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CXC STREAMLINES ITS GLOBAL IT INFRASTRUCTURE WITH TECALA
Dominic Sargent , Director of Technology at CXC , tells Intelligent CISO about the company ’ s need for leading IT infrastructure that could scale and provide robust security for the cyberthreat landscape , and about its IT transformation journey with Tecala .
stablished in 1992 ,
E contingent workforce management company , CXC , has grown to become one of the largest operators in the sector . With a presence in more than 50 countries , CXC helps companies engage and manage contractors and casual staff by assisting with everything from onboarding and invoicing to payroll and risk compliance .
Scalability through improved global support
Until about eight years ago , CXC operated as a network of offices in different markets around the world . A decision was then taken to conduct a management buyout and bring the
Australian and New Zealand offices under the same corporate umbrella . About four years later , that umbrella was extended worldwide with all remaining offices becoming wholly owned operations .
CXC ’ s Director of Technology , Dominic Sargent , said at that point the company increased its focus on consolidating , streamlining and standardising the underlying Information Technology infrastructure .
“ This was when we became aware of the limitations of our existing technology partner who we had been working with for more than 10 years ,” he said . “ We decided it was time to find an alternative which was better placed to meet our requirements for a modern workplace and leading IT infrastructure that could scale
Dominic Sargent , Director of Technology , CXC
over time and provide robust security for an ever-present cyberthreat landscape .”
After conducting a thorough assessment , a decision was made in January 2019 to embark on a consulting engagement with Tecala to leverage its standard approach to aligning technology with CXC ’ s overall goals for global growth in the years ahead .
A key part of the overall strategy was building out a public cloud security roadmap which concentrated on
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