Gerawan Farms increases productivity with unified security management
Company Size
1,000+
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- Bitdefender Cloud Security for Endpoints
Tech Stack
- Bitdefender Cloud Security
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Customer Satisfaction
- Digital Expertise
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Cybersecurity & Privacy - Endpoint Security
Applicable Industries
- Agriculture
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
Use Cases
- Cybersecurity
- Remote Asset Management
Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Family owned and operated since 1938, Gerawan Farming is the nation’s largest grower of peaches, plums, and nectarines, and among the leaders in table grapes. Gerawan Farming is one grower, packing up to 100,000 boxes a day of quality fruit from our enormous orchards, each piece grown, nurtured, harvested and handled exactly the same.
The Challenge
In operation since 1938, Gerawan Farms is the largest grower and distributor of ‘stone’ fruits in the U.S. and across the world. Throughout the years, the company has maintained its high quality produce, services and distribution through the assistance of innovation and technology. The base full time staff is approximately 1000 people. However, in its busiest seasons, Gerawan Farms has up to 4500 employees, which include seasonal workers, contractors and full time staff. Moreover, Gerawan Farms has a highly distributed workforce allocated in the fields and orchards, the processing and packing plants, and offices. Approximately 250 field workers rely on various mobile devices – iPads, iPods and iPhones – to capture and share information through an intricate system that communicates to the processing plants and the company’s main office. In the recent past, Gerawan Farms was suffering from poor administrative controls for security – utilizing multiple security vendors. Tad Uhl, Manager of Information Technology, Gerawan Farms, says “We have come to rely on mobile devices to ensure our efficiency as a company. With our distributed workforce operating and reporting on multiple devices using various security products, it was problematic to manage updates and policies, and even to know which computers or devices ever came into the network.”
The Solution
After attending VMworld and learning more about Bitdefender Cloud Security Endpoints, Mr. Uhl decided to move forward with a Proof-of-Concept (P.O.C) on the physical devices on a small group, and, satisfied with the results, eventually rolled out the solution to all users. “We chose to move ahead with Bitdefender Cloud Security for Endpoints for three reasons: 1) the technology’s ability to detect and prevent; 2) the solution is so easy to use that people need very little training; and 3) the footprint on all the machines and devices is minimal. Other products take up so much memory, and Bitdefender doesn’t impact production and performance.”
Operational Impact
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