CASE STUDY
people in engineering, finance, sales, HR
and more.
Our IT vision is to provide the IT solutions
and services that enable TT to be the
go-to strategic partner of the world’s top
technology businesses. As such, we aim for IT
that works simply, consistently and securely,
and forge partnerships with our colleagues
across TT to ensure delivery excellence.
What role did you play in managing
business operations during the
implementation process?
don’t need to turn it on or off, it just works
in the background and they can access
whatever they need to whenever they need
to,” said Tillson.
The impact of ZPA on business continuity of
TT Electronics has been significant according
to Derek Winskill, CIO, TT Electronics. “To
put it mildly, events across the world have
considerably changed the ways of working
for a large proportion of our workforce.
Without doubt, I now consider the Zscaler
cloud platform to be one of the most timely
and beneficial services I have purchased in
25 years of working in IT. My team have
managed to rollout the service really quickly
to thousands of users, to better enable remote
workers and provide services to users that we
never had a requirement for in the past.”
Jaye Tillson and Derek Winskill offer some
further insight into the solution and the
benefits it has provided to TT Electronics.
Can you give an overview of the
company and its core IT values?
Winskill: TT Electronics is a global provider
of engineered electronics for performancecritical
applications. Products designed and
manufactured include power management
devices, sensors and connectivity
solutions. We primarily serve customers
in the aerospace and defense, medical
and industrial markets. Headquartered
in Woking, UK, we operate 29 separate
locations spread across Europe, North
America and Asia. We employ around 5,000
Tillson: In my role as Head of Architecture, I
am responsible for selecting all new solutions
in close communication with the business.
With so many locations and employees
across different regulatory boundaries, in
this instance quick-fixing a remote working
programme at this scale would be nigh-on
impossible and likely result in costly downtime
for the business. Thankfully, the architecture
team was running a proof of concept with
Zscaler Private Access at the beginning of
2020 and we quickly realised it was a solution
that was so readily scalable for mass remote
working based on the global security cloud
of Zscaler. As we started the implementation
of ZPA before global lockdowns came
into force, we were a step ahead of many
other businesses, and impact on business
operations was mitigated. Based on the POC,
the rollout took less than three weeks from
start to finish.
How has the solution enabled you to
adapt to future technology demands
and future-proof the business?
Tillson: Traditional VPN is difficult to
configure, relies on on-site hardware and
doesn’t scale well. Being a cloud-based
solution, ZPA on the other hand has enabled
the security and flexibility we need to scale our
remote working capacity up and down as we
need it to. We’re confident that our business is
future-proofed for future demands. •
WE’RE CONFIDENT THAT OUR
BUSINESS IS FUTURE-PROOFED FOR
FUTURE DEMANDS.
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