{"page":"https://netify.co.uk/sd-wan-sase-for-manufacturing/","title":"Manufacturing SD-WAN & SASE: AI Shortlist Tool (2026)","description":"Build a manufacturing SD-WAN and SASE shortlist with our AI tool: 30 vendors scored on IT/OT segmentation, SCADA priority and resilience. 2026 buyer guide.","author":"Harry Yelland","fact_checked_by":"Robert Sturt","date_published":"2026-06-11","date_modified":"2026-09-09","intro":["We typically see manufacturers are outgrowing their traditional networks as the likes of production lines, supply chains and visibility across distributed operations all have increased in their demands (with traditional MPLS-centric architectures increasingly struggling to meet these operational demands). Furthermore, ransomware attacks against manufacturing have surged 61% year on year in 2025, making it the most targeted critical infrastructure sector and placing an increased importance on both the networking and security of manufacturing operations. By moving to SD-WAN and SASE platforms, manufacturers can utilise capabilities such as application-aware routing, IT/OT segmentation and centralised management that each ensure production systems remain operational, whilst also ensuring cybersecurity and regulatory compliance."],"environments":[{"heading":"Production Facilities and Factory Floors","body":"For production facilities and factory floors, there is limited (to no) offline functionality offered for the likes of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and SCADA platforms, meaning that when the network fails, so do these systems. Even brief network outages can halt production lines as equipment awaits control signals and operators can lose visibility into process status, all of which leads to financial losses."},{"heading":"Integrated Manufacturing Plants","body":"Within integrated manufacturing plants, they typically utilise real-time quality management systems, automated material handling and predictive maintenance platforms, all of which utilise the network, and downtime can potentially cause quality defects or, in more serious cases, safety incidents that have consequences well beyond the network team."},{"heading":"Warehouses & Distribution Centres","body":"When a distribution centre network fails, orders cannot be fulfilled, inventory visibility is lost across the supply chain and delivery commitments cannot be met, with warehouse management systems (WMS) that coordinate storage locations, picking operations, shipping documentation and inventory tracking typically being more latency-sensitive than other applications."}],"performance":["All of the above use cases are reliant on low latency and high reliability to ensure day-to-day activities aren't affected. Given this, when considering the shortfalls of traditional networks, it's easy to see how SD-WAN and SASE's capabilities can significantly improve these facets of network performance.","SD-WAN's application-aware routing addresses this by enforcing a traffic priority hierarchy dynamically across whatever underlay mix is available at a given site (the likes of fibre, broadband, 4G/5G and satellite connectivity can all be utilised) without requiring manual intervention when link conditions change, enabling production control and SCADA traffic to be prioritised.","Multi-site resilience is also incredibly important for manufacturers, ensuring continuous production via sub-second failover for near-continuous availability.","Production networks also frequently have to operate without dedicated on-site IT support at every facility. Zero-touch provisioning capabilities address this directly: equipment arrives pre-configured and connects automatically, IT teams monitor and troubleshoot remotely, reducing the complexity of deployment and support overhead."],"security":[{"heading":"UK GDPR, DPA 2018 and the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025","body":"Manufacturers process more personal data than is often appreciated: employee monitoring, access control, supplier databases and customer order management all fall within scope, and IoT devices processing biometric access controls or workforce monitoring data carry their own compliance obligations. UK GDPR, DPA 2018 and the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Royal Assent 19 June 2025) collectively impose legal obligations on how that data is collected, processed, stored and transmitted, with potential fines up to £17.5m or 4% of global annual turnover for serious breaches, which puts network security decisions in a different category than they were five years ago."},{"heading":"Cyber Threats Facing Manufacturing","body":"Ransomware attacks surged 61% year-on-year (520 to 838 incidents, January to September 2025), and the Jaguar Land Rover attack in September 2025, which forced a complete shutdown across all UK plants for five weeks, illustrates what that looks like in practice: £196m in direct cyber-related costs, wholesale volumes declining 43.3%, total economic impact estimated at £1.9bn affecting over 5,000 supply chain organisations. The attack vectors specific to manufacturing are worth understanding:","bullets":["OT-specific malware targeting industrial control systems directly: FrostyGoop (targeting Modbus TCP) and PIPEDREAM (the first cross-industry ICS malware) being the most significant recent examples","Supply chain vulnerabilities introduced through connected suppliers, logistics providers and maintenance contractors, each of which represents a network entry point that's often outside the IT team's direct control","IT/OT convergence risks from previously air-gapped industrial control systems now connecting to corporate networks, expanding the attack surface in ways that legacy security architectures weren't designed to address"],"after":"SASE architectures combining SD-WAN with integrated security functions (NGFW, CASB, IPS, malware detection) provide the network segmentation that's essential for preventing lateral movement between IT and OT environments, which is, in most manufacturing security assessments we're involved in, the primary concern."}],"procurement":{"intro":"Manufacturing RFPs tend to raise the same gaps, not because organisations don't understand their requirements, but because generic SD-WAN question sets weren't written with OT environments in mind. A structured RFP tailored to your production environment, site mix and compliance obligations forces vendors to respond specifically to IT/OT segmentation, SCADA traffic prioritisation and operational resilience, rather than offering the same answer they'd give a financial services firm. The areas where manufacturing briefs most commonly need to go further than a standard question set are outlined below.","requirements":["Production expansion and site changes: define expected rates of facility openings, line expansions and relocations over the contract term, with contractual obligations for rapid provisioning and clean decommissioning. Vendors answer this question very differently, and it's where you see the clearest differentiation between those who've genuinely operated at manufacturing scale and those who haven't.","Differentiated resilience by site type: production facilities require near-continuous availability with sub-second failover; warehouses may tolerate brief outages with workarounds in place. Specifying a single resilience standard across all sites either over-specifies for distribution centres or under-specifies for production. Neither outcome is desirable.","Peak period performance: specify peak bandwidth needs and acceptable performance degradation during congestion. Shift changes, production ramp-ups and inventory synchronisation windows are all predictable, and it's reasonable to hold vendors to specific degradation thresholds rather than leaving them to interpret what 'peak' means.","IT/OT convergence and segmentation: specify whether OT environments will share network infrastructure with enterprise IT and what security boundaries must exist. This is an area where vendor architectures vary significantly and where the wrong answer has direct implications for IEC 62443 compliance.","Compliance audit support and vendor assurance: verify vendors' own ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certifications (treat these as a baseline rather than a differentiator) and require specific explanation of how they support UK GDPR compliance and emerging Cyber Security and Resilience Bill requirements."]},"segments":[{"heading":"Enterprise-Scale Organisations","body":"What distinguishes enterprise manufacturing procurement from most other SD-WAN evaluations is the stakeholder complexity as much as the site count. Hundreds of locations with dedicated NOC, in-house OT security teams and complex network architectures including dedicated OT networks, enterprise SOCs and industrial network monitoring is one part of it, but the procurement process involves IT, OT, infosec and finance stakeholders with formal approval processes and, often, separate thresholds and occasionally conflicting priorities between them. Organisations running multiple production lines, business units or brands typically need differentiated service levels across those, and sometimes genuinely separate network domains, which makes the vendor’s ability to support that segmentation a procurement criterion rather than an implementation detail."},{"heading":"Mid-Market Manufacturers","body":"Leaner IT teams making network decisions with broader responsibilities typically require simplified solutions rather than the kind of complex multi-vendor architecture that a large manufacturer can sustain (and resource to operate). It's worth noting that mid-market manufacturers typically lack dedicated SOCs, which makes the security model a more significant procurement decision than it would be for a large enterprise: the choice between a managed service provider, an integrated security-capable SD-WAN platform and an outsourced security monitoring arrangement has a bigger operational impact here. We'd generally recommend that mid-market manufacturers weight the managed service and integrated security questions more heavily in their RFP evaluation criteria than the standard question set prompts for."}],"faqs":[{"q":"What is the primary benefit of SD-WAN for manufacturing organisations?","a":"The most significant benefit, in our view, is application-aware routing: the ability to prioritise production-critical traffic (SCADA, MES, PLCs) whilst ensuring non-critical applications don't compete for the same bandwidth during shift changes or production ramp-ups. Remote management through centralised orchestration and zero-touch deployment is part of it too, but the meaningful differentiator for manufacturing is that production-critical systems are prioritised in a way that accounts for the latency tolerances of industrial control systems, rather than just hoping that generic QoS policies are sufficient."},{"q":"Why is SASE becoming essential for modern manufacturing environments?","a":"The honest answer is that the threat landscape has changed faster than most manufacturing security architectures have. Maintaining separate networking and security tooling across dozens of production facilities creates management overhead that most IT teams struggle to sustain, and more critically, it produces the kind of inconsistent policy enforcement that leaves OT environments exposed, particularly where IT/OT convergence has expanded the attack surface beyond what legacy air-gap approaches were designed for. SASE converges the two into a single framework, and for manufacturers the practical effect is consistent security policy across both IT and OT environments, without needing a separate security stack at every facility. Ransomware attacks against manufacturing surging 61% in 2025 makes that more than an architectural preference."},{"q":"How does SD-WAN help manufacturers address IT/OT convergence challenges?","a":"The risk with IT/OT convergence isn't the connectivity itself, it's lateral movement. Once previously air-gapped industrial control systems connect to corporate networks, the attack surface expands in ways that are difficult to manage without granular segmentation. SD-WAN addresses this by enforcing segmentation policies that isolate SCADA systems, PLCs and production equipment from general corporate traffic, maintaining appropriate security boundaries whilst still supporting the connectivity that Industry 4.0 operations require. It's worth being specific in your RFP about what those boundaries need to look like: vendors' approaches vary, and a general claim of 'segmentation support' doesn't tell you much about whether their architecture can enforce the zones and conduits that IEC 62443 requires."},{"q":"What impact does the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill have on manufacturing networks?","a":"Manufacturing isn't currently directly in scope of the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (introduced 12 November 2025), but the Bill grants government powers to expand coverage, and the direction of travel is clearly towards broader sector inclusion. The practical advice is to prepare now rather than wait for formal designation: the Bill introduces fines up to £17m or 4% of global turnover for serious breaches, and the gap between current manufacturing security postures and what those requirements will demand is, in our experience, often larger than organisations expect when they first assess it."},{"q":"How does network latency affect manufacturing production systems?","a":"For most enterprise applications latency is a performance consideration; for manufacturing production systems it's closer to a hard constraint in specific contexts. A delayed control signal reaching production equipment isn't just slow performance; it can mean a process deviation that isn't caught in time, or equipment that doesn't respond within the window that the quality or safety system assumed it would. The latency threshold that matters varies considerably by application type (SCADA control signals, real-time quality monitoring and predictive maintenance have different tolerances) but the underlying point is that treating them all under a single general SLA, the way you might for a standard enterprise network, isn't adequate for a production environment."},{"q":"What should be included in a manufacturing SD-WAN RFP?","a":"At minimum: clear requirements for IT/OT segmentation capabilities, peak bandwidth handling during production ramp-ups and shift changes, multi-site resilience with sub-second failover for critical production facilities, and specific vendor questions about SCADA, MES and production control traffic prioritisation whilst maintaining security boundaries between OT and enterprise IT. The vendor's own security certifications and their approach to UK GDPR compliance are also worth including: given the threat landscape in 2025, a vendor who can't evidence their own security posture is a third-party risk in itself. We'd recommend differentiating resilience requirements by site type rather than specifying a single standard, because the appropriate answer for a continuous production facility is genuinely different from the appropriate answer for a seasonal distribution centre, and vendors who treat them the same haven't thought it through."}],"sector_evidence":{"contract":"sector-evidence-view/1.0.0","sector":"manufacturing","summary":{"provider_count":30,"requirement_count":15,"accepted_sources":18,"total_sources":61,"providers_complete":18,"last_checked":"2026-09-09"},"status_vocabulary":[{"state":"proven","label":"Proven","definition":"An accepted source directly connects the provider's named SD-WAN, SASE, SSE or managed service to that manufacturing requirement."},{"state":"partial","label":"Partial","definition":"Relevant evidence exists, but the product connection, factory detail, geography or outcome is incomplete."},{"state":"not_found","label":"Not found","definition":"Credible sources were checked but no defensible evidence was found. This does not prove the provider lacks the capability."},{"state":"not_applicable","label":"Not applicable","definition":"The requirement does not apply to the provider's operating model."},{"state":"to_review","label":"To review","definition":"Research has not yet been completed."}],"evidence_rules":["Prefer customer-authored case studies, official manufacturer statements, contract awards and independent reporting.","A named manufacturer using a named SD-WAN, SASE, SSE or managed service is the strongest evidence.","A generic manufacturing solutions page is supporting evidence, not proof of a deployment.","Do not treat switching, Wi-Fi, data-centre or industrial networking evidence as SD-WAN or SASE evidence unless the source makes that connection.","Do not infer OT security from general IT security. Record the factory, production, industrial control or OT connection stated by the source.","Do not claim IEC 62443, NIST 800-82, NIS2 or another standard unless the source supports the precise wording.","Copy a short exact quotation that proves the point, then write a concise factual summary in your own words.","Record publication and checked dates. State what each source does not prove."],"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","explanation":"","evidence_rule":"Do not treat switching, Wi-Fi, data-centre or industrial networking evidence as SD-WAN or SASE evidence unless the source makes that connection.","display_order":1},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","explanation":"","evidence_rule":"Do not infer OT security from general IT security. Record the factory, production, industrial control or OT connection stated by the source.","display_order":2},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","explanation":"","evidence_rule":"Do not treat switching, Wi-Fi, data-centre or industrial networking evidence as SD-WAN or SASE evidence unless the source makes that connection.","display_order":3},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","explanation":"","evidence_rule":"Do not treat switching, Wi-Fi, data-centre or industrial networking evidence as SD-WAN or SASE evidence unless the source makes that connection.","display_order":4},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","explanation":"","evidence_rule":"","display_order":5},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","explanation":"","evidence_rule":"","display_order":6},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","explanation":"","evidence_rule":"","display_order":7},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","explanation":"","evidence_rule":"Do not treat switching, Wi-Fi, data-centre or industrial networking evidence as SD-WAN or SASE evidence unless the source makes that connection.","display_order":8},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","explanation":"","evidence_rule":"Do not treat switching, Wi-Fi, data-centre or industrial networking evidence as SD-WAN or SASE evidence unless the source makes that connection.","display_order":9},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","explanation":"","evidence_rule":"Do not treat switching, Wi-Fi, data-centre or industrial networking evidence as SD-WAN or SASE evidence unless the source makes that connection.","display_order":10},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","explanation":"","evidence_rule":"","display_order":11},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","explanation":"","evidence_rule":"","display_order":12},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","explanation":"","evidence_rule":"Do not claim IEC 62443, NIST 800-82, NIS2 or another standard unless the source supports the precise wording.","display_order":13},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","explanation":"","evidence_rule":"","display_order":14},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","explanation":"","evidence_rule":"","display_order":15}],"providers":[{"slug":"aryaka","name":"Aryaka","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/aryaka/","research_status":"complete","overall_confidence":"low","fit_conclusion":"6 field(s) marked Partial on vendor-claimed evidence only - the provider's own marketing/industry pages or unopened Superseded case studies, not an independently confirmed named deployment (Factory and plant connectivity, Resilience and uptime, Multi-site production, Managed operations, Network visibility, Global delivery). Remaining 9 of 15 fields: no defensible evidence found despite the source being checked. Treat every 'Partial' rating here as vendor self-reporting, not independent proof - useful for sector-fit screening, not for a hard technical guarantee.","gaps_and_unknowns":"Vendor-claimed capabilities are flagged Partial rather than Proven because the underlying source is the provider's own page/case study and was not independently corroborated. Genuinely proving these would mean either an independent (non-vendor) source, or reopening the named case studies currently sitting as Superseded and logging them as their own Accepted rows with cited outcomes.","reviewed_by":"Harry Yelland","reviewed_date":"2026-09-09","source_count":5,"accepted_source_count":1,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_001"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_002"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_002","src_manufacturing_mfg_003","src_manufacturing_mfg_005"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_005"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_001"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_003","src_manufacturing_mfg_005"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"}],"sources":[{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_001","workbook_source_id":"MFG-001","url":"https://www.aryaka.com/industries/manufacturing-connectivity-security/","title":"Enhancing Manufacturing Connectivity and Security","publisher":"aryaka.