Case Study: Global Logistics Provider

Building a Secure, High-Performance Global Architecture for a Time-Critical Logistics Operation

Overview

This international logistics and supply chain company operates across North America, Europe, and Asia, supporting time-critical deliveries for highly regulated industries. The organization depends on fast, secure, and uninterrupted digital services to coordinate shipments, customs processes, and real-time visibility.

L3 Networks partnered with the company to modernize application performance, reduce global latency, and strengthen security by redesigning how users around the world access mission-critical business applications.

The Challenge

Improving Global Performance, Reducing Exposure, and Increasing Resilience

The company's core applications were hosted in a single region, forcing users on other continents to connect directly over long distances. This created significant challenges:

• Global latency – Users experienced slow load times and inconsistent performance.

• Security exposure – Applications were accessible directly from the public internet, increasing risk.

• Limited resilience – A single-region design meant even brief outages could affect operations worldwide.

Adding servers or infrastructure in each region would not solve the underlying issue. The organization needed a globally distributed solution that improved speed, reduced risk, and provided redundancy without requiring a full re-architecture.

The Solution

Creating a Global Edge Architecture for Speed, Protection, and High Availability

L3 Networks implemented a global load balancing and edge security solution that now serves as the company's unified entry point for all application traffic.

• Global Load Balancing – User traffic is routed to the nearest edge location for faster access and built-in redundancy.

• Edge Caching – Frequently accessed content is stored closer to users, reducing latency and improving responsiveness across continents.

• Web Application Protection – A firewall at the edge inspects and filters incoming traffic, blocking threats before they reach the application environment.

• High Availability Architecture – The distributed design ensures access remains uninterrupted even during a regional service disruption.

This approach delivered immediate benefits, improving user experience while significantly reducing security risk.

The Results

Faster Performance, Stronger Security, and a More Resilient Global Operation

The transition to a global edge-enabled architecture produced measurable improvements across all key metrics:

• Improved Application Performance – Latency decreased for users across all regions as traffic was handled by nearby edge locations.

• Enhanced Security Posture – Threats are blocked at the edge, reducing exposure of critical systems.

• Higher Resilience – The distributed architecture ensures continuous availability even during localized outages.

• Simplified Global Scalability – The organization can expand to new regions without redesigning infrastructure.

The result is a stable, secure, and scalable platform aligned with the company's mission-critical logistics needs.

Leadership Insight

"Supporting a global logistics operation meant solving performance issues, reducing exposure, and improving resilience at the same time. The shift to a distributed edge architecture gave the client faster access, stronger protection, and a stable foundation that can scale with their business. It was one of those challenges that validates the value of disciplined engineering."

— L3 Networks, Executive Leadership

At a Glance

Global Users Supported

1,500+

Regions Served

North America • Europe • Asia

In-House IT Team

Full, supplemented by L3 as an engineering partner

Core Platform Architecture

Global Load Balancing & Edge Security

Core Solutions:

Global Load Balancing • Edge Caching • Web Application Protection • High Availability Architecture • Network Security • Global Performance Optimization