisco Meraki platform:

• The Meraki dashboard allows for simple management and monitoring of the network with an intuitive and interactive web interface.
• Cisco Meraki MS switches deliver continuous network performance without complexity - all through the cloud.
• Cisco Meraki MX security and SD-WAN appliances use always-on intelligence from the world's largest cybersecurity team to protect and optimise distributed sites and users.
• Cisco wireless access points feature integrated, easy-to-use technologies to provide secure connectivity for the network.
• Cisco Meraki APIs allow developers to rapidly deploy and manage networks at scale, and build on an intelligent, cloud-connected platform.