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"accepted","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["factory_and_plant_connectivity","network_visibility"],"named_customer":"Multiple (hub page; case studies logged separately in MFG-002-005)","segment":"Multiple","named_product_or_service":"Not named on this hub page","service_family":"Supporting only","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Enhancing Manufacturing Connectivity and Security","reviewer_summary":"The strongest sector by a distance. A dedicated industry page plus at least five named manufacturing customers with published case studies: Albemarle (Fortune 1000 chemicals), Hubbell, Thetford, AL-KO and Wabtec, with Lauridsen Group International also cited as a global manufacturer. The manufacturing page carries the case study line 'Hubbell Supercharges Global Application Performance, Visibility and Security'.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own dedicated manufacturing industry page carrying three named customer case studies. Strong for sector grading; vendor marketing so unaudited."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_002","workbook_source_id":"MFG-002","url":"https://www.aryaka.com/case-study/al-ko/","title":"AL-KO Drastically Reduces TCO, Outages, and Onboarding Times","publisher":"aryaka.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["resilience_and_uptime","multi_site_production"],"named_customer":"AL-KO","segment":"Industrial equipment","named_product_or_service":"Aryaka SD-WAN (by page context, not quoted verbatim)","service_family":"SD-WAN","estate":"~700 staff, 19 sites","countries_or_regions":"Germany","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Title claims reduced TCO, outages and onboarding times; no % given","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Enhancing Manufacturing Connectivity and Security","reviewer_summary":"The strongest sector by a distance. A dedicated industry page plus at least five named manufacturing customers with published case studies: Albemarle (Fortune 1000 chemicals), Hubbell, Thetford, AL-KO and Wabtec, with Lauridsen Group International also cited as a global manufacturer. The manufacturing page carries the case study line 'Hubbell Supercharges Global Application Performance, Visibility and Security'.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own named case study. Useful for organisation size: describes a German mid-sized manufacturer of roughly 700 staff and 19 sites."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_003","workbook_source_id":"MFG-003","url":"https://www.aryaka.com/case-study/thetford/","title":"Thetford Drives SD-WAN ROI & Business Value","publisher":"aryaka.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["multi_site_production","global_delivery"],"named_customer":"Thetford","segment":"Consumer goods","named_product_or_service":"Aryaka SD-WAN (by page context, not quoted verbatim)","service_family":"SD-WAN","estate":"20+ sites","countries_or_regions":"North America, Europe, Asia","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Title claims ROI/business value; no figure given","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Enhancing Manufacturing Connectivity and Security","reviewer_summary":"The strongest sector by a distance. A dedicated industry page plus at least five named manufacturing customers with published case studies: Albemarle (Fortune 1000 chemicals), Hubbell, Thetford, AL-KO and Wabtec, with Lauridsen Group International also cited as a global manufacturer. The manufacturing page carries the case study line 'Hubbell Supercharges Global Application Performance, Visibility and Security'.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own named manufacturing case study, over 20 sites across North America, Europe and Asia."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_004","workbook_source_id":"MFG-004","url":"https://www.aryaka.com/case-study/albemarle/","title":"Albemarle Reduced Drop & Jitter Rates to <1%","publisher":"aryaka.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Albemarle","segment":"Chemicals","named_product_or_service":"Aryaka SD-WAN (by page context, not quoted verbatim)","service_family":"SD-WAN","estate":"5,000+ employees","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Drop and jitter rates reduced to <1%","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Enhancing Manufacturing Connectivity and Security","reviewer_summary":"The strongest sector by a distance. A dedicated industry page plus at least five named manufacturing customers with published case studies: Albemarle (Fortune 1000 chemicals), Hubbell, Thetford, AL-KO and Wabtec, with Lauridsen Group International also cited as a global manufacturer. The manufacturing page carries the case study line 'Hubbell Supercharges Global Application Performance, Visibility and Security'.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own named case study. Fortune 1000 chemical manufacturer, over 5,000 employees. Supports manufacturing and large enterprise."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_005","workbook_source_id":"MFG-005","url":"https://www.aryaka.com/case-study/wabtec/","title":"Wabtec Supports Global Growth with Faster, More Flexible and Secure Managed SD-WAN Network","publisher":"aryaka.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["multi_site_production","managed_operations","global_delivery"],"named_customer":"Wabtec","segment":"Heavy industry","named_product_or_service":"Managed SD-WAN Network","service_family":"Managed SD-WAN","estate":"29,000 employees, 50+ locations","countries_or_regions":"Not stated specifically (global; rail and manufacturing)","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Title claims support for global growth; no figure given","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Enhancing Manufacturing Connectivity and Security","reviewer_summary":"The strongest sector by a distance. A dedicated industry page plus at least five named manufacturing customers with published case studies: Albemarle (Fortune 1000 chemicals), Hubbell, Thetford, AL-KO and Wabtec, with Lauridsen Group International also cited as a global manufacturer. The manufacturing page carries the case study line 'Hubbell Supercharges Global Application Performance, Visibility and Security'.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own named case study. 29,000 employees, 50+ locations. Sits across manufacturing and rail transport."}]},{"slug":"orangebusiness","name":"Orange Business","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/orangebusiness/","research_status":"complete","overall_confidence":"low","fit_conclusion":"2 field(s) independently proven via a named customer/deployment (Multi-site production, Global delivery); 2 field(s) marked Partial on vendor-claimed evidence only - the provider's own marketing/industry pages or unopened Superseded case studies, not an independently confirmed named deployment (Industrial IoT, Global supply chain). Remaining 11 of 15 fields: no defensible evidence found despite the source being checked. Treat every 'Partial' rating here as vendor self-reporting, not independent proof - useful for sector-fit screening, not for a hard technical guarantee.","gaps_and_unknowns":"Vendor-claimed capabilities are flagged Partial rather than Proven because the underlying source is the provider's own page/case study and was not independently corroborated. Genuinely proving these would mean either an independent (non-vendor) source, or reopening the named case studies currently sitting as Superseded and logging them as their own Accepted rows with cited outcomes.","reviewed_by":"Harry Yelland","reviewed_date":"2026-09-09","source_count":4,"accepted_source_count":1,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_049"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"proven","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_050"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_049"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"proven","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_050"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"}],"sources":[{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_050","workbook_source_id":"MFG-050","url":"https://www.orange-business.com/en/press/orange-business-services-delivers-flexible-sd-wan-siemens-worldwide-majority-corporate","title":"Orange Business delivers Flexible SD-WAN to Siemens worldwide with majority of corporate applications accessed securely via Internet","publisher":"orange-business.com","publication_date":"2022-04-27","checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"accepted","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["multi_site_production","global_delivery"],"named_customer":"Siemens","segment":"Multiple","named_product_or_service":"Flexible SD-WAN","service_family":"SD-WAN","estate":"1,168 sites","countries_or_regions":"94 countries","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"1,168 sites migrated across 94 countries (dated press release)","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"1,168 Siemens sites in 94 countries now successfully migrated to SD-WAN as part of its digital transformation program","reviewer_summary":"Strongest sector for SD-WAN specifically. Siemens is a named global industrial customer with a stated site and country count. Corroborated by Weener Plastics (packaging manufacturer, Flexible SD-WAN across Europe, Asia and Latin America), Colgate-Palmolive (SD-WAN across offices, branches and manufacturing plants) and Saint-Gobain Glass, which the supplier tags 'Manufacturing'.","limitation_and_notes":"Dated supplier press release naming a global industrial customer with a specific site and country count. Strongest manufacturing and large enterprise evidence found."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_048","workbook_source_id":"MFG-048","url":"https://www.orange-business.com/en/about-us/customer-stories/colgate-palmolive-adopts-sd-wan-enable-business-agility-change","title":"Colgate-Palmolive adopts SD-WAN to help enable business agility and change","publisher":"orange-business.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Colgate-Palmolive","segment":"Consumer goods","named_product_or_service":"Orange Business SD-WAN","service_family":"SD-WAN","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"No date shown on page, per note","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"1,168 Siemens sites in 94 countries now successfully migrated to SD-WAN as part of its digital transformation program","reviewer_summary":"Strongest sector for SD-WAN specifically. Siemens is a named global industrial customer with a stated site and country count. Corroborated by Weener Plastics (packaging manufacturer, Flexible SD-WAN across Europe, Asia and Latin America), Colgate-Palmolive (SD-WAN across offices, branches and manufacturing plants) and Saint-Gobain Glass, which the supplier tags 'Manufacturing'.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier case study, named global consumer goods customer, explicitly SD-WAN. No date shown on the page."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_049","workbook_source_id":"MFG-049","url":"https://www.orange-business.com/en/about-us/customer-stories/saint-gobain-glass","title":"Saint-Gobain Glass optimizes its supply chain with IoT technology","publisher":"orange-business.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["industrial_iot","global_supply_chain"],"named_customer":"Saint-Gobain Glass","segment":"Heavy industry","named_product_or_service":"IoT technology (supply chain optimisation)","service_family":"Supporting only","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Europe (site count stated on page)","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"1,168 Siemens sites in 94 countries now successfully migrated to SD-WAN as part of its digital transformation program","reviewer_summary":"Strongest sector for SD-WAN specifically. Siemens is a named global industrial customer with a stated site and country count. Corroborated by Weener Plastics (packaging manufacturer, Flexible SD-WAN across Europe, Asia and Latin America), Colgate-Palmolive (SD-WAN across offices, branches and manufacturing plants) and Saint-Gobain Glass, which the supplier tags 'Manufacturing'.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier case study tagged Manufacturing with a named industrial customer and a stated European site count. IoT scope."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_051","workbook_source_id":"MFG-051","url":"https://www.orange-business.com/en/press/weener-plastics-chooses-flexible-sd-wan-orange-business-services-improve-agility","title":"Weener Plastics chooses Flexible SD-WAN from Orange Business to improve agility","publisher":"orange-business.com","publication_date":"2019-01-30","checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Weener Plastics","segment":"Consumer goods","named_product_or_service":"Flexible SD-WAN","service_family":"SD-WAN","estate":"24 sites","countries_or_regions":"Europe, Asia, Latin America","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"24-site SD-WAN deployment (dated; now aged, per note)","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"1,168 Siemens sites in 94 countries now successfully migrated to SD-WAN as part of its digital transformation program","reviewer_summary":"Strongest sector for SD-WAN specifically. Siemens is a named global industrial customer with a stated site and country count. Corroborated by Weener Plastics (packaging manufacturer, Flexible SD-WAN across Europe, Asia and Latin America), Colgate-Palmolive (SD-WAN across offices, branches and manufacturing plants) and Saint-Gobain Glass, which the supplier tags 'Manufacturing'.","limitation_and_notes":"Dated supplier press release naming a mid-sized packaging manufacturer with a 24 site SD-WAN deployment spanning Europe, Asia and Latin America. Smallest named SD-WAN reference found. Now dated."}]},{"slug":"verizon","name":"Verizon Business","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/verizon/","research_status":"complete","overall_confidence":"low","fit_conclusion":"2 field(s) independently proven via a named customer/deployment (Managed operations, Global delivery); 2 field(s) marked Partial on vendor-claimed evidence only - the provider's own marketing/industry pages or unopened Superseded case studies, not an independently confirmed named deployment (Cloud and data-centre connectivity, UK delivery). Remaining 11 of 15 fields: no defensible evidence found despite the source being checked. Treat every 'Partial' rating here as vendor self-reporting, not independent proof - useful for sector-fit screening, not for a hard technical guarantee.","gaps_and_unknowns":"Vendor-claimed capabilities are flagged Partial rather than Proven because the underlying source is the provider's own page/case study and was not independently corroborated. Genuinely proving these would mean either an independent (non-vendor) source, or reopening the named case studies currently sitting as Superseded and logging them as their own Accepted rows with cited outcomes.","reviewed_by":"Harry Yelland","reviewed_date":"2026-09-09","source_count":3,"accepted_source_count":1,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_057"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_059"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"proven","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_057"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_059"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"proven","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_057"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"}],"sources":[{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_057","workbook_source_id":"MFG-057","url":"https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/customer-success-stories/manufacturing-giant/","title":"Manufacturing SD-WAN Use Case | Verizon Business","publisher":"verizon.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"accepted","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["managed_operations","global_delivery","multi_site_production"],"named_customer":"Not named (anonymised)","segment":"Unspecified","named_product_or_service":"Not stated (Verizon Professional Services led rollout)","service_family":"SD-WAN","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated specifically (global)","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Verizon Professional Services provided a detailed plan for SD WAN design and roll-out, while engineers prepared the manufacturer's LANs.","reviewer_summary":"The strongest sector in this set. There is both an SD-WAN case study, quoted here, describing a global build book, LAN refresh and MPLS offload, and a separate SASE case study describing a UK-based manufacturing business reducing physical firewalls through zero trust network access. Both customers are anonymised. Manufacturing also has a dedicated industry page.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own case study. Customer anonymised. Describes a global SD-WAN and LAN rollout with Verizon Professional Services."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_058","workbook_source_id":"MFG-058","url":"https://www.verizon.com/business/solutions/industry/","title":"Industry Solutions and Services | Verizon","publisher":"verizon.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Not applicable (no single named customer on this page)","segment":"Unspecified","named_product_or_service":"Not stated in the reviewed source","service_family":"Not relevant","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Verizon Professional Services provided a detailed plan for SD WAN design and roll-out, while engineers prepared the manufacturer's LANs.","reviewer_summary":"The strongest sector in this set. There is both an SD-WAN case study, quoted here, describing a global build book, LAN refresh and MPLS offload, and a separate SASE case study describing a UK-based manufacturing business reducing physical firewalls through zero trust network access. Both customers are anonymised. Manufacturing also has a dedicated industry page.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own industry index. Establishes which sectors have a dedicated industry page. Does not itself evidence SD-WAN or SASE capability per sector."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_059","workbook_source_id":"MFG-059","url":"https://www.verizon.com/business/en-gb/resources/customer-success-stories/sase-secures-manufacturing-brand-future/","title":"How SASE secured a Manufacturing Brand's Future | Verizon (en-gb)","publisher":"verizon.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","uk_delivery"],"named_customer":"Not named (anonymised, UK-based manufacturer)","segment":"Unspecified","named_product_or_service":"Not stated in the reviewed source","service_family":"SASE","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"UK","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Migration off firewalls/MPLS - qualitative claim, no figure","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Verizon Professional Services provided a detailed plan for SD WAN design and roll-out, while engineers prepared the manufacturer's LANs.","reviewer_summary":"The strongest sector in this set. There is both an SD-WAN case study, quoted here, describing a global build book, LAN refresh and MPLS offload, and a separate SASE case study describing a UK-based manufacturing business reducing physical firewalls through zero trust network access. Both customers are anonymised. Manufacturing also has a dedicated industry page.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own SASE case study. Strongest single piece of evidence in this set: identifies the customer as a UK-based manufacturer and describes a zero trust and cloud security migration off firewalls and MPLS. Customer not named."}]},{"slug":"ntt-data","name":"NTT DATA","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/ntt-data/","research_status":"complete","overall_confidence":"low","fit_conclusion":"2 field(s) independently proven via a named customer/deployment (Managed operations, Global delivery); 1 field(s) marked Partial on vendor-claimed evidence only - the provider's own marketing/industry pages or unopened Superseded case studies, not an independently confirmed named deployment (Multi-site production). Remaining 12 of 15 fields: no defensible evidence found despite the source being checked. Treat every 'Partial' rating here as vendor self-reporting, not independent proof - useful for sector-fit screening, not for a hard technical guarantee.","gaps_and_unknowns":"Vendor-claimed capabilities are flagged Partial rather than Proven because the underlying source is the provider's own page/case study and was not independently corroborated. Genuinely proving these would mean either an independent (non-vendor) source, or reopening the named case studies currently sitting as Superseded and logging them as their own Accepted rows with cited outcomes.","reviewed_by":"Harry Yelland","reviewed_date":"2026-09-09","source_count":3,"accepted_source_count":1,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_044"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"proven","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_044"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"proven","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_044"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"}],"sources":[{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_044","workbook_source_id":"MFG-044","url":"https://services.global.ntt/en-us/about-us/case-studies/huber-suhner","title":"Managed SD-WAN links HUBER+SUHNER in China to rest of world | NTT DATA","publisher":"services.global.ntt","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"accepted","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["managed_operations","global_delivery","multi_site_production"],"named_customer":"HUBER+SUHNER","segment":"Electronics","named_product_or_service":"Managed SD-WAN","service_family":"Managed SD-WAN","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"China, 'rest of world'","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Qualitative claim only, no figure given","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"As a global manufacturer of fiber optic and radio frequency products, HUBER+SUHNER understands the power of connectivity.","reviewer_summary":"Named manufacturer with a published managed SD-WAN case study. Corroborated by the supplier's network case study index (evidence 19), which is dominated by manufacturers and industrials including NXP Semiconductors, Honda Motor Co., Hitachi, Inteva Products and Asahi Glass, several tagged to NTT Global Network Services or Software-Defined Network Service. A dedicated Manufacturing industry page also exists in the industry index.