BITSUMMIT optimized GFL Environmental's IT infrastructure, lifting system performance while cutting IT costs and security incidents.
As GFL Environmental expanded its operations, the complexity of its IT infrastructure increased, resulting in inefficiencies that slowed down day-to-day operations. The network was fragmented, legacy systems were costly to maintain, and there were growing concerns around the security of sensitive data related to environmental services and compliance with industry regulations.
GFL required a comprehensive review and overhaul of their infrastructure to ensure scalability, cost-efficiency, and enhanced security. With operations spanning multiple regions, GFL needed a solution that could unify their systems and ensure consistent performance across all sites.
GFL Environmental had grown faster than its infrastructure, leaving a fragmented network, costly legacy systems, and security gaps spread across multiple regions. BITSUMMIT's Professional Services team treated it as one connected platform rather than a list of separate fixes, redesigning it for performance, cost, and security together.
Assess against the business, not just the tech
BITSUMMIT worked with GFL's leadership to tie the IT goals to where the business was heading, then ran an in-depth review of the existing environment to pin down the inefficiencies in network design, the wasted capacity, and the security weaknesses that needed to go.
Redesign for performance and lower cost
The network architecture was redesigned to remove bottlenecks and let data move cleanly, and legacy servers were consolidated to cut maintenance overhead. Selected services were moved to the cloud, which reduced hardware dependency and gave GFL the ability to scale capacity up and down instead of buying for the peak.
Harden security and lock in compliance
Firewalls, encryption, and multi-factor authentication were layered in to protect the sensitive data tied to GFL's environmental services, and the environment was brought in line with the relevant data-protection and ISO standards, so compliance is part of the design rather than bolted on afterwards.
Implement, monitor, and hand over
BITSUMMIT delivered the work against a phased roadmap with clear milestones, stayed hands-on through implementation to keep disruption to a minimum, and stood up proactive monitoring to catch performance issues early. Training and documentation left GFL's internal IT team able to run and extend the new environment.
The rebuilt infrastructure runs noticeably faster and costs less to operate. System performance rose 30% across data processing, network speed, and applications, while server consolidation, cloud integration, and tighter resource allocation cut IT operational costs by 20%. Centralizing the environment also made it simpler to run and maintain day to day.
Security improved alongside performance. The layered controls, including encryption and multi-factor authentication, reduced security incidents by 40% and lifted GFL's overall posture, and the environment now meets the industry and environmental regulations that apply to it, lowering the risk of penalties. The platform is built to scale, so GFL can expand operations without another costly overhaul.
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