CM.com communication and payment platform
Thousands of companies rely on CM.com's communication and payment platform every day. CM.com operates in over 190 countries, has more than 25,000 customers and more than 300 employees. CM.com delivers mobile messaging, payment services and digital identification solutions.
CM has offices in The Netherlands, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, China, Dubai, South Africa, Germany and France. Companies that use the CM.com platform include Heineken, Unicef, Rabobank, Parkmobile and Thuisbezorgd.nl.
Nomios Belgium helps CM.com to realise a secure network as the foundation for global growth
After years of growth, CM.com saw an explosive increase of complexity, data consumption and latency on the existing network as more and more customers were using the services of CM.com. This created the need for a new network foundation so that the CM.com platform could grow globally. To ease and speed up software applications deployment, the in-house development team of CM.com, consisting of over 100 developers, also needed an agile and lean network environment. Transforming to a future-proof network infrastructure would also enable the onboarding of new networks, deliver high-performance and provide more control to make optimal use of network functions.
“With this infrastructure we built together with Nomios Belgium, we are now able to own it ourselves and do a lot ourselves. We also have a scalable solution to provide this global infrastructure that we need to facilitate our services.” - Jan Saan, CTO at CM.com
Worldwide scalable, secure and multi-cloud ready solution
With its worldwide clientele and the scale on which CM.com operates, it is crucially important that the network is stable and secure, but also flexible enough to introduce new services and products. Together with Nomios Belgium, the traditional static network was replaced by a robust underlay and an overlay network. This overlay network provides segmentation between various products as well as network security between different components of a product. By using an overlay network, it is possible to build a new virtual network within minutes, without having an impact on the other overlay networks and associated products.
CM.com is a DevOps company that develops its own applications. By applying network segmentation in the overlay network from day one, security is already enforced during the development of an application. This results in an application that is secured on multiple layers (defence in depth).
The hardware and software stack of CM.com includes technology from Juniper Networks, Dell and the VMWare virtualisation platform. The new globally scalable environment offers built-in redundancy. Applications run on multiple virtualised networking environments offering greater flexibility for when changes need to be implemented. This way new networks can be simply added to the CM.com network after company takeovers for example. Based on the Juniper vSRX, virtual firewalls are also installed within the virtual network environment.
Software-defined and virtualised network platform
In the near future, CM.com will also benefit from Software-Defined Networking (SDN) advantages. With Juniper Contrail and the virtualised edge routers vMX, effective and automated orchestration is possible. Rapid deployment of Virtual Machines supports global scalability and enables bridging between computing, storage and the network for optimal connectivity. Juniper vSRX virtual firewalls are also installed within this virtual network environment.
CM.com builds its own campus with secure enterprise network
CM.com is currently building its own campus with more than 150 new workplaces. Nomios Belgium will supply secure wireless network solutions from Aruba Networks to the new facility. This will provide employees with fast and secure workspaces while CM.com network administrators can manage endpoints for optimal on-site network security. Thanks to this scalable Secure enterprise networking solution, CM.com has complete control over the network infrastructure on their campus.
“Based on my experiences I would certainly tell people to call Nomios Belgium and ask them to help you out. Because they will get you to the next level." - Jan Saan, CTO at CM.com
Do you have a project you would like to discuss?
Give us a call or leave a message. We are looking forward to learn about your security project, infrastructure challenges or any other inquiries.