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier-published named case study. Strongest manufacturing and mainland China SD-WAN delivery evidence found."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_045","workbook_source_id":"MFG-045","url":"https://www.nttdata.com/global/en/services/enterprise-networking","title":"Enterprise Networking | NTT DATA Group","publisher":"nttdata.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Not applicable (no single named customer on this page)","segment":"Unspecified","named_product_or_service":"Not stated in the reviewed source","service_family":"Not relevant","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"190+ countries (general company claim, not manufacturing-specific)","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"IDC MarketScape Asia/Pacific SD-WAN/SASE leader reference (general company claim)","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"As a global manufacturer of fiber optic and radio frequency products, HUBER+SUHNER understands the power of connectivity.","reviewer_summary":"Named manufacturer with a published managed SD-WAN case study. Corroborated by the supplier's network case study index (evidence 19), which is dominated by manufacturers and industrials including NXP Semiconductors, Honda Motor Co., Hitachi, Inteva Products and Asahi Glass, several tagged to NTT Global Network Services or Software-Defined Network Service. A dedicated Manufacturing industry page also exists in the industry index.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's global enterprise networking page. Carries the 190+ country SD-WAN claim and the IDC MarketScape Asia/Pacific SD-WAN/SASE reference."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_046","workbook_source_id":"MFG-046","url":"https://www.nttglobal.net/case-studies/","title":"Managed Network Services case studies for NTT and Virtela | NTT Global Networks","publisher":"nttglobal.net","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"NXP Semiconductors, Honda Motor Co., Hitachi, Inteva Products, Asahi Glass","segment":"Multiple","named_product_or_service":"NTT Global Network Services / Software-Defined Network Service (tagged to some customers)","service_family":"Multiple","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Japan-heavy customer base, per note","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"As a global manufacturer of fiber optic and radio frequency products, HUBER+SUHNER understands the power of connectivity.","reviewer_summary":"Named manufacturer with a published managed SD-WAN case study. Corroborated by the supplier's network case study index (evidence 19), which is dominated by manufacturers and industrials including NXP Semiconductors, Honda Motor Co., Hitachi, Inteva Products and Asahi Glass, several tagged to NTT Global Network Services or Software-Defined Network Service. A dedicated Manufacturing industry page also exists in the industry index.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's network case study index. Useful for identifying named network customers, mostly Japanese manufacturers and industrials."}]},{"slug":"att","name":"AT&T Business","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/att/","research_status":"complete","overall_confidence":"low","fit_conclusion":"4 field(s) marked Partial on vendor-claimed evidence only - the provider's own marketing/industry pages or unopened Superseded case studies, not an independently confirmed named deployment (Factory and plant connectivity, Industrial IoT, Resilience and uptime, Global supply chain). Remaining 11 of 15 fields: no defensible evidence found despite the source being checked. Treat every 'Partial' rating here as vendor self-reporting, not independent proof - useful for sector-fit screening, not for a hard technical guarantee.","gaps_and_unknowns":"Vendor-claimed capabilities are flagged Partial rather than Proven because the underlying source is the provider's own page/case study and was not independently corroborated. Genuinely proving these would mean either an independent (non-vendor) source, or reopening the named case studies currently sitting as Superseded and logging them as their own Accepted rows with cited outcomes.","reviewed_by":"Harry Yelland","reviewed_date":"2026-09-09","source_count":3,"accepted_source_count":1,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_008"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_008"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_008"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_008"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"}],"sources":[{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_008","workbook_source_id":"MFG-008","url":"https://www.business.att.com/industries/manufacturing.html","title":"IOT Network and Technology Solutions for Manufacturers at AT&T Business","publisher":"business.att.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"accepted","reviewer_confidence":"medium","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["industrial_iot","factory_and_plant_connectivity","resilience_and_uptime","global_supply_chain"],"named_customer":"Alfa Laval, ACT Pipe & Supply","segment":"Multiple","named_product_or_service":"IoT Network and Technology Solutions (page name); not SD-WAN/SASE","service_family":"Not relevant","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"AT&T Business delivers the right insights, guidance, and highly secure solutions to help you connect your factory environment, simplify your supply chain, enable your digital transformation, and make your business more resilient.","reviewer_summary":"A dedicated manufacturing industry page exists and source 3 labels Alfa Laval and ACT Pipe & Supply as Manufacturing customers. Confidence is capped at medium for the SASE and SD-WAN context because every named manufacturing customer found is an IoT, fibre or dedicated internet story. No manufacturing SD-WAN or SASE case study was found.","limitation_and_notes":"Dedicated supplier sector page for manufacturing with a named customer. Vendor material; manufacturing evidence is IoT and connectivity led rather than SD-WAN led."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_006","workbook_source_id":"MFG-006","url":"https://www.business.att.com/learn/customer-stories.html","title":"Customer Stories | AT&T Business","publisher":"business.att.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"medium","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Multiple (index page; individual cards not opened)","segment":"Unspecified","named_product_or_service":"Not stated in the reviewed source","service_family":"Not relevant","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"AT&T Business delivers the right insights, guidance, and highly secure solutions to help you connect your factory environment, simplify your supply chain, enable your digital transformation, and make your business more resilient.","reviewer_summary":"A dedicated manufacturing industry page exists and source 3 labels Alfa Laval and ACT Pipe & Supply as Manufacturing customers. Confidence is capped at medium for the SASE and SD-WAN context because every named manufacturing customer found is an IoT, fibre or dedicated internet story. No manufacturing SD-WAN or SASE case study was found.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier customer story index with explicit industry labels per card. Useful because AT&T itself assigns the sector label, but most cards are fibre, IoT or wireless rather than SD-WAN or SASE."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_007","workbook_source_id":"MFG-007","url":"https://www.business.att.com/industries.html","title":"Digital Transformation Technology & Solutions at AT&T Business (Industries index)","publisher":"business.att.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"medium","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Not applicable (no single named customer on this page)","segment":"Unspecified","named_product_or_service":"Not stated in the reviewed source","service_family":"Not relevant","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"AT&T Business delivers the right insights, guidance, and highly secure solutions to help you connect your factory environment, simplify your supply chain, enable your digital transformation, and make your business more resilient.","reviewer_summary":"A dedicated manufacturing industry page exists and source 3 labels Alfa Laval and ACT Pipe & Supply as Manufacturing customers. Confidence is capped at medium for the SASE and SD-WAN context because every named manufacturing customer found is an IoT, fibre or dedicated internet story. No manufacturing SD-WAN or SASE case study was found.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier index establishing which industries have dedicated pages. Definitive for scoping which sectors AT&T chooses to publish for, but says nothing about depth. [SD-WAN/SASE/SSE field: AT&T's own industries index - lists which sectors have a page at all; carries no product or SD-WAN/SASE/SSE content itself.]"}]},{"slug":"bt","name":"BT","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/bt/","research_status":"complete","overall_confidence":"low","fit_conclusion":"4 field(s) marked Partial on vendor-claimed evidence only - the provider's own marketing/industry pages or unopened Superseded case studies, not an independently confirmed named deployment (Cloud and data-centre connectivity, Managed operations, UK delivery, Global delivery). Remaining 11 of 15 fields: no defensible evidence found despite the source being checked. Treat every 'Partial' rating here as vendor self-reporting, not independent proof - useful for sector-fit screening, not for a hard technical guarantee.","gaps_and_unknowns":"Vendor-claimed capabilities are flagged Partial rather than Proven because the underlying source is the provider's own page/case study and was not independently corroborated. Genuinely proving these would mean either an independent (non-vendor) source, or reopening the named case studies currently sitting as Superseded and logging them as their own Accepted rows with cited outcomes.","reviewed_by":"Harry Yelland","reviewed_date":"2026-09-09","source_count":2,"accepted_source_count":1,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_010"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_010"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_010"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_010"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"}],"sources":[{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_010","workbook_source_id":"MFG-010","url":"https://www.globalservices.bt.com/btfederal/digital-industries/manufacturing","title":"Manufacturing | BT","publisher":"globalservices.bt.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"accepted","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["managed_operations","cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","uk_delivery","global_delivery"],"named_customer":"Rolls-Royce, DP World Antwerp, Karcher","segment":"Multiple","named_product_or_service":"Managed Azure Network Services (named for Rolls-Royce specifically)","service_family":"Supporting only","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"UK (Rolls-Royce), Belgium (DP World Antwerp), Germany (Karcher)","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"BT delivers Managed Azure Network Services to help Rolls Royce","reviewer_summary":"Dedicated manufacturing industry page (#9) headed 'Manufacturing solutions' with named case studies for Rolls Royce, DP World Antwerp and Karcher, and an attributed quote from Paul Knight, Lead Enterprise Architect at Rolls-Royce. Note the cited engagement is Managed Azure Network Services rather than SD-WAN or SASE specifically.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's dedicated industry page with named customers Rolls Royce, DP World Antwerp and Karcher."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_011","workbook_source_id":"MFG-011","url":"https://www.globalservices.bt.com/btfederal/digital-industries/consumer-goods","title":"Consumer goods | BT","publisher":"globalservices.bt.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"rejected","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Karcher, Rexel","segment":"Consumer goods","named_product_or_service":"Not stated in the reviewed source","service_family":"Not relevant","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"BT delivers Managed Azure Network Services to help Rolls Royce","reviewer_summary":"Dedicated manufacturing industry page (#9) headed 'Manufacturing solutions' with named case studies for Rolls Royce, DP World Antwerp and Karcher, and an attributed quote from Paul Knight, Lead Enterprise Architect at Rolls-Royce. Note the cited engagement is Managed Azure Network Services rather than SD-WAN or SASE specifically.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's dedicated industry page naming Karcher and Rexel."}]},{"slug":"checkpoint","name":"Check Point","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/checkpoint/","research_status":"complete","overall_confidence":"low","fit_conclusion":"4 field(s) marked Partial on vendor-claimed evidence only - the provider's own marketing/industry pages or unopened Superseded case studies, not an independently confirmed named deployment (Resilience and uptime, Multi-site production, Cloud and data-centre connectivity, Global delivery). Remaining 11 of 15 fields: no defensible evidence found despite the source being checked. Treat every 'Partial' rating here as vendor self-reporting, not independent proof - useful for sector-fit screening, not for a hard technical guarantee.","gaps_and_unknowns":"Vendor-claimed capabilities are flagged Partial rather than Proven because the underlying source is the provider's own page/case study and was not independently corroborated. Genuinely proving these would mean either an independent (non-vendor) source, or reopening the named case studies currently sitting as Superseded and logging them as their own Accepted rows with cited outcomes.","reviewed_by":"Harry Yelland","reviewed_date":"2026-09-09","source_count":2,"accepted_source_count":1,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_014"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_014"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_014"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_014"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"}],"sources":[{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_014","workbook_source_id":"MFG-014","url":"https://www.checkpoint.com/customer-stories/","title":"Check Point Customer Stories index (industry filter and story cards)","publisher":"checkpoint.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"accepted","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["resilience_and_uptime","multi_site_production","cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","global_delivery"],"named_customer":"Austrotherm, Cendres+Metaux, unnamed manufacturing company","segment":"Multiple","named_product_or_service":"Unified SASE Architecture (named for Austrotherm)","service_family":"SASE","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"13 countries (Austrotherm)","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Headline only: 'Journey to Global Network Resilience'; no figure given","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"How Austrotherm Transformed IT Security Across 13 Countries with Unified SASE Architecture","reviewer_summary":"The strongest sector evidence in this task and the only sector where SASE and SD-WAN are named in the case study headlines themselves. Three cards carry Industry: Manufacturing, namely Austrotherm (SASE, 13 countries), Cendres+Metaux, and an unnamed Manufacturing Company headlined Expand Cloud and SD-WAN Success: The Customer's Journey to Global Network Resilience. The Quantum SD-WAN product page corroborates with a quote from a team leader of network and security at a German-based manufacturing group. No dedicated manufacturing industry page exists in the sitemap.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own case study index. Strongest sector source in this task: each card carries a named customer, an industry label and a headline, and the page exposes a full industry filter list. Individual story pages behind these cards would not render for fetching, so grading rests on the index card text."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_015","workbook_source_id":"MFG-015","url":"https://www.checkpoint.com/quantum/sd-wan/","title":"Check Point SD-WAN (Quantum)","publisher":"checkpoint.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection (not manufacturing); unnamed German manufacturing group","segment":"Unspecified","named_product_or_service":"Check Point Quantum SD-WAN","service_family":"SD-WAN","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Germany (unnamed group)","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"How Austrotherm Transformed IT Security Across 13 Countries with Unified SASE Architecture","reviewer_summary":"The strongest sector evidence in this task and the only sector where SASE and SD-WAN are named in the case study headlines themselves. Three cards carry Industry: Manufacturing, namely Austrotherm (SASE, 13 countries), Cendres+Metaux, and an unnamed Manufacturing Company headlined Expand Cloud and SD-WAN Success: The Customer's Journey to Global Network Resilience. The Quantum SD-WAN product page corroborates with a quote from a team leader of network and security at a German-based manufacturing group. No dedicated manufacturing industry page exists in the sitemap.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's SD-WAN product page. Names the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection with an attributed quote and an unnamed German-based manufacturing group. Vendor claim."}]},{"slug":"gtt","name":"GTT","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/gtt/","research_status":"complete","overall_confidence":"low","fit_conclusion":"1 field(s) independently proven via a named customer/deployment (UK delivery); 2 field(s) marked Partial on vendor-claimed evidence only - the provider's own marketing/industry pages or unopened Superseded case studies, not an independently confirmed named deployment (Multi-site production, Global delivery). Remaining 12 of 15 fields: no defensible evidence found despite the source being checked. Treat every 'Partial' rating here as vendor self-reporting, not independent proof - useful for sector-fit screening, not for a hard technical guarantee.","gaps_and_unknowns":"Vendor-claimed capabilities are flagged Partial rather than Proven because the underlying source is the provider's own page/case study and was not independently corroborated. Genuinely proving these would mean either an independent (non-vendor) source, or reopening the named case studies currently sitting as Superseded and logging them as their own Accepted rows with cited outcomes.","reviewed_by":"Harry Yelland","reviewed_date":"2026-09-09","source_count":2,"accepted_source_count":1,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_033"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"proven","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_033"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_033"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"}],"sources":[{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_033","workbook_source_id":"MFG-033","url":"https://www.gtt.net/us-en/solutions/industry-solutions/manufacturing/","title":"GTT Manufacturing industry solutions","publisher":"gtt.net","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"accepted","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["uk_delivery","multi_site_production","global_delivery"],"named_customer":"HMY Group, Mitsubishi Electric UK, Etex, Barry Callebaut, Röchling Automotive","segment":"Multiple","named_product_or_service":"Not stated (general industry page, no specific product named)","service_family":"Supporting only","estate":"Etex 160+ sites; Barry Callebaut 130+ sites","countries_or_regions":"UK and Ireland (explicit delivery claim); customers are multinational","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Röchling Automotive partnered with GTT to modernize its global network and support Industry 4.0 initiatives","reviewer_summary":"Strongest sector evidence. Dedicated industry page naming five manufacturing customers: HMY Group, Mitsubishi Electric UK, Etex (160+ sites), Barry Callebaut (130+ sites) and Röchling Automotive. Page also claims TOP 3 Global 500 manufacturers as customers, though that claim is unnamed and I have not graded on it.","limitation_and_notes":"Tier 1 dedicated industry page with five named manufacturing customers. Strongest single sector page. Also carries the UK and Ireland delivery claim."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_032","workbook_source_id":"MFG-032","url":"https://www.gtt.net/industry-solutions/","title":"GTT Industry Solutions index","publisher":"gtt.net","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Not applicable (no single named customer on this page)","segment":"Unspecified","named_product_or_service":"Not stated in the reviewed source","service_family":"Not relevant","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Röchling Automotive partnered with GTT to modernize its global network and support Industry 4.0 initiatives","reviewer_summary":"Strongest sector evidence. Dedicated industry page naming five manufacturing customers: HMY Group, Mitsubishi Electric UK, Etex (160+ sites), Barry Callebaut (130+ sites) and Röchling Automotive. Page also claims TOP 3 Global 500 manufacturers as customers, though that claim is unnamed and I have not graded on it.","limitation_and_notes":"Tier 1 supplier page. Definitive list of the verticals GTT markets to: Finance & Insurance, Manufacturing, Retail & E-Commerce, Wholesale, Public Sector. Absence of a vertical here is meaningful negative evidence."