Cameron Mitchell Restaurants Transforms Network Infrastructure with Extreme Networks, Logically, and SonicWall

Overview

Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, a nationally renowned restaurant group known for providing unforgettable dining experiences, faced a modern challenge: scaling secure, high-performance network infrastructure across 74 unique locations while maintaining operational excellence. Led by Orlando Sprockel, Director of IT, the company turned to managed services provider Logically to design and execute a full network and security transformation—featuring an enterprise-grade Extreme Networks deployment and SonicWall firewalls.

The result: dramatically improved wireless performance, greater security visibility and control, and a more flexible, scalable environment to support continued growth.

The Challenge

With rapid expansion and an increasing reliance on digital tools and guest Wi-Fi, Cameron Mitchell’s existing infrastructure—based on Cisco Meraki switches and access points — struggled to keep up. Cameron Mitchells’s environment was a Cisco Meraki shop (APs, firewalls, small business switches). With Cisco, they struggled to do fine-grained configuration between APs—especially important as the business evolved. The company had also transitioned from a wired, on-prem POS system to Toast, which is wireless-first and requires reliable Wi-Fi coverage. These changes left Cameron Mitchell facing a defined set of challenges that, with Logicallys guidance, pointed to the appropriate Extreme Networks solution:

• Inconsistent Wi-Fi Performance: Restaurants varied in layout and demand, leading to patchy coverage and interference, including unintentional external access near high-traffic locations.
• Lack of 24/7 IT Support: Managing a distributed environment required round-the-clock responsiveness, which strained the internal IT team. Cisco did not offer the ability to co-manage the network equipment.
• Cybersecurity Pressures: Without dedicated cybersecurity expertise, the team faced rising risk from alerts and potential vulnerabilities.
• Complex Vendor Ecosystem: Mixing equipment from different providers added configuration complexity and made troubleshooting more difficult.

The Solution: Partnership with Logically, Extreme Networks and SonicWall

To modernize its infrastructure, Cameron Mitchell partnered with Logically to deliver a consistent, secure, and flexible network foundation across all 74 locations—built on Extreme Networks switches and APs for network performance, and SonicWall firewalls for advanced security.

Unified, Enterprise-Grade Network with Extreme

The company is currently transitioning from Cisco Meraki APs and switches to a standardized infrastructure powered by Extreme’s cloud-managed networking solutions to simplify and scale operations, including:

• Extreme’s Wi-Fi 6 access points tailored to each restaurant’s unique floor plan. Additional benefits include:
  • More reliable Wi-Fi coverage to support handheld devices for associates.
  • The Ability to fine-tune wireless performance (enough power and coverage for servers on patios, but without spilling Wi-Fi to nearby boats/guests).
  • Partnering with Logically to get the configuration flexibility and control they couldn’t achieve with Meraki.
• Extreme Switches for reliable performance and scalability
• ExtremeCloud™ IQ for centralized management and control
• Predictive AP Analytics to ensure optimal placement, minimize dead zones, and prevent signal bleed (e.g., Wi-Fi reaching outdoor diners at Ocean Prime in Fort Lauderdale but extending to nearby boats in the marina)

Collectively this modernization has powered better wired and wireless network bandwidth, performance and visibility.