Success Stories

A petroleum manufacturing organization operating multiple production facilities across the southern United States faced a growing challenge securing its operational technology (OT) environment while enabling real-time access to production data for corporate reporting and analytics. As historically isolated OT systems were connected to enterprise IT, the organization's attack surface expanded significantly. Legacy industrial equipment—never designed with modern security controls—could not be patched, instrumented with agents, or actively scanned without risking downtime, safety incidents, or production disruption. Leadership needed a solution that would protect critical operations without interfering with the OT software stack or aging hardware.

BEK Networks partnered with the customer as a trusted, vendor-agnostic advisor to evaluate OT-safe security options aligned with operational realities. BEK guided the customer through solution research, vendor vetting, contract negotiation, and a controlled pilot—working closely with the customer's OT network provider to ensure the solution could be certified for production use. The organization ultimately deployed ARIA AZT, a zero-trust security platform purpose-built for OT environments. The solution delivers protection for legacy industrial systems without requiring agents, invasive scanning, or disruptive changes to operations.

A large U.S.-based cabinet manufacturing company with approximately 400 users and nationwide distribution had been operating on a legacy IT environment supported by a long-standing technology partner and managed services provider. Following the acquisition of that provider by a larger firm, the customer experienced declining service quality and a lack of strategic guidance needed to support continued growth and round-the-clock manufacturing operations. The organization's CIO recognized that the existing model was no longer aligned with the business. Support responsiveness suffered, systems were aging, and the IT environment lacked the flexibility and scalability required to modernize operations and improve performance.

BEK Networks was engaged as a vendor-agnostic advisor to assess the current environment and help realign technology strategy with business needs. BEK evaluated the customer's infrastructure, licensing, and support model, bringing multiple qualified providers to the table. BEK then helped design a modern, cloud-based architecture and guided the customer through consolidating services, licensing, and hardware into a streamlined vendor ecosystem better suited for 24/7 manufacturing. The solution included migrating infrastructure to a cloud operating model with 11:11 Systems and transitioning software licensing to a managed services provider offering improved pricing, support, and long-term flexibility.

A civil engineering and consulting firm with over 80 years of experience and 10 locations underwent a strategic merger that significantly expanded its footprint, personnel, and operational complexity. The transaction introduced immediate challenges around rebranding, data consolidation, system integration, and supporting new offices while maintaining continuity for ongoing client work. The merger triggered the need to unify disparate IT environments, address security and audit requirements, and ensure connectivity across newly added locations—all while continuing to scale the business. Leadership needed a trusted partner who could manage complexity, coordinate multiple vendors, and keep technology aligned with business objectives during a critical transition period.

BEK Networks was engaged as a vendor-agnostic, consultative advisor to guide the organization through the integration process. BEK supported the customer by enabling connectivity for new locations, assisting with security considerations related to audits during and after the merger, and providing guidance on hardware procurement and technology stack consolidation. Acting as a central point of coordination, BEK helped manage multiple providers and vendors while aligning infrastructure, security, and systems to support the newly combined organization. This approach reduced friction during integration and allowed internal teams to remain focused on the business.

A federally chartered credit union managing more than $2.5 billion in assets and serving over 195,000 members faced a growing challenge: how to enable the use of AI across the organization without introducing security, compliance, or cost risk. As employee interest in AI tools increased, leadership recognized the potential for productivity gains—but also the dangers of unmanaged adoption. Shadow IT, uncontrolled costs, data leakage, and the risk of proprietary information being used to train external large language models posed unacceptable risks in a highly regulated financial environment.

The CIO engaged BEK Networks as a trusted, vendor-agnostic advisor to help define a secure and governed approach to AI adoption. BEK worked with the customer to research and evaluate multiple AI platforms capable of providing strong data protection, cost controls, and access to multiple language models—without allowing corporate data to be exposed or used for external model training. BEK guided the organization through solution evaluation, provider comparison, and the design of a structured pilot program. In parallel, BEK helped facilitate user training, connect internal data repositories securely, and test workflows to ensure the platform aligned with both business objectives and regulatory requirements.

A national transportation and logistics organization, based in Birmingham, AL, was challenged with managing a highly distributed network environment supported by multiple internet providers, fragmented billing, and limited visibility across locations. As the business continued to grow, the operational burden of troubleshooting issues, reconciling invoices, and coordinating vendor support began to strain internal resources.

BEK partnered with the customer to redesign their network strategy, consolidating all internet connectivity under a single aggregator provider. This approach simplified vendor management while delivering centralized visibility through one unified portal—providing a true "single pane of glass" for network performance, billing, and trouble ticketing.