}]},{"slug":"hpe-aruba-edgeconnect","name":"HPE Aruba EdgeConnect","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/hpe-aruba-edgeconnect/","research_status":"complete","overall_confidence":"low","fit_conclusion":"1 field(s) independently proven via a named customer/deployment (OT and IT segmentation); 2 field(s) marked Partial on vendor-claimed evidence only - the provider's own marketing/industry pages or unopened Superseded case studies, not an independently confirmed named deployment (Factory and plant connectivity, Industrial IoT). Remaining 12 of 15 fields: no defensible evidence found despite the source being checked. Treat every 'Partial' rating here as vendor self-reporting, not independent proof - useful for sector-fit screening, not for a hard technical guarantee.","gaps_and_unknowns":"Vendor-claimed capabilities are flagged Partial rather than Proven because the underlying source is the provider's own page/case study and was not independently corroborated. Genuinely proving these would mean either an independent (non-vendor) source, or reopening the named case studies currently sitting as Superseded and logging them as their own Accepted rows with cited outcomes.","reviewed_by":"Harry Yelland","reviewed_date":"2026-09-09","source_count":4,"accepted_source_count":1,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_036"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"proven","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_036"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_036"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"}],"sources":[{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_036","workbook_source_id":"MFG-036","url":"https://paths.ext.hpe.com/r/a00119879?cc=us&lang=en","title":"Securing and modernizing networks in manufacturing with unified SASE","publisher":"paths.ext.hpe.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"accepted","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["ot_and_it_segmentation","industrial_iot","factory_and_plant_connectivity"],"named_customer":"SCHAEFER KALK","segment":"Chemicals","named_product_or_service":"HPE Aruba unified SASE / segmented network infrastructure","service_family":"SASE","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not confirmed on page (company is German)","ot_or_production_environment":"Segmented OT/IT access described directly in the quote","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Qualitative claim only, no figure given","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Securing and modernizing networks in manufacturing with unified SASE","reviewer_summary":"Dedicated manufacturing SASE document plus named industrial customers. The SSE page states verbatim: \"The mining industry is becoming increasingly digital. Using digital touchpoints, SCHAEFER KALK is now able to share production data, track efficiency, and accelerate its Industry 4.0 initiatives. This is made possible by a unified network infrastructure with secure, segmented access from HPE Aruba Networking.\" Barrett Steel Limited on the EdgeConnect page is a further industrial reference.","limitation_and_notes":"Tier 1 supplier industry document linked from the SASE page. Title verified in title tag and og:title."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_034","workbook_source_id":"MFG-034","url":"https://www.hpe.com/us/en/aruba-edgeconnect-sd-wan.html","title":"HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN (product page)","publisher":"hpe.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"needs_review","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Not individually named in the note (five unnamed SD-WAN customer stories referenced)","segment":"Multiple","named_product_or_service":"HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN","service_family":"SD-WAN","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Securing and modernizing networks in manufacturing with unified SASE","reviewer_summary":"Dedicated manufacturing SASE document plus named industrial customers. The SSE page states verbatim: \"The mining industry is becoming increasingly digital. Using digital touchpoints, SCHAEFER KALK is now able to share production data, track efficiency, and accelerate its Industry 4.0 initiatives. This is made possible by a unified network infrastructure with secure, segmented access from HPE Aruba Networking.\" Barrett Steel Limited on the EdgeConnect page is a further industrial reference.","limitation_and_notes":"Tier 1 supplier page. Carries five named SD-WAN customer stories with verbatim blurbs and links to case study PDFs. No pricing, no region list."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_035","workbook_source_id":"MFG-035","url":"https://www.hpe.com/us/en/aruba-networking-sse.html","title":"HPE Aruba Networking SSE (product page)","publisher":"hpe.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"needs_review","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Not individually named (four SSE customer stories, incl. a city government and a logistics operator - not manufacturing specific)","segment":"Unspecified","named_product_or_service":"HPE Aruba Networking SSE","service_family":"SSE","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"500+ edge locations coverage claim","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Securing and modernizing networks in manufacturing with unified SASE","reviewer_summary":"Dedicated manufacturing SASE document plus named industrial customers. The SSE page states verbatim: \"The mining industry is becoming increasingly digital. Using digital touchpoints, SCHAEFER KALK is now able to share production data, track efficiency, and accelerate its Industry 4.0 initiatives. This is made possible by a unified network infrastructure with secure, segmented access from HPE Aruba Networking.\" Barrett Steel Limited on the EdgeConnect page is a further industrial reference.","limitation_and_notes":"Tier 1 supplier page. Carries four named SSE customer stories including a city government and a logistics operator, plus the only coverage claim found (500+ edge locations)."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_037","workbook_source_id":"MFG-037","url":"https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/a50013909enw","title":"Mining industry finds a slick, digital layer, SCHAEFER KALK","publisher":"hpe.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"needs_review","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"SCHAEFER KALK","segment":"Chemicals","named_product_or_service":"HPE Aruba Networking (product not specified on this landing page)","service_family":"Supporting only","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Germany appears only in meta-keywords - too weak to grade alone, per Harry's note","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Securing and modernizing networks in manufacturing with unified SASE","reviewer_summary":"Dedicated manufacturing SASE document plus named industrial customers. The SSE page states verbatim: \"The mining industry is becoming increasingly digital. Using digital touchpoints, SCHAEFER KALK is now able to share production data, track efficiency, and accelerate its Industry 4.0 initiatives. This is made possible by a unified network infrastructure with secure, segmented access from HPE Aruba Networking.\" Barrett Steel Limited on the EdgeConnect page is a further industrial reference.","limitation_and_notes":"Tier 1 supplier case study landing page. Title and meta description readable. Germany appears only in the meta-keywords field, which is too weak to carry a region grade alone. [SD-WAN/SASE/SSE field: Same SCHAEFER KALK story as the Accepted MFG-036 (which is graded SASE), but this landing page doesn't itself confirm the product line, so it's supporting context rather than a standalone product claim.]"}]},{"slug":"vodafone","name":"Vodafone Business","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/vodafone/","research_status":"complete","overall_confidence":"low","fit_conclusion":"4 field(s) marked Partial on vendor-claimed evidence only - the provider's own marketing/industry pages or unopened Superseded case studies, not an independently confirmed named deployment (Industrial IoT, Multi-site production, UK delivery, Global delivery). Remaining 11 of 15 fields: no defensible evidence found despite the source being checked. Treat every 'Partial' rating here as vendor self-reporting, not independent proof - useful for sector-fit screening, not for a hard technical guarantee.","gaps_and_unknowns":"Vendor-claimed capabilities are flagged Partial rather than Proven because the underlying source is the provider's own page/case study and was not independently corroborated. Genuinely proving these would mean either an independent (non-vendor) source, or reopening the named case studies currently sitting as Superseded and logging them as their own Accepted rows with cited outcomes.","reviewed_by":"Harry Yelland","reviewed_date":"2026-09-09","source_count":4,"accepted_source_count":1,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_064"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_063"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_065"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_063"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"}],"sources":[{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_064","workbook_source_id":"MFG-064","url":"https://www.vodafone.com/business/solutions/by-industry/manufacturing-transport-and-logistics","title":"Vodafone Business in Manufacturing, Transport and Logistics","publisher":"vodafone.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"accepted","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["industrial_iot"],"named_customer":"Ford, Irish Manufacturing Research","segment":"Automotive","named_product_or_service":"Vodafone Business SD-WAN named on page; the Ford engagement itself is 5G Mobile Private Network, not SD-WAN","service_family":"Supporting only","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Vodafone 5G Mobile Private Network (MPN) is supporting Ford in the digital transformation of its technical centre to speed up electric vehicle manufacturing.","reviewer_summary":"Dedicated industry page (Manufacturing, Transport and Logistics) on vodafone.com that names Vodafone Business SD-WAN directly, plus a separate manufacturing page in the Vodafone UK industry expertise list, plus a Construction & Manufacturing sector requirements section in the SD-WAN document. Caveat: the named manufacturing customers (Ford, Irish Manufacturing Research) are 5G mobile private network deployments, not SD-WAN or SASE. The SD-WAN document does cite an anonymised \"84 plants in 36 countries\" engagement.","limitation_and_notes":"Tier 1 dedicated supplier industry page covering three of the ten sectors at once, naming SD-WAN and a named manufacturing customer (Ford)."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_062","workbook_source_id":"MFG-062","url":"https://www.vodafone.co.uk/business/sdn/sd-wan","title":"SD-WAN for Business | Vodafone UK","publisher":"vodafone.co.uk","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Not applicable (no single named customer on this page)","segment":"Unspecified","named_product_or_service":"Vodafone Business SD-WAN","service_family":"SD-WAN","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"192 countries (general company claim, not manufacturing-specific)","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Vodafone 5G Mobile Private Network (MPN) is supporting Ford in the digital transformation of its technical centre to speed up electric vehicle manufacturing.","reviewer_summary":"Dedicated industry page (Manufacturing, Transport and Logistics) on vodafone.com that names Vodafone Business SD-WAN directly, plus a separate manufacturing page in the Vodafone UK industry expertise list, plus a Construction & Manufacturing sector requirements section in the SD-WAN document. Caveat: the named manufacturing customers (Ford, Irish Manufacturing Research) are 5G mobile private network deployments, not SD-WAN or SASE. The SD-WAN document does cite an anonymised \"84 plants in 36 countries\" engagement.","limitation_and_notes":"Tier 1 supplier product page. Carries the vendor's own SD-WAN partner line-up (Fortinet, Arista, Cisco), sector suitability lists, business-size tiers and the 192 country claim. No date published on the page."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_063","workbook_source_id":"MFG-063","url":"https://d3bql97l1ytoxn.cloudfront.net/app_resources/401786/documentation/1435542_1720420681871_en-US.pdf","title":"Vodafone Business SD-WAN (product document, PDF)","publisher":"d3bql97l1ytoxn.cloudfront.net","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["multi_site_production","global_delivery"],"named_customer":"Not named specifically","segment":"Unspecified","named_product_or_service":"Vodafone Business SD-WAN","service_family":"SD-WAN","estate":"84 plants (anonymised example)","countries_or_regions":"36 countries; 192 countries (general company claim)","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Vodafone 5G Mobile Private Network (MPN) is supporting Ford in the digital transformation of its technical centre to speed up electric vehicle manufacturing.","reviewer_summary":"Dedicated industry page (Manufacturing, Transport and Logistics) on vodafone.com that names Vodafone Business SD-WAN directly, plus a separate manufacturing page in the Vodafone UK industry expertise list, plus a Construction & Manufacturing sector requirements section in the SD-WAN document. Caveat: the named manufacturing customers (Ford, Irish Manufacturing Research) are 5G mobile private network deployments, not SD-WAN or SASE. The SD-WAN document does cite an anonymised \"84 plants in 36 countries\" engagement.","limitation_and_notes":"Tier 1 Vodafone-authored SD-WAN document, but hosted on a third-party CDN (cloudfront) rather than a vodafone.com URL, so permanence is not guaranteed. Contains sector requirement sections, deal-size examples and the 192 country statement."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_065","workbook_source_id":"MFG-065","url":"https://www.vodafone.co.uk/business/our-industry-expertise","title":"Industry Expertise index | Vodafone UK","publisher":"vodafone.co.uk","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["uk_delivery"],"named_customer":"Not applicable (no single named customer on this page)","segment":"Unspecified","named_product_or_service":"Not stated in the reviewed source","service_family":"Not relevant","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"UK","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Vodafone 5G Mobile Private Network (MPN) is supporting Ford in the digital transformation of its technical centre to speed up electric vehicle manufacturing.","reviewer_summary":"Dedicated industry page (Manufacturing, Transport and Logistics) on vodafone.com that names Vodafone Business SD-WAN directly, plus a separate manufacturing page in the Vodafone UK industry expertise list, plus a Construction & Manufacturing sector requirements section in the SD-WAN document. Caveat: the named manufacturing customers (Ford, Irish Manufacturing Research) are 5G mobile private network deployments, not SD-WAN or SASE. The SD-WAN document does cite an anonymised \"84 plants in 36 countries\" engagement.","limitation_and_notes":"Tier 1 supplier index confirming exactly which industries have dedicated UK pages (water, energy, retail, finance, manufacturing, professional services, central government, local government, construction). Useful as negative evidence for sectors absent from the list."}]},{"slug":"fortinet-fortisase","name":"Fortinet FortiSASE","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/fortinet-fortisase/","research_status":"complete","overall_confidence":"low","fit_conclusion":"3 field(s) marked Partial on vendor-claimed evidence only - the provider's own marketing/industry pages or unopened Superseded case studies, not an independently confirmed named deployment (Multi-site production, Cloud and data-centre connectivity, Global delivery). Remaining 12 of 15 fields: no defensible evidence found despite the source being checked. Treat every 'Partial' rating here as vendor self-reporting, not independent proof - useful for sector-fit screening, not for a hard technical guarantee.","gaps_and_unknowns":"Vendor-claimed capabilities are flagged Partial rather than Proven because the underlying source is the provider's own page/case study and was not independently corroborated. Genuinely proving these would mean either an independent (non-vendor) source, or reopening the named case studies currently sitting as Superseded and logging them as their own Accepted rows with cited outcomes.","reviewed_by":"Harry Yelland","reviewed_date":"2026-09-09","source_count":2,"accepted_source_count":1,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_030"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_030"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_030"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"}],"sources":[{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_030","workbook_source_id":"MFG-030","url":"https://www.fortinet.com/solutions/industries/manufacturing","title":"Manufacturing Cybersecurity | Fortinet","publisher":"fortinet.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"accepted","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["multi_site_production","cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","global_delivery"],"named_customer":"Steelcase, GEMU, Kalsec, Barnes Group, Toyota Material Handling","segment":"Multiple","named_product_or_service":"FortiSASE (page context)","service_family":"SASE","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Our extended IT infrastructure is absolutely critical to everything we do, so it's invaluable to have the seamless protection that Fortinet provides across our physical and cloud-based domains.","reviewer_summary":"Quote attributed to Steelcase on the dedicated manufacturing page. GEMU, Kalsec, Barnes Group and Toyota Material Handling are also named on that page. The SD-WAN ebook [9] carries a global auto parts company (~11,000 locations, 17 countries) and a bakery manufacturer (1,000 locations, 32 countries) as SD-WAN deployments. Note the Steelcase quote evidences platform security rather than SD-WAN specifically; the SD-WAN link comes from [9].","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's dedicated manufacturing industry page with named manufacturer case studies. Vendor-authored."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_031","workbook_source_id":"MFG-031","url":"https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/fortinet/assets/ebook/eb-sd-wan-customer-stories.pdf","title":"Secure SD-WAN Customer Success Stories (ebook PDF)","publisher":"fortinet.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"rejected","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Not named (anonymised: global auto parts company, bakery manufacturer)","segment":"Automotive; Food and beverage (two anonymised examples)","named_product_or_service":"Fortinet Secure SD-WAN","service_family":"SD-WAN","estate":"~11,000 locations (auto parts co.); ~1,000 locations (bakery mfr.)","countries_or_regions":"17 countries (auto parts co.); 32 countries (bakery mfr.)","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Our extended IT infrastructure is absolutely critical to everything we do, so it's invaluable to have the seamless protection that Fortinet provides across our physical and cloud-based domains.","reviewer_summary":"Quote attributed to Steelcase on the dedicated manufacturing page. GEMU, Kalsec, Barnes Group and Toyota Material Handling are also named on that page. The SD-WAN ebook [9] carries a global auto parts company (~11,000 locations, 17 countries) and a bakery manufacturer (1,000 locations, 32 countries) as SD-WAN deployments. Note the Steelcase quote evidences platform security rather than SD-WAN specifically; the SD-WAN link comes from [9].","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own SD-WAN case study ebook. Strongest SD-WAN-specific sector and scale evidence, though most customers are anonymised by descriptor rather than named."}]},{"slug":"comcastbusiness","name":"Comcast Business","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/comcastbusiness/","research_status":"complete","overall_confidence":"low","fit_conclusion":"2 field(s) marked Partial on vendor-claimed evidence only - the provider's own marketing/industry pages or unopened Superseded case studies, not an independently confirmed named deployment (Factory and plant connectivity, Resilience and uptime). Remaining 13 of 15 fields: no defensible evidence found despite the source being checked. Treat every 'Partial' rating here as vendor self-reporting, not independent proof - useful for sector-fit screening, not for a hard technical guarantee.","gaps_and_unknowns":"Vendor-claimed capabilities are flagged Partial rather than Proven because the underlying source is the provider's own page/case study and was not independently corroborated. Genuinely proving these would mean either an independent (non-vendor) source, or reopening the named case studies currently sitting as Superseded and logging them as their own Accepted rows with cited outcomes.","reviewed_by":"Harry Yelland","reviewed_date":"2026-09-09","source_count":2,"accepted_source_count":1,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_022"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_022"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"}],"sources":[{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_022","workbook_source_id":"MFG-022","url":"https://business.comcast.com/enterprise/industry-solutions/manufacturing","title":"Manufacturing Industry Technology Solutions | Comcast Business","publisher":"business.comcast.