Choice Logistics

Overview

Choice Logistics is a leading provider of outsourced logistics and integrated inventory management solutions, managing over $500 million in inventories worldwide. With over 310 strategic stocking locations (SSLs) in 37 countries, Choice’s comprehensive network of secured sites provides local inventory management and expedited delivery services 24x7x365 for direct deployment of mission critical parts. The company’s ISO-certified processes are relied on by leading high-tech companies, including ADIC, Avaya, Cisco, EMC, Equant, Hitachi Data Systems, McData and others.

Choice Logistic’s main data center is in New York, linked via MPLS to a disaster recovery site in New Jersey. The company’s domestic distribution centers are also linked to HQ via MPLS, while many other operations, including communications with parts distribution partners worldwide and client access to status reports and other information, are supported via Citrix over the Internet.

Solution

• An AppResponse Xpert Appliance deployed in the New York data center
• Monitors performance and utilization for all critical applications and links
• Real-time and historical views of a wide range of application and network metrics

I kept hearing ‘the network is slow’ from everyone, and it took us way too long to prove it wasn’t, or track down the problem when it was and fix it.

Domenick Gandolfo, Network Engineer

Choice Logistics

I’m sort of a network doctor. I have to interpret the data my tools give me and make a judgment call, sometimes very quickly. The highly accurate diagnostics furnished by the [AppResponse Xpert] appliance give me confidence that I’m making the right call.

Domenick Gandolfo, Network Engineer

Choice Logistics