North Highland

Empowering a global consulting leader with agile, cloud-ready connectivity.

North Highland

Empowering a global consulting leader with agile, cloud-ready connectivity.

Making big ideas matter in a connected world

North Highland, a leading employee-owned management consulting firm with 2,000 professionals across 50+ offices, needed a partner to modernize connectivity and support its people-first approach to transformation. Lumen delivered its Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) and Cloud Connect services—enabling on-demand bandwidth, simplified management and cost savings of $2K per month. With Lumen, North Highland gained the agility to scale services globally, empower consultants and build a future-ready foundation for AI-driven innovation.

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Making big ideas matter in a connected world

North Highland, a leading employee-owned management consulting firm with 2,000 professionals across 50+ offices, needed a partner to modernize connectivity and support its people-first approach to transformation. Lumen delivered its Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) and Cloud Connect services—enabling on-demand bandwidth, simplified management and cost savings of $2K per month. With Lumen, North Highland gained the agility to scale services globally, empower consultants and build a future-ready foundation for AI-driven innovation.

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Challenges

  • Faced inefficiencies and high costs from legacy circuits
  • Required flexible bandwidth for global meetings and events
  • Experienced slow IT responsiveness due to complex connectivity
  • Needed to cut costs while maintaining client experience

Challenges

  • Faced inefficiencies and high costs from legacy circuits
  • Required flexible bandwidth for global meetings and events
  • Experienced slow IT responsiveness due to complex connectivity
  • Needed to cut costs while maintaining client experience

Solutions

  • Scaled bandwidth on demand with Lumen® Network-as-a-Service
  • Enabled secure, direct cloud access with Lumen® Cloud Connect

Solutions

  • Scaled bandwidth on demand with Lumen® Network-as-a-Service
  • Enabled secure, direct cloud access with Lumen® Cloud Connect

Results

  • Achieved $2K monthly savings by consolidating circuits
  • Delivered instant bandwidth scaling for company-wide events
  • Reduced IT overhead with centralized management

Results

  • Achieved $2K monthly savings by consolidating circuits
  • Delivered instant bandwidth scaling for company-wide events
  • Reduced IT overhead with centralized management

What works for North Highland

Lumen® Network-as-a-Service

Secure, scalable connections that deploy on demand.

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Lumen® Network-as-a-Service

Secure, scalable connections that deploy on demand.

Lumen® Cloud Connect

A cloud environment that connects to your network to enable greater performance, security and dynamic bandwidth allocation.

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Lumen® Cloud Connect

A cloud environment that connects to your network to enable greater performance, security and dynamic bandwidth allocation.

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“This partnership gives us the agility to adapt in real time and the confidence to deliver exceptional client experiences."

 

— Jason LePage, Director of Infrastructure

North Highland

“This partnership gives us the agility to adapt in real time and the confidence to deliver exceptional client experiences."

 

— Jason LePage, Director of Infrastructure

North Highland

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