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"accepted","reviewer_confidence":"medium","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["factory_and_plant_connectivity","resilience_and_uptime"],"named_customer":"Not named (anonymised: 'Houston-based manufacturer')","segment":"Unspecified","named_product_or_service":"Not named in source","service_family":"Supporting only","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"USA (Houston)","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Manufacturers of any finished good need a fast and reliable network to ensure that their facilities can maintain daily production flows.","reviewer_summary":"Dedicated manufacturing industry page, which meets the test. The supporting case study is anonymised as a Houston-based manufacturer rather than a named customer, so this is weaker evidence than the retail or financial services grades.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's dedicated manufacturing page with an anonymised but published case study (Houston-based manufacturer)."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_021","workbook_source_id":"MFG-021","url":"https://business.comcast.com/enterprise/industry-solutions","title":"Industry Solutions for the Enterprise | Comcast Business","publisher":"business.comcast.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"needs_review","reviewer_confidence":"medium","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Not applicable (no single named customer on this page)","segment":"Unspecified","named_product_or_service":"Not stated in the reviewed source","service_family":"Not relevant","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Manufacturers of any finished good need a fast and reliable network to ensure that their facilities can maintain daily production flows.","reviewer_summary":"Dedicated manufacturing industry page, which meets the test. The supporting case study is anonymised as a Houston-based manufacturer rather than a named customer, so this is weaker evidence than the retail or financial services grades.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own industry hub. Fetched twice; both times returned the same eleven named industries, which is the basis for grading the three absent sectors as unknown. [SD-WAN/SASE/SSE field: Comcast's own industry-solutions hub - names sectors, not products; carries no SD-WAN/SASE/SSE content itself.]"}]},{"slug":"ericsson-cradlepoint","name":"Ericsson Cradlepoint","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/ericsson-cradlepoint/","research_status":"complete","overall_confidence":"low","fit_conclusion":"2 field(s) marked Partial on vendor-claimed evidence only - the provider's own marketing/industry pages or unopened Superseded case studies, not an independently confirmed named deployment (Industrial IoT, UK delivery). Remaining 13 of 15 fields: no defensible evidence found despite the source being checked. Treat every 'Partial' rating here as vendor self-reporting, not independent proof - useful for sector-fit screening, not for a hard technical guarantee.","gaps_and_unknowns":"Vendor-claimed capabilities are flagged Partial rather than Proven because the underlying source is the provider's own page/case study and was not independently corroborated. Genuinely proving these would mean either an independent (non-vendor) source, or reopening the named case studies currently sitting as Superseded and logging them as their own Accepted rows with cited outcomes.","reviewed_by":"Harry Yelland","reviewed_date":"2026-09-09","source_count":3,"accepted_source_count":1,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_023"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_023"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"}],"sources":[{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_023","workbook_source_id":"MFG-023","url":"https://cradlepoint.com/gb/industries/","title":"Industries (UK site) - Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions","publisher":"cradlepoint.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"accepted","reviewer_confidence":"medium","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["industrial_iot","uk_delivery"],"named_customer":"Not applicable (no single named customer on this page)","segment":"Multiple","named_product_or_service":"Not stated in the reviewed source","service_family":"Not relevant","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"UK","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Private networks built for the rigours of manufacturing","reviewer_summary":"Manufacturing is one of four industries given a headed section with descriptive copy on the UK industries page, but no manufacturing customer, plant deployment or case study was found on any page read. The nearest named private cellular customers are Port of Tyne (a port) and, on the construction page, Taylor Construction and Bilfinger Global IT. Graded partial because the sector is named with detail but nothing is shown behind it.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own UK industries landing page. Names exactly four industries (retail, public safety, manufacturing, construction) with descriptive copy but no named customers on the page itself."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_024","workbook_source_id":"MFG-024","url":"https://cradlepoint.com/products/private-5g/","title":"Private 5G - Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions","publisher":"cradlepoint.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"rejected","reviewer_confidence":"medium","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Port of Tyne","segment":"Unspecified (port operator, not manufacturing)","named_product_or_service":"Private 5G","service_family":"Not relevant","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"UK","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Private networks built for the rigours of manufacturing","reviewer_summary":"Manufacturing is one of four industries given a headed section with descriptive copy on the UK industries page, but no manufacturing customer, plant deployment or case study was found on any page read. The nearest named private cellular customers are Port of Tyne (a port) and, on the construction page, Taylor Construction and Bilfinger Global IT. Graded partial because the sector is named with detail but nothing is shown behind it.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier product page naming Port of Tyne (UK) as a private 5G customer."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_025","workbook_source_id":"MFG-025","url":"https://cradlepoint.com/industries/cellular-networking-for-construction/","title":"5G for construction efficiency and safety? Built for this.","publisher":"cradlepoint.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"rejected","reviewer_confidence":"medium","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Taylor Construction, Bilfinger Global IT","segment":"Unspecified (construction, not manufacturing)","named_product_or_service":"Cellular networking for construction","service_family":"Not relevant","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Private networks built for the rigours of manufacturing","reviewer_summary":"Manufacturing is one of four industries given a headed section with descriptive copy on the UK industries page, but no manufacturing customer, plant deployment or case study was found on any page read. The nearest named private cellular customers are Port of Tyne (a port) and, on the construction page, Taylor Construction and Bilfinger Global IT. Graded partial because the sector is named with detail but nothing is shown behind it.","limitation_and_notes":"Dedicated supplier industry page for construction naming Taylor Construction and Bilfinger Global IT. Construction is outside the ten graded sectors but the Bilfinger reference evidences large multinational customers."}]},{"slug":"forcepoint","name":"Forcepoint","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/forcepoint/","research_status":"complete","overall_confidence":"low","fit_conclusion":"2 field(s) marked Partial on vendor-claimed evidence only - the provider's own marketing/industry pages or unopened Superseded case studies, not an independently confirmed named deployment (Multi-site production, Global delivery). Remaining 13 of 15 fields: no defensible evidence found despite the source being checked. Treat every 'Partial' rating here as vendor self-reporting, not independent proof - useful for sector-fit screening, not for a hard technical guarantee.","gaps_and_unknowns":"Vendor-claimed capabilities are flagged Partial rather than Proven because the underlying source is the provider's own page/case study and was not independently corroborated. Genuinely proving these would mean either an independent (non-vendor) source, or reopening the named case studies currently sitting as Superseded and logging them as their own Accepted rows with cited outcomes.","reviewed_by":"Harry Yelland","reviewed_date":"2026-09-09","source_count":3,"accepted_source_count":1,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_027"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_027"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"}],"sources":[{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_029","workbook_source_id":"MFG-029","url":"https://www.forcepoint.com/solutions/industry/manufacturing","title":"Forcepoint Data Security for Manufacturers industry page","publisher":"forcepoint.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"accepted","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"ACME Brick, GG Group, Caesarstone","segment":"Heavy industry","named_product_or_service":"Not stated (page is about data security generally)","service_family":"Supporting only","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Data Security for Manufacturers","reviewer_summary":"Dedicated manufacturing industry page with three named customers quoted (ACME Brick, GG Group and Caesarstone). The customer index separately tags HUBER+SUHNER as Manufacturing, and HUBER+SUHNER is the one manufacturing reference that is also an SD-WAN deployment, cited on the Secure SD-WAN page with a '20+ Countries' and '45+ Cluster Nodes' scale figure. Graded on the H1 because that page was read once.","limitation_and_notes":"Tier 1 supplier material. Dedicated manufacturing page with three named manufacturing customers. Single read, so only the H1 heading is used as the graded quote."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_027","workbook_source_id":"MFG-027","url":"https://www.forcepoint.com/product/secure-sd-wan","title":"Forcepoint Secure SD-WAN product page","publisher":"forcepoint.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["global_delivery","multi_site_production"],"named_customer":"Not named (product page; logo wall unspecified)","segment":"Unspecified","named_product_or_service":"Forcepoint Secure SD-WAN","service_family":"SD-WAN","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Data Security for Manufacturers","reviewer_summary":"Dedicated manufacturing industry page with three named customers quoted (ACME Brick, GG Group and Caesarstone). The customer index separately tags HUBER+SUHNER as Manufacturing, and HUBER+SUHNER is the one manufacturing reference that is also an SD-WAN deployment, cited on the Secure SD-WAN page with a '20+ Countries' and '45+ Cluster Nodes' scale figure. Graded on the H1 because that page was read once.","limitation_and_notes":"Tier 1 supplier material. Primary product page for the SD-WAN offer. Read four times with different extraction prompts; the appliance sizing phrases and the cost heading reproduced identically across passes, so those strings are treated as reliable verbatim. Customer logo wall and testimonial carousel also confirmed across passes."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_028","workbook_source_id":"MFG-028","url":"https://www.forcepoint.com/company/customers","title":"Forcepoint Customer Stories index","publisher":"forcepoint.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Multiple (index; industry tags only, not opened individually)","segment":"Multiple","named_product_or_service":"Not stated in the reviewed source","service_family":"Not relevant","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Data Security for Manufacturers","reviewer_summary":"Dedicated manufacturing industry page with three named customers quoted (ACME Brick, GG Group and Caesarstone). The customer index separately tags HUBER+SUHNER as Manufacturing, and HUBER+SUHNER is the one manufacturing reference that is also an SD-WAN deployment, cited on the Secure SD-WAN page with a '20+ Countries' and '45+ Cluster Nodes' scale figure. Graded on the H1 because that page was read once.","limitation_and_notes":"Tier 1 supplier material. Carries Forcepoint's own industry tags against each customer story, which is the single most useful sector artefact found. Read three times; the tag set (Healthcare, Education, Aerospace, Entertainment, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Energy, Information Technology) reproduced consistently."}]},{"slug":"netskope","name":"Netskope","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/netskope/","research_status":"complete","overall_confidence":"low","fit_conclusion":"2 field(s) marked Partial on vendor-claimed evidence only - the provider's own marketing/industry pages or unopened Superseded case studies, not an independently confirmed named deployment (Cloud and data-centre connectivity, Global delivery). Remaining 13 of 15 fields: no defensible evidence found despite the source being checked. Treat every 'Partial' rating here as vendor self-reporting, not independent proof - useful for sector-fit screening, not for a hard technical guarantee.","gaps_and_unknowns":"Vendor-claimed capabilities are flagged Partial rather than Proven because the underlying source is the provider's own page/case study and was not independently corroborated. Genuinely proving these would mean either an independent (non-vendor) source, or reopening the named case studies currently sitting as Superseded and logging them as their own Accepted rows with cited outcomes.","reviewed_by":"Harry Yelland","reviewed_date":"2026-09-09","source_count":2,"accepted_source_count":1,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_043"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_042"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"}],"sources":[{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_043","workbook_source_id":"MFG-043","url":"https://www.netskope.com/solutions/manufacturing","title":"Netskope For Manufacturing","publisher":"netskope.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"accepted","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity"],"named_customer":"Not named (anonymised: 'Security Architect, Fortune 100 Equipment Manufacturer')","segment":"Industrial equipment","named_product_or_service":"Not stated in the reviewed source","service_family":"Supporting only","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Netskope helps the world's largest and most demanding manufacturing companies securely adopt the cloud to streamline operations and compete at all levels.","reviewer_summary":"Dedicated industry page plus an unusually strong set of manufacturer logos on the customers page: Airbus, Yamaha Motor Corporation, Colgate Palmolive, AVX Corporation and Orbia. No named manufacturing case study; the page testimonial is anonymised as 'Security Architect, Fortune 100 Equipment Manufacturer'.","limitation_and_notes":"Dedicated supplier industry page. Testimonial is anonymised ('Security Architect, Fortune 100 Equipment Manufacturer'), so the page itself plus manufacturer logos carry the grade."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_042","workbook_source_id":"MFG-042","url":"https://www.netskope.com/customers","title":"Netskope Customers","publisher":"netskope.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["global_delivery"],"named_customer":"Airbus, BMO, Colgate Palmolive, ManTech, Prologis, JLL, Orbia, Republic Services, BLG, Culture Amp, GBfoods, The Auto Club Group, Elevance Health, Ross Stores, Sainsburys, Yamaha Motor Corporation, AVX Corporation (logos only; one linked case study)","segment":"Multiple","named_product_or_service":"Not stated (logos only)","service_family":"Not relevant","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Netskope helps the world's largest and most demanding manufacturing companies securely adopt the cloud to streamline operations and compete at all levels.","reviewer_summary":"Dedicated industry page plus an unusually strong set of manufacturer logos on the customers page: Airbus, Yamaha Motor Corporation, Colgate Palmolive, AVX Corporation and Orbia. No named manufacturing case study; the page testimonial is anonymised as 'Security Architect, Fortune 100 Equipment Manufacturer'.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own customer index. Carries named customer logos (Airbus, BMO, Colgate Palmolive, ManTech, Prologis, JLL, Orbia, Republic Services, BLG, Culture Amp, GBfoods, The Auto Club Group, Elevance Health, Ross Stores, Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd, Yamaha Motor Corporation, AVX Corporation) but only one linked case study. Logos alone are used as supporting, not sole, evidence."}]},{"slug":"palo-alto-prisma-sase","name":"Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/palo-alto-prisma-sase/","research_status":"complete","overall_confidence":"low","fit_conclusion":"2 field(s) marked Partial on vendor-claimed evidence only - the provider's own marketing/industry pages or unopened Superseded case studies, not an independently confirmed named deployment (Remote engineer access, Cloud and data-centre connectivity). Remaining 13 of 15 fields: no defensible evidence found despite the source being checked. Treat every 'Partial' rating here as vendor self-reporting, not independent proof - useful for sector-fit screening, not for a hard technical guarantee.","gaps_and_unknowns":"Vendor-claimed capabilities are flagged Partial rather than Proven because the underlying source is the provider's own page/case study and was not independently corroborated. Genuinely proving these would mean either an independent (non-vendor) source, or reopening the named case studies currently sitting as Superseded and logging them as their own Accepted rows with cited outcomes.","reviewed_by":"Harry Yelland","reviewed_date":"2026-09-09","source_count":3,"accepted_source_count":1,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_054"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_052","src_manufacturing_mfg_053"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"}],"sources":[{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_054","workbook_source_id":"MFG-054","url":"https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/industry/manufacturing","title":"Manufacturing industry page","publisher":"paloaltonetworks.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"accepted","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["remote_engineer_access"],"named_customer":"Flex","segment":"Electronics","named_product_or_service":"Prisma SASE (page context)","service_family":"SASE","estate":"20,000 people (remote access, not sites)","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Remote access solution stood up in seven days - qualitative claim","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"If you can bring up a secure remote access solution for 20,000 people in seven days, I think that shows we made the right choice.","reviewer_summary":"Quote is attributed on the manufacturing industry page to Friedrich (Fritz) Wetschnig, CISO and VP of Enterprise IT at Flex. Dedicated manufacturing industry page headed 'Cybersecurity for Manufacturing'. Corroborated by Colgate-Palmolive, described on the SASE page as securing manufacturing with a unified platform approach, and by NXP labelled Manufacturing on the customers index.","limitation_and_notes":"Dedicated supplier page with named customer Flex and an attributed CISO quote."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_052","workbook_source_id":"MFG-052","url":"https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/sase","title":"Prisma SASE product page","publisher":"paloaltonetworks.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity"],"named_customer":"Westfield, Zespri, Colgate-Palmolive, Autodesk, Grupo Bimbo, Cordis","segment":"Multiple","named_product_or_service":"Prisma SASE","service_family":"SASE","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"No PoP count, coverage list, pricing or org-size language published, per note","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"If you can bring up a secure remote access solution for 20,000 people in seven days, I think that shows we made the right choice.","reviewer_summary":"Quote is attributed on the manufacturing industry page to Friedrich (Fritz) Wetschnig, CISO and VP of Enterprise IT at Flex. Dedicated manufacturing industry page headed 'Cybersecurity for Manufacturing'. Corroborated by Colgate-Palmolive, described on the SASE page as securing manufacturing with a unified platform approach, and by NXP labelled Manufacturing on the customers index.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own SASE landing page. Names customers (Westfield, Zespri, Colgate-Palmolive, Autodesk, Grupo Bimbo, Cordis) but publishes no PoP count, no coverage list, no pricing and no organisation-size language."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_053","workbook_source_id":"MFG-053","url":"https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/sase/customer-stories","title":"Prisma SASE customer stories index","publisher":"paloaltonetworks.