1. CASE STUDY
JUNIPER NETWORKS SWITCHES ON HIGH
AVAILABILITY FOR MARG
IMPROVED AVAILABILITY AND BUSINESS EFFICIENCY WHILE
MAINTAINING HIGH PRODUCTIVITY AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND
REAL ESTATE CONGLOMERATE.
MARG Group is one of India's fastest growing infrastructure organizations, undertaking holistic
Summary
regional development that unlocks economic prosperity and creates inclusive & sustainable growth
Company: MARG Ltd. models. The organization has embarked on an innovation-led development that few have
Industry:Infrastructure and Real Estate attempted and is part of the canvas of new sustainable India.
Challenge: MARG stands for “Models of Accelerated Regional Growth”: The organization is redefining
MARG Group needed a high-availability urbanism with unique sustainable and inclusive models. “MARG” is known for its vision on
network with redundancy to support “sustainable growth” and aims for promoting regional development.
operations at its new multi-storey
Listed by Dun & Bradstreet among “India's Top 500 Companies 2010”, MARG Group has projects
headquarters.
worth more than Rs. 5000 crores under execution, a seasoned human capital of more than 1300,
The company also wanted the network to global partners in the Infra space and offices spread across India, Singapore and China.
minimize any business disruptions when
With over two decades of reassuring presence and pioneering the development development of
moving to the new facility and to facilitate
the growth of future business. economic growth centers, MARG's portfolio spans across the entire infrastructure value chain.
Selection Criteria:
MARG's business is structured across 4 verticals :
The network solution had to meet MARG
Group's current and future network a) URBAN & INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE;
availability demands. b) MARINE INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES;
The company was also looking for a cost- c) REAL ESTATE;
effective solution that simplified d) EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction)
management.
Network Solution: Real Estate vertical encompasses both Residential (showcasing a range of living spaces from
Ÿ Juniper Networks EX2200 Ethernet Switch functional budget apartments to super luxury villas) & Commercial (development of retail,
Ÿ Juniper Networks EX4200 Ethernet Switch
Ÿ Juniper Networks Jseries routers
commercial & leisure space).
Ÿ Juniper Networks Network and Security
Manager EPC division provides integrated turnkey solutions and its range of services includes providing
Results:
integrated design, engineering, material procurement, field services, construction and project
Since deployment, the network has not
suffered any degradation or outage. The management services for infrastructure sector projects and real estate sector projects. EPC caters
highly available network pleased both the IT to both green-field and brown field projects and offers engineering, procurement and
team and the internal users, while construction services.
minimizing disruption during the move to
the new headquarters.
The group is expanding its sectoral presence with airport projects in Bellary and Bijapur and Multi-
The appliance approach and a single
level car park projects.
operating system with Junos exceeded
expectations and allowed MARG Group to
simplify their network management. Today, MARG is well on its way to becoming a billion dollar company.
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2. Challenge(s) Solution
As an infrastructure conglomerate MARG Group knows and understands MARG installed 50 Juniper Networks EX4200 and EX2000 Ethernet switches,
the value of the network in tying the organization together, enabling and a pair of J Series routers, in a highly redundant architecture. Running on
synergies to compete more effectively and foster business growth. It was Junos, the design allowed room to scale the data center with high levels of
also well aware that in the world of 24x7 business, network downtime redundancy when business demanded it.
cannot be tolerated.
Today, Juniper Networks Network and Security Manager enables the IT
In July 2010, MARG decided to migrate its head office to a new multi- team at MARG Group to manage the network more effectively using an
storey building in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India that could accommodate intuitive, easy-to-use interface. This has allowed the IT team to take control
more than 1,000 employees. The move was designed to increase synergy of its entire device life cycle with a single, centralized console that includes a
and operational efficiency by improving communications and resource complete array of investigative and reporting tools. That means that the
sharing. team controls all functions of their switching and security infrastructure –
including device configuration, network settings, and security policy –
There was a need for a robust IT network infrastructure to cater for future through a single pane window.
growth and provide a solid information backbone for the group's
operations. Network availability and redundancy were now critical The entire implementation was done in just two months and went live in
concerns, especially with all of MARG's top management residing in one one go.
building.
“We did a big bang. We installed and tested everything. So when the
“We wanted to consolidate our resources and build a robust and highly employees came in, they only needed to plug their computers in to the
available network. We did not want any LAN or WAN outages to affect the network and start working,” said Vidwans. “This minimized operational
business. We wanted to streamline operations, grow the existing business disruption from the move while at the same time delivering a boost to
and look at the various opportunities without having to worry about IT,” productivity.”
Amol Vidwans, Head – IT at MARG.
Selection Criteria Results
With these needs in mind, MARG Group's IT team looked for a solution to The success of the deployment was immediately recognized by the
its technical requirements. After searching the market and evaluating a network users themselves. Internal customers were extremely happy. They
number of options, the team selected a campus networking solution from were productive from day one. From a business perspective there was
Juniper Networks. minimal disruption when moving into the office.
Juniper Networks' ability to build redundancy at every floor of the The planning, co-ordination and implementation support from the Juniper
building's network and its wide range of innovative features that were partner and the close working relationship with Juniper Networks were key
considered important. MARG uses a lot of data, video and voice. So reasons for a successful implementation.
availability of the network is very critical. “The high-availability solution
that Juniper proposed was was therefore a good fit with our Since deployment, the company has not suffered any network outage. In
requirements,” said Vidwans. fact, the new network is now enabling MARG to explore more business
opportunities without worrying about the network's ability to support
The fact that Juniper Networks was able to deliver a solution out of a box corporate ambitions.
is something that was unique compared to the other vendors' proposals
evaluated by the MARG Group team. Competitive pricing strategy also “This was a good example of a technology solution made available at the
played a critical role in the final decision. right price and at the right time, which is futuristic, and most importantly
investment proof” said Vidwans.
Lastly, the Junos operating system helped Juniper Network seal the deal
by providing the MARG Group with a single operating system for all Next Steps and Lessons Learned
network devices. It means the company would no longer not have to Based on its experience and success with using Juniper Networks at its
maintain multiple copies of network operating systems. It also meant new head office campus network, MARG is now exploring the possibility of
fewer staff required to manage the solution and lower training costs. standardizing on Juniper Networks across all locations.
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“This was a good example of a technology solution made available at the right price and at
the right time that was futuristic and most importantly investment proof.”
— Amol Vidwans, Head – Information Technology, MARG Ltd.
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