SEW-EURODRIVE
Executive Summary
Customer Name: SEW-EURODRIVE
Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial
Location: Germany
Company Profile: SEW-EURODRIVE is a global leader in drive technology and motion control, supporting large-scale industrial and manufacturing operations worldwide. Its infrastructure team manages a complex multi-vendor network environment spanning more than 4,100 devices across enterprise and operational environments.
Background
SEW-EURODRIVE required a scalable way to manage configuration control, operational visibility, and compliance across a rapidly growing network infrastructure. With thousands of routers, switches, firewalls, and WLAN controllers deployed globally, manual processes were becoming increasingly difficult to maintain consistently and securely.
In 2019, SEW-EURODRIVE deployed LogicVein Net LineDancer (netLD) to improve operational efficiency, automate network management workflows, and strengthen configuration governance across its environment.
Challenge 1: Inefficient bulk configuration rollouts
Managing large-scale configuration and operating system updates across thousands of devices created significant operational overhead. SEW-EURODRIVE needed a platform capable of streamlining bulk configuration changes, OS rollouts, and verification workflows while maintaining consistency across the network.
Challenge 2: Lack of automated configuration backups and visibility
Before implementing netLD, configuration backups and change tracking relied heavily on manual effort. The organization required automated backup workflows, improved visibility into configuration changes, and faster identification of unsaved or unauthorized modifications.
Challenge 3: Compliance validation and proactive security operations
SEW-EURODRIVE also required stronger compliance validation and operational awareness during vulnerability response activities. Automated compliance checks, daily change reporting, and rapid operating system validation became increasingly important as infrastructure scale and operational complexity continued to grow.
Results
Following deployment, SEW-EURODRIVE significantly improved operational efficiency across its network infrastructure. netLD enabled:
- Streamlined bulk configuration and OS rollout operations
- Automated configuration backup and compliance validation
- Faster identification of operational drift and unsaved changes
- Daily reporting for configuration changes and vulnerability response
- Improved visibility across global infrastructure environments
SEW-EURODRIVE later expanded access to international teams, enabling broader operational visibility and centralized access to inventory and configuration data across the organization.