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity"],"named_customer":"Relias Healthcare, AutoNation, Ministry of Justice, RaceTrac, Colgate-Palmolive, Costa Group","segment":"Multiple","named_product_or_service":"Prisma SASE","service_family":"SASE","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"If you can bring up a secure remote access solution for 20,000 people in seven days, I think that shows we made the right choice.","reviewer_summary":"Quote is attributed on the manufacturing industry page to Friedrich (Fritz) Wetschnig, CISO and VP of Enterprise IT at Flex. Dedicated manufacturing industry page headed 'Cybersecurity for Manufacturing'. Corroborated by Colgate-Palmolive, described on the SASE page as securing manufacturing with a unified platform approach, and by NXP labelled Manufacturing on the customers index.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own SASE case study index. Gave story URLs and informal industry labels (Relias Healthcare, AutoNation automotive retail, Ministry of Justice government, RaceTrac retail, Colgate-Palmolive manufacturing, Costa Group agriculture)."}]},{"slug":"zscaler","name":"Zscaler","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/zscaler/","research_status":"complete","overall_confidence":"low","fit_conclusion":"2 field(s) marked Partial on vendor-claimed evidence only - the provider's own marketing/industry pages or unopened Superseded case studies, not an independently confirmed named deployment (Cloud and data-centre connectivity, Global delivery). Remaining 13 of 15 fields: no defensible evidence found despite the source being checked. Treat every 'Partial' rating here as vendor self-reporting, not independent proof - useful for sector-fit screening, not for a hard technical guarantee.","gaps_and_unknowns":"Vendor-claimed capabilities are flagged Partial rather than Proven because the underlying source is the provider's own page/case study and was not independently corroborated. Genuinely proving these would mean either an independent (non-vendor) source, or reopening the named case studies currently sitting as Superseded and logging them as their own Accepted rows with cited outcomes.","reviewed_by":"Harry Yelland","reviewed_date":"2026-09-09","source_count":2,"accepted_source_count":1,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_067"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_067"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"}],"sources":[{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_067","workbook_source_id":"MFG-067","url":"https://www.zscaler.com/industries/manufacturing","title":"Zscaler for Manufacturing","publisher":"zscaler.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"accepted","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","global_delivery"],"named_customer":"Siemens AG, AkzoNobel, Coats, Sanmina","segment":"Multiple","named_product_or_service":"Zscaler zero trust platform (page context)","service_family":"SSE","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Qualitative CISO quotes only, no figures","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Zero trust principles are incredibly relevant to smart factory initiatives.","reviewer_summary":"Quote attributed to Herbert Wegmann, General Manager, Siemens AG, on the dedicated manufacturing industry page. Three further named manufacturers with attributed CISO-level quotes: AkzoNobel (Raffaele Maresca, CISO), Coats (Benjamin Corll, VP of Cybersecurity) and Sanmina (Matt Ramberg, VP of Information Security). Page headline 'Siemens secures digital transformation in modern factory environments' confirms these are full case studies, not logos.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own dedicated manufacturing page with four named manufacturers (Siemens AG, AkzoNobel, Coats, Sanmina) and attributed executive quotes. Strong for sector grading, vendor-claimed."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_066","workbook_source_id":"MFG-066","url":"https://www.zscaler.com/industries","title":"Zscaler Industries index","publisher":"zscaler.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Not applicable (no single named customer on this page)","segment":"Unspecified","named_product_or_service":"Not stated in the reviewed source","service_family":"Not relevant","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Zero trust principles are incredibly relevant to smart factory initiatives.","reviewer_summary":"Quote attributed to Herbert Wegmann, General Manager, Siemens AG, on the dedicated manufacturing industry page. Three further named manufacturers with attributed CISO-level quotes: AkzoNobel (Raffaele Maresca, CISO), Coats (Benjamin Corll, VP of Cybersecurity) and Sanmina (Matt Ramberg, VP of Information Security). Page headline 'Siemens secures digital transformation in modern factory environments' confirms these are full case studies, not logos.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own industries hub. Used to establish which industries Zscaler actually publishes dedicated pages for: banking and financial services, healthcare, US public sector (federal, state and local), Australian government, China, education, manufacturing. Absence of retail, energy, transport, professional services and hospitality pages is itself informative."}]},{"slug":"cato-networks","name":"Cato Networks","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/cato-networks/","research_status":"in_progress","overall_confidence":"not_assessed","fit_conclusion":"2 field(s) marked Partial on vendor-claimed evidence only - the provider's own marketing/industry pages or unopened Superseded case studies, not an independently confirmed named deployment (Multi-site production, Global delivery). Remaining 13 of 15 fields: no defensible evidence found despite the source being checked. Treat every 'Partial' rating here as vendor self-reporting, not independent proof - useful for sector-fit screening, not for a hard technical guarantee.","gaps_and_unknowns":"Vendor-claimed capabilities are flagged Partial rather than Proven because the underlying source is the provider's own page/case study and was not independently corroborated. Genuinely proving these would mean either an independent (non-vendor) source, or reopening the named case studies currently sitting as Superseded and logging them as their own Accepted rows with cited outcomes.","reviewed_by":null,"reviewed_date":null,"source_count":2,"accepted_source_count":0,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null}],"sources":[{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_012","workbook_source_id":"MFG-012","url":"https://www.catonetworks.com/customers/","title":"Customers | Cato Networks (main case study index with industry filter taxonomy)","publisher":"catonetworks.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Multiple (index; not opened individually)","segment":"Multiple","named_product_or_service":"Not stated in the reviewed source","service_family":"Not relevant","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Vitesco Technologies Builds New Global Enterprise Network with Cato","reviewer_summary":"The deepest sector on Cato's site. Manufacturing is an industry filter returning seven named customers: Darling Ingredients, Vitesco Technologies, O-I, ESI, Juki, Haulotte and Komax. Several are global multi-plant manufacturers, so this is the best-evidenced sector of the ten.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own case study index. Carries the supplier's own industry taxonomy, so both the presence and the absence of an industry label is meaningful evidence."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_013","workbook_source_id":"MFG-013","url":"https://www.catonetworks.com/customers/?industry=manufacturing","title":"Customers filtered by Manufacturing","publisher":"catonetworks.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Darling Ingredients, Vitesco Technologies, O-I, ESI, Juki, Haulotte, Komax","segment":"Multiple","named_product_or_service":"Not stated (filtered list only; individual case studies not opened)","service_family":"Not relevant","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Vitesco Technologies Builds New Global Enterprise Network with Cato","reviewer_summary":"The deepest sector on Cato's site. Manufacturing is an industry filter returning seven named customers: Darling Ingredients, Vitesco Technologies, O-I, ESI, Juki, Haulotte and Komax. Several are global multi-plant manufacturers, so this is the best-evidenced sector of the ten.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own filtered case study listing. Seven named manufacturers."}]},{"slug":"cisco","name":"Cisco","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/cisco/","research_status":"in_progress","overall_confidence":"not_assessed","fit_conclusion":"2 field(s) marked Partial on vendor-claimed evidence only - the provider's own marketing/industry pages or unopened Superseded case studies, not an independently confirmed named deployment (Network visibility, Global delivery). Remaining 13 of 15 fields: no defensible evidence found despite the source being checked. Treat every 'Partial' rating here as vendor self-reporting, not independent proof - useful for sector-fit screening, not for a hard technical guarantee.","gaps_and_unknowns":"Vendor-claimed capabilities are flagged Partial rather than Proven because the underlying source is the provider's own page/case study and was not independently corroborated. Genuinely proving these would mean either an independent (non-vendor) source, or reopening the named case studies currently sitting as Superseded and logging them as their own Accepted rows with cited outcomes.","reviewed_by":null,"reviewed_date":null,"source_count":2,"accepted_source_count":0,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null}],"sources":[{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_016","workbook_source_id":"MFG-016","url":"https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/solutions/networking/sdwan/index.html","title":"Cisco SD-WAN for a secure, future-ready workplace (Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN solution page)","publisher":"cisco.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Nestle, Coca-Cola Icecek, Kamstrup, HelloFresh, The Sto Group","segment":"Multiple","named_product_or_service":"Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN","service_family":"SD-WAN","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"FedRAMP referenced (US government cloud authorisation - not an industrial/OT standard)","exact_supporting_wording":"Kamstrup optimized its network with Cisco SD-WAN and ThousandEyes, enabling seamless global expansion.","reviewer_summary":"Kamstrup's case study carries Cisco's own Manufacturing industry label and lists Cisco SD-WAN and Cisco SD-WAN Manager. Coca-Cola Icecek, Nestle and The Sto Group are further named SD-WAN customers in manufacturing or food and beverage production.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own primary SD-WAN solution page. Carries named customer story cards (Nestle, United Airlines, Coca-Cola Icecek, Kamstrup, HelloFresh, The Sto Group) and a FedRAMP government statement. Quotes re-verified on a second independent fetch and matched character for character."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_017","workbook_source_id":"MFG-017","url":"https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/about/case-studies-customer-stories/kamstrup.html","title":"Cisco and Kamstrup Customer Case Study","publisher":"cisco.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Kamstrup","segment":"Electronics","named_product_or_service":"Cisco SD-WAN, Cisco SD-WAN Manager","service_family":"SD-WAN","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated specifically (global)","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"'Seamless global expansion' - qualitative claim, no figure","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Kamstrup optimized its network with Cisco SD-WAN and ThousandEyes, enabling seamless global expansion.","reviewer_summary":"Kamstrup's case study carries Cisco's own Manufacturing industry label and lists Cisco SD-WAN and Cisco SD-WAN Manager. Coca-Cola Icecek, Nestle and The Sto Group are further named SD-WAN customers in manufacturing or food and beverage production.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier case study. Cisco's own industry label on the page is Manufacturing and the products list includes Cisco SD-WAN and Cisco SD-WAN Manager."}]},{"slug":"cloudflare-one","name":"Cloudflare One","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/cloudflare-one/","research_status":"in_progress","overall_confidence":"not_assessed","fit_conclusion":"2 field(s) marked Partial on vendor-claimed evidence only - the provider's own marketing/industry pages or unopened Superseded case studies, not an independently confirmed named deployment (Remote engineer access, Cloud and data-centre connectivity). Remaining 13 of 15 fields: no defensible evidence found despite the source being checked. Treat every 'Partial' rating here as vendor self-reporting, not independent proof - useful for sector-fit screening, not for a hard technical guarantee.","gaps_and_unknowns":"Vendor-claimed capabilities are flagged Partial rather than Proven because the underlying source is the provider's own page/case study and was not independently corroborated. Genuinely proving these would mean either an independent (non-vendor) source, or reopening the named case studies currently sitting as Superseded and logging them as their own Accepted rows with cited outcomes.","reviewed_by":null,"reviewed_date":null,"source_count":2,"accepted_source_count":0,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null}],"sources":[{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_018","workbook_source_id":"MFG-018","url":"https://www.cloudflare.com/case-studies/mitsubishi-gas-chemical/","title":"Cloudflare case study: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical","publisher":"cloudflare.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"needs_review","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Mitsubishi Gas Chemical","segment":"Chemicals","named_product_or_service":"Cloudflare Zero Trust","service_family":"SSE","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Asia-Pacific","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company (MGC) is a unique technology-oriented manufacturer producing more than 90% of its products using proprietary technologies.","reviewer_summary":"Two named manufacturing case studies, both with SASE relevant deployments. Mitsubishi Gas Chemical is tagged Asia-Pacific and lists Zero Trust, CDN, DNS and Gateway. Anadolu Efes, a brewer headquartered in Istanbul, is documented using Cloudflare One, ZTNA, Magic WAN and Secure Web Gateway, which is the strongest full SASE plus SD-WAN sector reference found in this task. Knauf, a building materials manufacturer, also appears as a logo on the Magic WAN page. There is no dedicated manufacturing industry page.","limitation_and_notes":"Tier 1 supplier case study. Named manufacturing customer deploying Zero Trust, with an Asia Pacific region tag. Directly relevant to the SASE grading."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_019","workbook_source_id":"MFG-019","url":"https://www.cloudflare.com/case-studies/anadolu-efes/","title":"Cloudflare case study: Anadolu Efes","publisher":"cloudflare.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"needs_review","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Anadolu Efes","segment":"Food and beverage","named_product_or_service":"Cloudflare One, ZTNA, Magic WAN, Secure Web Gateway","service_family":"SASE","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company (MGC) is a unique technology-oriented manufacturer producing more than 90% of its products using proprietary technologies.","reviewer_summary":"Two named manufacturing case studies, both with SASE relevant deployments. Mitsubishi Gas Chemical is tagged Asia-Pacific and lists Zero Trust, CDN, DNS and Gateway. Anadolu Efes, a brewer headquartered in Istanbul, is documented using Cloudflare One, ZTNA, Magic WAN and Secure Web Gateway, which is the strongest full SASE plus SD-WAN sector reference found in this task. Knauf, a building materials manufacturer, also appears as a logo on the Magic WAN page. There is no dedicated manufacturing industry page.","limitation_and_notes":"Tier 1 supplier case study. Named manufacturer (brewing) explicitly deploying Cloudflare One, ZTNA, Magic WAN and Secure Web Gateway. The single best SASE plus SD-WAN sector case study found."}]},{"slug":"juniper","name":"Juniper Networks","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/juniper/","research_status":"in_progress","overall_confidence":"not_assessed","fit_conclusion":"2 field(s) marked Partial on vendor-claimed evidence only - the provider's own marketing/industry pages or unopened Superseded case studies, not an independently confirmed named deployment (Resilience and uptime, Global supply chain). Remaining 13 of 15 fields: no defensible evidence found despite the source being checked. Treat every 'Partial' rating here as vendor self-reporting, not independent proof - useful for sector-fit screening, not for a hard technical guarantee.","gaps_and_unknowns":"Vendor-claimed capabilities are flagged Partial rather than Proven because the underlying source is the provider's own page/case study and was not independently corroborated. Genuinely proving these would mean either an independent (non-vendor) source, or reopening the named case studies currently sitting as Superseded and logging them as their own Accepted rows with cited outcomes.","reviewed_by":null,"reviewed_date":null,"source_count":3,"accepted_source_count":0,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null}],"sources":[{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_040","workbook_source_id":"MFG-040","url":"https://www.juniper.net/us/en/solutions/industries/manufacturing.html","title":"Manufacturing Networking Solutions | Juniper Networks","publisher":"juniper.net","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"needs_review","reviewer_confidence":"medium","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Not named (no customers on page, per note)","segment":"Unspecified","named_product_or_service":"Not stated in the reviewed source","service_family":"Supporting only","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Juniper's Mist AI-native networking platform empowers manufacturers to maximize production and supply chain velocity, streamline network operations, and protect employees, data, and devices through reliable, secure connectivity","reviewer_summary":"Graded yes on the dedicated industry page test. Manufacturing is in the published industry list [3]. The manufacturing page itself carries no named customer. Separately, the SD-WAN page [1] names Seagate Technology, a mass-data storage hardware manufacturer, as an SD-WAN customer, which is arguably a named manufacturing reference, but Juniper does not present Seagate as a manufacturing case study so this is not relied on for the grade.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own dedicated manufacturing industry page. Sector-specific framing, no named customers. Undated. [SD-WAN/SASE/SSE field: Juniper's dedicated manufacturing page frames the sector generally without naming a specific product tier (SD-WAN vs SASE vs SSE), so it supports the sector case without proving a specific product.]"},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_038","workbook_source_id":"MFG-038","url":"https://www.juniper.net/us/en/solutions/sd-wan.html","title":"AI-Native SD-WAN Solutions | Juniper Networks","publisher":"juniper.net","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"medium","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Seagate Technology","segment":"Electronics","named_product_or_service":"Juniper AI-Native SD-WAN (Mist)","service_family":"SD-WAN","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Juniper's Mist AI-native networking platform empowers manufacturers to maximize production and supply chain velocity, streamline network operations, and protect employees, data, and devices through reliable, secure connectivity","reviewer_summary":"Graded yes on the dedicated industry page test. Manufacturing is in the published industry list [3]. The manufacturing page itself carries no named customer. Separately, the SD-WAN page [1] names Seagate Technology, a mass-data storage hardware manufacturer, as an SD-WAN customer, which is arguably a named manufacturing reference, but Juniper does not present Seagate as a manufacturing case study so this is not relied on for the grade.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own SD-WAN solution page. Carries the only named SD-WAN customer found (Seagate) and the industry navigation list. Undated."},{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_039","workbook_source_id":"MFG-039","url":"https://www.juniper.net/us/en/solutions.html","title":"Solutions & Technologies | Juniper Networks","publisher":"juniper.net","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"superseded","reviewer_confidence":"medium","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":[],"named_customer":"Not applicable (no single named customer on this page)","segment":"Unspecified","named_product_or_service":"Not stated in the reviewed source","service_family":"Not relevant","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated in the reviewed source","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Juniper's Mist AI-native networking platform empowers manufacturers to maximize production and supply chain velocity, streamline network operations, and protect employees, data, and devices through reliable, secure connectivity","reviewer_summary":"Graded yes on the dedicated industry page test. Manufacturing is in the published industry list [3]. The manufacturing page itself carries no named customer. Separately, the SD-WAN page [1] names Seagate Technology, a mass-data storage hardware manufacturer, as an SD-WAN customer, which is arguably a named manufacturing reference, but Juniper does not present Seagate as a manufacturing case study so this is not relied on for the grade.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's own solutions index. Source for the definitive list of industries Juniper publishes dedicated pages for, and for the industry page URLs. Undated."