Elkjøp Transforms Peak Retail Season Readiness with the Cato SASE Cloud Platform

Nordic's leading consumer electronics retailer removes the stress of Black Friday by replacing 860+ security appliances with Cato's cloud-native SASE architecture.

TEL AVIV, Israel, April 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cato Networks, the SASE leader, today announced that Elkjøp, the largest electronics retailer in the Nordics, has adopted the Cato SASE Cloud Platform to secure and connect its 420 stores and 10,000 employees across Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland. The Elkjøp IT team began its Cato rollout before the peak season on Black Friday (Friday, November 29, 2024). It found that the Cato SASE Cloud Platform significantly improved IT readiness during this critical retail period.

"We were able to eliminate half the pre-season readiness checks, and all of our emergency IT trips to the stores with the Cato SASE Cloud Platform," says Reno Dokken, Infrastructure Manager at Elkjøp. "Cato showed us that it's possible to solve a complex problem elegantly, leaving us more time to evaluate other aspects of our IT portfolio." 

From Legacy Constraints to Seamless Scalability

Six years ago, Elkjøp began modernizing its point-of-sale system, adopting cloud infrastructure. The existing infrastructure—multiple security systems managed by separate vendors and an aging MPLS network—was poorly suited for this cloud deployment. The many security solutions led to delays in implementing security policies, and even simple network changes could take weeks to fulfill. With Cato, Elkjøp overcame those challenges and a whole lot more. More specifically, Elkjøp realized benefits including:

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