}]},{"slug":"lumen","name":"Lumen","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/lumen/","research_status":"complete","overall_confidence":"low","fit_conclusion":"1 field(s) marked Partial on vendor-claimed evidence only - the provider's own marketing/industry pages or unopened Superseded case studies, not an independently confirmed named deployment (Cloud and data-centre connectivity). Remaining 14 of 15 fields: no defensible evidence found despite the source being checked. Treat every 'Partial' rating here as vendor self-reporting, not independent proof - useful for sector-fit screening, not for a hard technical guarantee.","gaps_and_unknowns":"Vendor-claimed capabilities are flagged Partial rather than Proven because the underlying source is the provider's own page/case study and was not independently corroborated. Genuinely proving these would mean either an independent (non-vendor) source, or reopening the named case studies currently sitting as Superseded and logging them as their own Accepted rows with cited outcomes.","reviewed_by":"Harry Yelland","reviewed_date":"2026-09-09","source_count":1,"accepted_source_count":1,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"partial","evidence_source_ids":["src_manufacturing_mfg_041"],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":"2026-09-09"}],"sources":[{"id":"src_manufacturing_mfg_041","workbook_source_id":"MFG-041","url":"https://www.lumen.com/en-us/industries/manufacturing.html","title":"Manufacturing IT Solutions | Lumen","publisher":"lumen.com","publication_date":null,"checked_date":"2026-07-29","source_ownership":"provider_authored","decision":"accepted","reviewer_confidence":"high","record_type":"Existing source lead","requirement_codes":["cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity"],"named_customer":"Upstate Niagara Cooperative, alphabroder, VSP Vision, Calgon Carbon","segment":"Multiple","named_product_or_service":"Not named specifically (page carries 'explicit SASE and SD-WAN blocks' generically)","service_family":"Multiple","estate":"Not stated in the reviewed source","countries_or_regions":"Not stated (named customers skew US food co-op / apparel / activated carbon, per Harry's caveat)","ot_or_production_environment":"Not stated in the reviewed source","measured_or_stated_outcome":"Not stated in the reviewed source","industrial_standard_or_regulation":"None stated","exact_supporting_wording":"Enhancing network performance for a cleaner world.","reviewer_summary":"Dedicated manufacturing industry page with four named customers: Upstate Niagara Cooperative, alphabroder, VSP Vision and Calgon Carbon, plus explicit SASE and SD-WAN blocks. The quoted string is the Calgon Carbon story headline. Caveat worth recording for the buyer: the named customers skew to food co-operative, apparel distribution and activated carbon rather than heavy discrete manufacturing or OT/ICS environments, so this is not evidence of industrial control network capability.","limitation_and_notes":"Supplier's dedicated manufacturing industry page with four named customers (Upstate Niagara Cooperative, alphabroder, VSP Vision, Calgon Carbon) and explicit SASE and SD-WAN blocks."}]},{"slug":"barracuda-secureedge","name":"Barracuda SecureEdge","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/barracuda-secureedge/","research_status":"in_progress","overall_confidence":"not_assessed","fit_conclusion":"No fit-for-purpose conclusion can be honestly written yet - no manufacturing-specific source has been independently verified for this provider (existing leads are Needs review, Rejected, or unpopulated).","gaps_and_unknowns":"No manufacturing-specific evidence has been established for this provider. The pre-populated source lead(s) are still Needs review, Rejected, or were never populated with a working URL - this needs new sourcing before any capability field can move past Not found.","reviewed_by":null,"reviewed_date":null,"source_count":0,"accepted_source_count":0,"requirements":[{"code":"factory_and_plant_connectivity","label":"Factory and plant connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"ot_and_it_segmentation","label":"OT and IT segmentation","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"industrial_iot","label":"Industrial IoT","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"edge_computing","label":"Edge computing","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"third_party_and_supplier_access","label":"Third-party and supplier access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"remote_engineer_access","label":"Remote engineer access","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"resilience_and_uptime","label":"Resilience and uptime","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"multi_site_production","label":"Multi-site production","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"global_supply_chain","label":"Global supply chain","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"cloud_and_data_centre_connectivity","label":"Cloud and data-centre connectivity","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"managed_operations","label":"Managed operations","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"network_visibility","label":"Network visibility","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"industrial_security_standards","label":"Industrial security standards","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"uk_delivery","label":"UK delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null},{"code":"global_delivery","label":"Global delivery","state":"not_found","evidence_source_ids":[],"verified_date":null}],"sources":[]},{"slug":"colt","name":"Colt Technology Services","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/colt/","research_status":"in_progress","overall_confidence":"not_assessed","fit_conclusion":"No fit-for-purpose conclusion can be honestly written yet - no manufacturing-specific source has been independently verified for this provider (existing leads are Needs review, Rejected, or unpopulated).","gaps_and_unknowns":"No manufacturing-specific evidence has been established for this provider. 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Prisma SASE converges SD-WAN, cloud-delivered security, and digital experience management (ADEM) under a single platform identity.","category":"SD-WAN / SASE technology vendor","deployment_speed":"weeks","cost_model":"Quote-based subscriptions; appliance/ION and Prisma Access/SASE licensing typically priced by users, bandwidth, locations and term.","key_differentiators":["Prisma SASE converges SD-WAN, cloud-delivered security, and digital experience management (ADEM) under a single platform identity.","Strong threat intelligence and security capability inheritance from the wider Palo Alto Networks portfolio.","Often selected by buyers consolidating from multiple security vendors onto a single SASE platform."],"best_fit_for":["Enterprises with mature security operations that want SASE built around a leading security platform rather than a security layer on top of an SD-WAN platform.","Buyers consolidating CASB, SWG, ZTNA and FWaaS onto one vendor for unified policy.","Organisations with global SaaS-heavy traffic patterns that benefit from Prisma Access PoP coverage."],"watch_outs":["Premium pricing relative to firewall-led SD-WAN vendors; commercial model requires careful scoping by users, bandwidth, locations and term.","Managed delivery is via partners (Orange Business, NTT, others); first-party managed service is not the primary model.","Private global backbone is not vendor-owned; cloud transport uses internet and Prisma Access PoPs."],"evidence_coverage_pct":0.43283582089552236,"evidence_source_count":41,"independent_evidence_source_count":0,"last_verified":"2026-09-01","website":"https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/sase","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/palo-alto-prisma-sase/","shortlist_summary":"Palo Alto Networks isn’t just selling SASE, it’s selling one door into a much larger security estate (NGFWs, Prisma Cloud, Cortex XDR/XSIAM, identity security) that most large enterprises already have some footprint in. That shows up directly in its differentiators: it’s one of the few vendors recognised as a Leader in all three of Gartner’s Single-Vendor SASE, SSE and SD-WAN Magic Quadrants simultaneously, and its ‘platformisation’ commercial strategy rewards multi-product commitment with steep discounts.","value_tier":"premium","uk_delivery":"uk_pops_partner","uk_basis":"No UK HQ (US). UK Prisma Access presence; delivered direct or via UK partners and carriers."},{"slug":"netskope","name":"Netskope","rank":3,"score":82.5,"eligible":true,"gating_failures":[],"matched_requirements":["Sector: Manufacturing"],"gaps":[],"summary":"Netskope meets every stated requirement with a weighted capability score of 82.5. Strong CASB heritage; widely recognised as a leading SSE vendor for SaaS-heavy environments.","category":"SSE / SASE platform","deployment_speed":"days","cost_model":"Quote-based subscription; modules commonly priced by users, sites, traffic and security functions.","key_differentiators":["Strong CASB heritage; widely recognised as a leading SSE vendor for SaaS-heavy environments.","Borderless WAN (from the Infiot acquisition) extends Netskope into single-vendor SASE for buyers wanting both layers from one platform.","Detailed SaaS application visibility and policy controls."],"best_fit_for":["Enterprises with deep SaaS adoption where CASB and DLP are top procurement priorities.","Buyers comparing single-vendor SASE platforms after starting with SSE.","Organisations selecting Netskope SSE alongside a separate SD-WAN platform via partner integration."],"watch_outs":["Native SD-WAN (Borderless WAN) is newer than dedicated SD-WAN platforms; validate path selection and QoS depth in RFP.","Managed delivery is partner-led; first-party managed service is limited.","Premium pricing with modular structure; full SASE bundle costs can scale meaningfully with users and traffic."],"evidence_coverage_pct":0.3582089552238806,"evidence_source_count":45,"independent_evidence_source_count":0,"last_verified":"2026-09-01","website":"https://www.netskope.com","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/netskope/","shortlist_summary":"Netskope sits in an interesting middle ground between a pure security-first platform and a fully networked one: unlike the likes of Zscaler, it has invested in its own converged mesh network (NewEdge) and a purpose-built SD-WAN (Borderless SD-WAN, built on the 2022 Infiot acquisition), so the ‘security company bolting on networking’ story is a few years further along than Zscaler’s; unlike Cato, that network is built on peering and interconnects across 67 regions rather than an owned private backbone. Where Netskope stands out is data-centric SSE - its Cloud Confidence Index covers 85,000+ SaaS and GenAI apps, its DLP heritage runs deep (it was arguably the original CASB/DLP-first vendor...","value_tier":"mid","uk_delivery":"uk_pops_partner","uk_basis":"No UK HQ (US). UK NewEdge presence; delivered direct or via UK security MSPs."},{"slug":"cisco","name":"Cisco","rank":4,"score":79.4,"eligible":true,"gating_failures":[],"matched_requirements":["Sector: Manufacturing"],"gaps":[],"summary":"Cisco meets every stated requirement with a weighted capability score of 79.4. Broadest platform portfolio in the category, covering Catalyst SD-WAN for enterprise WAN, Meraki MX for cloud-managed branch, and Cisco Secure Access for converged SASE delivery.","category":"SD-WAN / SASE technology vendor","deployment_speed":"weeks","cost_model":"Quote-based subscription/licence + appliance/support; Meraki public SKUs via partners, enterprise pricing varies by platform and term.","key_differentiators":["Broadest platform portfolio in the category, covering Catalyst SD-WAN for enterprise WAN, Meraki MX for cloud-managed branch, and Cisco Secure Access for converged SASE delivery.","Cloud OnRamp provides automated optimisation paths for Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and major cloud providers, with native integration into the Cisco security stack.","Large global partner and integrator ecosystem reduces delivery risk for buyers wanting managed or co-managed delivery."],"best_fit_for":["Enterprises already standardised on Cisco networking who want platform consistency from LAN through WAN to security.","Multinational organisations needing strong vendor presence across regions and a deep partner channel.","Buyers prioritising single-vendor risk consolidation across networking and security."],"watch_outs":["Two distinct SD-WAN product lines (Catalyst and Meraki) means buyers should confirm which fits the target deployment profile and the longer-term roadmap.","Managed delivery is partner-led rather than first-party, so service quality varies meaningfully by integrator.","Private global backbone is not part of the platform; cloud transport relies on internet and partner gateways."],"evidence_coverage_pct":0.44776119402985076,"evidence_source_count":49,"independent_evidence_source_count":0,"last_verified":"2026-09-01","website":"https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/solutions/networking/sdwan/index.html","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/cisco/","shortlist_summary":"Cisco’s own materials describe SASE explicitly as ‘a journey - you can start with SD-WAN or SSE and converge over time’, which is a different pitch to Cato’s, Zscaler’s, Netskope’s or Palo Alto’s single-platform-from-day-one story. In practise, ‘Cisco SASE’ means choosing between Cisco Secure Access (cloud-delivered SSE, evolved from Cisco Umbrella), Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN (the enterprise-grade fabric, formerly Viptela) or Meraki SD-WAN (the simpler, cloud-first option), and Cisco Secure Connect (a turnkey bundle of Secure Access plus Meraki SD-WAN specifically).","value_tier":"mid","uk_delivery":"uk_pops_partner","uk_basis":"No UK HQ (US). Extensive UK channel; Catalyst and Meraki widely delivered as UK managed services."},{"slug":"hpe-aruba","name":"HPE Aruba EdgeConnect","rank":5,"score":75.6,"eligible":true,"gating_failures":[],"matched_requirements":["Sector: Manufacturing"],"gaps":[],"summary":"HPE Aruba EdgeConnect meets every stated requirement with a weighted capability score of 75.6. EdgeConnect SD-WAN (acquired with Silver Peak) is positioned as the foundation for single-vendor SASE alongside Aruba SSE.","category":"SD-WAN / SSE / branch technology vendor","deployment_speed":"days","cost_model":"Quote-based subscription/appliance/support; MSP-managed options available through partners/providers.","key_differentiators":["EdgeConnect SD-WAN (acquired with Silver Peak) is positioned as the foundation for single-vendor SASE alongside Aruba SSE.","Strong heritage in WAN optimisation and packet-level performance engineering.","Tight integration with the broader Aruba campus and branch portfolio (LAN, Wi-Fi, NAC) for buyers consolidating end-to-end networking."],"best_fit_for":["Enterprises already running Aruba LAN/Wi-Fi who want WAN and SASE under the same operational tooling.","Buyers prioritising application performance and WAN optimisation in addition to standard SD-WAN routing.","Distributed organisations with branch-heavy footprints where Aruba campus presence is already established."],"watch_outs":["Aruba SSE is newer than the SSE leaders (Zscaler, Netskope); buyers wanting best-of-breed SASE should evaluate the SSE capability set carefully.","Managed delivery is partner-led rather than from HPE directly.","Private global backbone is not vendor-owned; SASE transport uses public cloud gateways."],"evidence_coverage_pct":0.1791044776119403,"evidence_source_count":37,"independent_evidence_source_count":0,"last_verified":"2026-09-01","website":"https://www.hpe.com/us/en/aruba-edgeconnect-sd-wan.html","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/hpe-aruba-edgeconnect/","shortlist_summary":"HPE Aruba Networking’s SASE platform is a product of acquisition and integration rather than a single, from-scratch build. The SD-WAN engine, EdgeConnect, was built by Silver Peak Systems (founded 2004, first SD-WAN product shipped 2015) and joined HPE’s Aruba business in a $925 million acquisition completed September 2020.","value_tier":"mid","uk_delivery":"uk_pops_partner","uk_basis":"No UK HQ (US). EdgeConnect delivered in the UK via HPE partners and MSPs."},{"slug":"fortinet","name":"Fortinet FortiSASE","rank":6,"score":72.1,"eligible":true,"gating_failures":[],"matched_requirements":["Sector: Manufacturing"],"gaps":[],"summary":"Fortinet FortiSASE meets every stated requirement with a weighted capability score of 72.1. Native convergence of networking and security on a single operating system (FortiOS) across FortiGate edge, FortiManager and FortiSASE.","category":"Secure SD-WAN / SASE technology vendor","deployment_speed":"days","cost_model":"Quote-based appliances/subscriptions/support; public reseller pricing exists for hardware but enterprise managed/SASE bundles require quote.","key_differentiators":["Native convergence of networking and security on a single operating system (FortiOS) across FortiGate edge, FortiManager and FortiSASE.","Strong story for buyers who want secure SD-WAN and SASE delivered from one vendor platform rather than assembled from partner integrations.","Wide appliance range covering everything from small branch to large data centre, with public hardware pricing visible through resellers."],"best_fit_for":["Security-first buyers who want SD-WAN and SASE under a single policy and log domain.","Mid-market and enterprise organisations that already run FortiGate firewalls and want to extend into SD-WAN and cloud-delivered security.","Buyers comparing single-vendor SASE platforms (alongside Cato, Palo Alto, Cisco) for converged operations."],"watch_outs":["Like Cisco, managed delivery is via partners rather than Fortinet directly; underlay and field operations are not owned by the vendor.","Buyers wanting a private global backbone will need to validate FortiSASE PoP coverage against their geographic footprint.","Best-of-breed buyers may prefer integrating FortiGate SD-WAN with a separate SSE platform (Zscaler, Netskope) rather than adopting full FortiSASE."],"evidence_coverage_pct":0.19402985074626866,"evidence_source_count":35,"independent_evidence_source_count":0,"last_verified":"2026-09-01","website":"https://www.fortinet.com/products/sd-wan","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/fortinet-fortisase/","shortlist_summary":"FortiSASE runs the same FortiOS operating system, and the same single-pass inspection engine, that has powered Fortinet’s physical FortiGate firewalls for over two decades. That’s a meaningfully different starting point from building a SASE platform natively for the cloud from scratch - the practical result is that FortiGate customers get a consistent policy and inspection model whether traffic is inspected on-premises or in a FortiSASE cloud point of presence, and Fortinet’s own commercial materials lean hard into a ‘Security Fabric’ discount for exactly these existing customers.","value_tier":"value","uk_delivery":"uk_pops_partner","uk_basis":"No UK HQ (US). Strong UK channel and FortiSASE PoPs; widely delivered as a UK managed service by BT, Vodafone and UK MSPs."},{"slug":"versa-networks","name":"Versa Networks","rank":7,"score":72,"eligible":true,"gating_failures":[],"matched_requirements":["Sector: Manufacturing"],"gaps":["Manufacturing: Partial"],"summary":"Versa Networks meets every stated requirement with a weighted capability score of 72. Multi-tenancy from the ground up, making Versa a common choice for service providers and carriers building managed SD-WAN and SASE platforms.","category":"SD-WAN / SASE technology vendor","deployment_speed":"weeks","cost_model":"Quote-based subscription; MSP/carrier pricing depends on tenant scale, bandwidth, security package and delivery model.","key_differentiators":["Multi-tenancy from the ground up, making Versa a common choice for service providers and carriers building managed SD-WAN and SASE platforms.","Versa Operating System (VOS) provides a converged networking and security software stack across cloud and on-premises delivery.","Often the underlying platform when buyers select a managed SD-WAN service from a carrier or MSP."],"best_fit_for":["Service providers, carriers and MSPs building white-label managed SD-WAN or SASE services.","Enterprises consuming Versa indirectly through a managed provider (e.g. Verizon, Orange).","Buyers who want platform flexibility across cloud-delivered, on-premises and hybrid delivery models."],"watch_outs":["Less well-known to enterprise buyers as a direct purchase; most enterprise consumption is via service providers.","Buyers should confirm exactly which managed provider is delivering the platform and what the operational RACI looks like.","Brand recognition trails Cisco, Palo Alto and Fortinet in enterprise procurement processes."],"evidence_coverage_pct":0.22388059701492538,"evidence_source_count":29,"independent_evidence_source_count":0,"last_verified":"2026-09-01","website":"https://versa-networks.com","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/versa-networks/","shortlist_summary":"Versa Networks built its SASE platform around a single-vendor, single-operating-system architecture from an early starting point - the company was founded in 2012, before the SASE category itself existed, on the thesis that legacy hardware and static WAN architectures were holding enterprises back from the cloud. That heritage shows up directly in VersaONE’s design: one operating system (VOS), one console, one policy engine and one data lake, with a single-pass parallel-processing architecture built to avoid the latency penalty of chaining separate security functions together.","value_tier":"mid","uk_delivery":"uk_pops_partner","uk_basis":"No UK HQ (US). Delivered in the UK through carrier and MSP partners building managed services on Versa."},{"slug":"zscaler","name":"Zscaler","rank":8,"score":64.4,"eligible":true,"gating_failures":[],"matched_requirements":["Sector: Manufacturing"],"gaps":[],"summary":"Zscaler meets every stated requirement with a weighted capability score of 64.4. Category leader in SSE with ZIA, ZPA and ZDX; widely adopted as the security layer in best-of-breed SASE architectures.","category":"SSE / SASE platform","deployment_speed":"days","cost_model":"Quote-based subscription; typically per-user/workload/location modules; SD-WAN integrations may add partner/vendor cost.","key_differentiators":["Category leader in SSE with ZIA, ZPA and ZDX; widely adopted as the security layer in best-of-breed SASE architectures.","Strong ecosystem of SD-WAN partners (Cisco, others) for buyers wanting Zscaler security with a separate SD-WAN platform.","Mature Zero Trust platform with substantial enterprise deployment history."],"best_fit_for":["Enterprises selecting best-of-breed SSE alongside a separate SD-WAN platform.","Security-driven SASE strategies where the SSE layer is the primary architectural decision.","Buyers consolidating multiple security point solutions onto a single SSE vendor."],"watch_outs":["Historically SSE-led; native SD-WAN capability is less mature than dedicated SD-WAN platforms (validate path selection, QoS and packet loss in RFP).","Premium pricing; typically per-user/workload/location with security modules adding cost.","Buyers needing one vendor for both SD-WAN and security may prefer a converged platform (Cato, FortiSASE, Prisma)."],"evidence_coverage_pct":0.373134328358209,"evidence_source_count":59,"independent_evidence_source_count":0,"last_verified":"2026-09-01","website":"https://www.zscaler.com","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/zscaler/","shortlist_summary":"Zscaler is the vendor that effectively created the SSE category, and it’s still the one most competitors get measured against when it comes to sheer scale and security depth - the Zero Trust Exchange runs across 150+ data centres, processes over 400 billion transactions a day, and holds FedRAMP High authorisation for ZIA and ZPA (other SASE-class vendors also hold FedRAMP High or equivalent for their own components). If you’re a security-first buyer looking to retire VPN concentrators and stitch SWG, CASB, DLP and ZTNA together under one console, Zscaler is one of the most proven single-vendor routes to get there.","value_tier":"premium","uk_delivery":"uk_pops_partner","uk_basis":"No UK HQ (US). UK PoPs in the Zero Trust Exchange; delivered direct or via UK partners and carriers."},{"slug":"aryaka","name":"Aryaka","rank":9,"score":63.5,"eligible":true,"gating_failures":[],"matched_requirements":["Sector: Manufacturing"],"gaps":[],"summary":"Aryaka meets every stated requirement with a weighted capability score of 63.5. Unified SASE delivered as a managed service from end to end, including the private global core network and WAN optimisation.","category":"Managed SD-WAN / SASE provider","deployment_speed":"days","cost_model":"Quote-based managed service; pricing normally depends on sites, bandwidth, regions, security stack and optimisation.","key_differentiators":["Unified SASE delivered as a managed service from end to end, including the private global core network and WAN optimisation.","Strong story for global organisations needing predictable performance between regions without internet variability.","Embedded WAN optimisation differentiates from pure cloud-delivered SASE platforms."],"best_fit_for":["Global enterprises wanting SASE delivered as a fully managed service rather than as DIY platform plus tools.","Buyers who need consistent inter-regional performance for chatty applications.","Organisations preferring a vendor that owns the platform and the managed service rather than coordinating multiple parties."],"watch_outs":["Smaller PoP footprint and partner ecosystem than the hyperscale SASE vendors; coverage must match your geographic profile.","DIY/self-managed model has limited evidence; this is a managed-service-first proposition.","CASB and DLP capabilities have partial public evidence; depth should be confirmed in RFP."],"evidence_coverage_pct":0.11940298507462686,"evidence_source_count":26,"independent_evidence_source_count":0,"last_verified":"2026-09-01","website":"https://www.aryaka.com","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/aryaka/","shortlist_summary":"Aryaka is one of the older, more established names in this category - founded 2009, more than 15 years before ‘SASE’ existed as an analyst-defined term, originally as a WAN optimisation and application-acceleration company before evolving into what it now calls ‘Unified SASE as a Service’. That specific phrase matters: Aryaka positions itself, and is described by independent commentary, as the first company to deliver SASE as a fully managed service rather than a self-managed software platform, built around a distinctive single-pass architecture (OnePASS) running over an owned, global private core network spanning more than 40 points of presence across six continents.","value_tier":"mid","uk_delivery":"uk_pops_partner","uk_basis":"No UK HQ (US). UK PoP on the private core; managed-service delivery into the UK."},{"slug":"check-point","name":"Check Point","rank":10,"score":62.7,"eligible":true,"gating_failures":[],"matched_requirements":["Sector: Manufacturing"],"gaps":[],"summary":"Check Point meets every stated requirement with a weighted capability score of 62.7. Harmony SASE combines Check Point security heritage with cloud-delivered SASE and optimised SD-WAN performance.","category":"SASE / security vendor","deployment_speed":"days","cost_model":"Quote-based subscription; Microsoft marketplace listing exists but enterprise deployments normally require quote.","key_differentiators":["Harmony SASE combines Check Point security heritage with cloud-delivered SASE and optimised SD-WAN performance.","Strong story for organisations already running Check Point firewalls who want to extend into SASE.","Available via Microsoft Azure marketplace for buyers wanting consolidated cloud procurement."],"best_fit_for":["Existing Check Point customers extending firewall investment into SD-WAN and SASE.","Mid-market enterprises consolidating security and SD-WAN under one vendor.","Buyers prioritising security maturity over network-platform maturity."],"watch_outs":["Native SD-WAN capabilities (path selection, QoS, packet loss remediation) have limited public evidence relative to SD-WAN-led vendors.","Smaller SD-WAN deployment footprint than category leaders; validate scale references.","Managed delivery is partner-led."],"evidence_coverage_pct":0.16417910447761194,"evidence_source_count":28,"independent_evidence_source_count":0,"last_verified":"2026-09-01","website":"https://www.checkpoint.com/harmony/sase","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/checkpoint/","shortlist_summary":"Check Point’s SASE platform has been through two names in under three years. The underlying technology began life as Perimeter 81, an independent Israeli SSE/ZTNA vendor founded in 2018 that had grown to more than 3,000 customers and a Forrester Zero Trust Wave recognition before Check Point Software Technologies - the much larger, long-established Israeli cybersecurity vendor behind Check Point Firewall-1, founded in 1993 - acquired it for approximately $490 million in a deal announced September 2023.","value_tier":"mid","uk_delivery":"uk_pops_partner","uk_basis":"No UK HQ (Israel/US). Harmony SASE UK presence; delivered via UK security partners."}],"near_misses":[{"slug":"ntt","name":"NTT DATA","rank":0,"score":62,"eligible":true,"gating_failures":[],"matched_requirements":["Sector: Manufacturing"],"gaps":[],"summary":"NTT DATA meets every stated requirement with a weighted capability score of 62. 24x7 managed SD-WAN delivery via global operations centres with strong portal visibility.","category":"Global managed network provider","deployment_speed":"months","cost_model":"Quote-based managed service; global design/delivery/support, SD-WAN vendor and security stack determine cost.","key_differentiators":["24x7 managed SD-WAN delivery via global operations centres with strong portal visibility.","Managed SASE partnership with Palo Alto Networks (Prisma SASE) for buyers wanting that platform under managed service.","Strong global delivery footprint including APAC, EMEA and Americas."],"best_fit_for":["Multinational enterprises wanting truly global managed delivery with consistent operations across regions.","Buyers wanting Prisma SASE consumed as a fully managed service.","Organisations prioritising managed service maturity and global SOC/NOC depth."],"watch_outs":["Platform fit depends on which vendor is being proposed (Palo Alto, Zscaler, others); evaluate platform independently.","Commercial complexity is meaningful at global scale; ensure scope and RACI are explicit.","DIY/self-managed model is not the primary positioning."],"evidence_coverage_pct":0.029850746268656716,"evidence_source_count":22,"independent_evidence_source_count":0,"last_verified":"2026-09-01","website":"https://www.nttglobal.net/services/sd-wan","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/ntt-data/","shortlist_summary":"NTT DATA is a massive, globally-established IT services and network provider, founded in Japan in 1988 as a spinoff of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), and now operating in more than 70 countries with approximately 190,000 employees. A significant, current corporate event is worth understanding first: on 8 May 2025, NTT, Inc. (renamed that same year from Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) launched a tender offer to acquire full ownership of NTT DATA Group Corporation, its previously partially-owned, publicly-listed subsidiary; the offer, at JPY 4,000 per share (a confirmed 41.5% premium), achieved 81.75% acceptance, and following shareholder approval on 29 August 2025, NTT D...","value_tier":"premium","uk_delivery":"uk_entity","uk_basis":"UK contracting entity (NTT DATA UK) of a Japanese parent, with UK delivery and operations."},{"slug":"forcepoint","name":"Forcepoint","rank":0,"score":59.2,"eligible":true,"gating_failures":[],"matched_requirements":["Sector: Manufacturing"],"gaps":[],"summary":"Forcepoint meets every stated requirement with a weighted capability score of 59.2. FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN combines secure SD-WAN with strong DLP and data security heritage from the wider Forcepoint portfolio.","category":"Security / secure SD-WAN vendor","deployment_speed":"days","cost_model":"Quote-based appliances/software/subscriptions; managed SD-WAN positioned but pricing public transparency limited.","key_differentiators":["FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN combines secure SD-WAN with strong DLP and data security heritage from the wider Forcepoint portfolio.","MultiLink resilience and zero-touch deployment with cloud central management.","Strong story for buyers prioritising data security and DLP as a procurement criterion."],"best_fit_for":["Enterprises with strong data protection and DLP requirements (regulated industries, government).","Organisations wanting secure SD-WAN where data security is the primary decision driver.","Buyers consolidating DLP with SD-WAN under one vendor."],"watch_outs":["Smaller SD-WAN market presence than the leading platforms.","Full SASE platform completeness has partial public evidence; SSE module depth should be confirmed.","Managed delivery is partner-led; co-managed and white-label support require partner validation."],"evidence_coverage_pct":0.19402985074626866,"evidence_source_count":44,"independent_evidence_source_count":0,"last_verified":"2026-09-01","website":"https://www.forcepoint.com/product/secure-sd-wan","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/forcepoint/","shortlist_summary":"Forcepoint’s identity traces back to Websense, founded in 1994, and its whole platform is built around a data-first philosophy rather than a network- or device-first one - the pitch is that policy should follow the data itself, not the network path or the device it happens to be on. That heritage shows up as real, credible analyst recognition specifically for data loss prevention: Frost & Sullivan’s Global DLP Company of the Year for two consecutive years, an IDC MarketScape Leader placement for worldwide DLP in 2025, and a Forrester Wave Strong Performer placement for data security platforms in Q1 2025.","value_tier":"mid","uk_delivery":"uk_pops_partner","uk_basis":"No UK HQ (US). UK delivery via security partners; government and defence heritage suits UK public sector."},{"slug":"lumen","name":"Lumen","rank":0,"score":57,"eligible":true,"gating_failures":[],"matched_requirements":["Sector: Manufacturing"],"gaps":[],"summary":"Lumen meets every stated requirement with a weighted capability score of 57. Fully managed or co-managed SD-WAN with strong NaaS positioning and integrated network services.","category":"Managed SD-WAN / NaaS provider","deployment_speed":"months","cost_model":"Quote-based; Lumen states fully managed or co-managed SD-WAN, with access/network services priced by requirement.","key_differentiators":["Fully managed or co-managed SD-WAN with strong NaaS positioning and integrated network services.","Substantial underlay ownership in North America with global reach.","Co-managed model provides operational flexibility for customers wanting selective control."],"best_fit_for":["North American enterprises wanting integrated managed SD-WAN, access and broader network services from one provider.","Buyers attracted to the NaaS consumption model.","Organisations wanting genuine co-managed delivery rather than pure managed or pure DIY."],"watch_outs":["SASE and security capabilities are largely partner-integrated rather than native; the SSE platform choice needs explicit evaluation.","International delivery depth is less prominent than the dedicated global carriers.","Underlying SD-WAN platform should be confirmed; platform choice affects feature set."],"evidence_coverage_pct":0.05970149253731343,"evidence_source_count":18,"independent_evidence_source_count":1,"last_verified":"2026-09-01","website":"https://www.lumen.com/en-us/services/sd-wan.html","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/lumen/","shortlist_summary":"Lumen Technologies has just completed a corporate transformation - on 21 May 2025, Lumen announced the sale of its Mass Markets fiber-to-the-home business - including its Quantum Fiber consumer brand, serving more than 1 million subscribers across 11 states - to AT&T for $5.75 billion in cash, a transaction that closed on 2 February 2026. Lumen’s own CEO, Kate Johnson, described the deal directly as marking the company’s transformation into ‘a Pure Play Enterprise-Focused Technology Infrastructure Company’, retaining its national, regional, state, and metro fiber backbone specifically to support that enterprise focus while divesting the consumer-facing business entirely.","value_tier":"premium","uk_delivery":"global_managed","uk_basis":"No UK HQ (US); UK delivery is largely via partners following the EMEA divestment to Colt."},{"slug":"bt-business","name":"BT","rank":0,"score":56.8,"eligible":true,"gating_failures":[],"matched_requirements":["Sector: Manufacturing"],"gaps":[],"summary":"BT meets every stated requirement with a weighted capability score of 56.8. UK market leader for managed SD-WAN with deep access circuit ownership and field engineering capability.","category":"Global/UK managed SD-WAN / SASE provider","deployment_speed":"weeks","cost_model":"Quote-based managed service; includes access, CPE, vendor stack and service tier options.","key_differentiators":["UK market leader for managed SD-WAN with deep access circuit ownership and field engineering capability.","Multi-vendor platform support (Cisco, VMware/Broadcom, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Meraki) gives buyers platform choice within one managed service.","Strong global SD-WAN and SASE delivery via BT Global for multinational requirements."],"best_fit_for":["UK enterprises wanting a single supplier for SD-WAN platform, access circuits, security and field operations.","Multinational organisations with a UK headquarters needing global delivery via BT Global.","Buyers prioritising underlay accountability and field engineering depth alongside SD-WAN delivery."],"watch_outs":["Platform choice and packaging vary; buyers should confirm which vendor platform is being proposed and why.","DIY/self-managed model is not BT's primary positioning.","Co-managed model and customer control boundaries should be confirmed via RACI and portal demo."],"evidence_coverage_pct":0.029850746268656716,"evidence_source_count":17,"independent_evidence_source_count":1,"last_verified":"2026-09-01","website":"https://business.bt.com/networks-digital-services/sd-wan","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/bt/","shortlist_summary":"BT is not a single-platform SASE company, but the UK’s largest telecommunications operator and managed service provider, delivering SASE as one service line within a vastly larger, publicly-listed (LSE: BT.A) group.","value_tier":"mid","uk_delivery":"uk_hq","uk_basis":"UK headquartered (BT Group). UK contract holder with owned UK access, UK NOC and SOC, and named UK support."},{"slug":"orange-business","name":"Orange Business","rank":0,"score":56.8,"eligible":true,"gating_failures":[],"matched_requirements":["Sector: Manufacturing"],"gaps":[],"summary":"Orange Business meets every stated requirement with a weighted capability score of 56.8. Global managed network leadership with strong service assurance, NOC depth and field operations.","category":"Global managed SD-WAN / SASE provider","deployment_speed":"months","cost_model":"Quote-based managed service; costs driven by access circuits, countries, vendor platform, security services and SLAs.","key_differentiators":["Global managed network leadership with strong service assurance, NOC depth and field operations.","Multi-vendor managed SD-WAN and SASE delivery (including Palo Alto Networks managed SASE via Orange Cyberdefense).","Strong UK and EMEA presence with established enterprise managed service track record."],"best_fit_for":["Multinational enterprises wanting a single global managed provider for SD-WAN, SASE and access.","Buyers prioritising service ownership, RCA quality and change governance over best-of-breed platform selection.","Organisations needing access circuit sourcing alongside SD-WAN platform delivery."],"watch_outs":["Platform choice depends on which Orange-supported vendor is selected; underlying platform fit and roadmap should be evaluated independently.","Commercial model is bespoke; rate cards and change costs need careful scoping.","DIY/self-managed model is not the primary positioning."],"evidence_coverage_pct":0.04477611940298507,"evidence_source_count":21,"independent_evidence_source_count":1,"last_verified":"2026-09-01","website":"https://www.orange-business.com","marketplace_url":"https://netify.co.uk/marketplace/orangebusiness/","shortlist_summary":"Orange Business is the enterprise services arm of Orange S.A., one of the largest telecommunications groups in Europe, headquartered in France and listed on Euronext Paris. Orange Business itself traces its lineage to Equant and Global One before being formally established on 1 June 2006, and was renamed from Orange Business Services to Orange Business on 16 February 2023; Frédéric Schepens serves as CEO (appointed July 2024), leading approximately 30,000 employees.","value_tier":"premium","uk_delivery":"uk_entity","uk_basis":"UK contracting entity (Orange Business UK) of a French parent, with UK delivery."}],"generated_at":"2026-09-09T15:00:24.640Z","methodology_note":"Scores are weighted across 40 capabilities with points accrued based on: yes 1.0, via partner 0.75, via managed service 0.65, partial 0.5, not confirmed 0.15, not primary 0. Extended dimensions are indicative desk research; confirm via RFP."},"faqs":[{"q":"Which SD-WAN and SASE providers are strongest for manufacturing?","a":"Based on the Netify capability matrix, the leading providers for manufacturing are listed in the ranking above. Each is graded on public evidence of sector capability, such as case studies, dedicated offerings and certifications, alongside 40 technical and service features."},{"q":"How is this manufacturing ranking calculated?","a":"Providers without confirmed manufacturing sector evidence are excluded. The remainder are scored on a weighted average across 40 capability features (graded yes, partial, via partner, via managed service, not primary or not confirmed) with the sector grade weighted at double. The same engine powers the interactive shortlist builder, the MCP tool and this page, so results are reproducible."},{"q":"Can I adjust this shortlist for my own requirements?","a":"Yes. The interactive shortlist builder lets you add your operating model, regions, clouds, security features, AI requirements and deployment ceiling on top of the manufacturing filter. Every configuration is a shareable URL."}],"citation":"Cite as: Netify ranked shortlist, Best SD-WAN and SASE providers for Manufacturing, https://netify.co.uk/sase/best/sd-wan-sase-providers-for-manufacturing","continuation":{"version":"continuations v2026.2","family":"sector","source":"sector:manufacturing","sentence":"We are a manufacturer securing IT and OT with managed SASE.","action":{"label":"Turn this into a live project","url":"https://netify.co.uk/sase-sd-wan-rfp-builder/?q=We+are+a+manufacturer+securing+IT+and+OT+with+managed+SASE.&vendors=cato-networks%2Cpalo-alto-networks%2Cnetskope%2Ccisco%2Chpe-aruba&utm_source=ai_assistant&utm_medium=twin"},"opens":"Your procurement on Netify","pins":["cato-networks","palo-alto-networks","netskope","cisco","hpe-aruba"],"mcp_tools":["workspace_ingest","score_vendor_fit","build_sase_shortlist"]}},"interactiveSurfaces":[{"id":"manufacturing-shortlist-tool","kind":"filter-ui","url":"https://netify.co.uk/sd-wan-sase-for-manufacturing/#shortlist-tool","backingTool":"build_sase_shortlist","endpoint":"https://netify.co.uk/sase/api/openapi/build_sase_shortlist","fixed_arguments":{"sector":"manufacturing"}}],"citation":"Cite as: Netify, \"SD-WAN & SASE for Manufacturing (2026)\", https://netify.co.uk/sd-wan-sase-for-manufacturing/"}