Delivering ROI with Unified SASE as a Service

Based in Michigan, Thetford was founded in 1963 and has grown into a global market leader in mobilesanitation systems, refrigeration, kitchen, and cooking appliances for the recreational vehicle market.
We recently interviewed Thetford’s Global IT Coordinator, Ger Peeters, about its implementation of Aryaka Unified SASE as a Service.
In this recent interview, Peeters shared insights into the evolution of the organization's infrastructure and the strategic decision to adopt Aryaka Unified SASE as a Service. This transition reflects a broader trend in the IT industry, where companies are moving away from traditional on-premises systems towards cloud-based solutions to enhance flexibility, scalability, and security. In Thetford’s case, the transition to full Unified SASE as a Service was compelled by the increasing complexity of managing a global network and the expansion of the cloud footprint, Peeters told us. Thetford’s growth, as well as the increasingly global nature of its infrastructure, meant it needed to move beyond traditional network providers of the past.
Highlights:
- Thetford was able to decrease operational costs and improve networking service with Aryaka Unified SASE as a Service. Thetford adopted Aryaka for its flexibility, global support, and ability to provide managed SD-WAN, connectivity, and security.
- The company fully outsourced its network to Aryaka. Aryaka's fully managed service allowed Thetford’s IT team to step back from managing SD-WAN and connectivity directly.
- Thetford’s Aryaka deployment reduced management overhead as well as licensing costs. Implementing Aryaka Unified SASE as a Service has simplified network and security management, offering a single interface for monitoring and managing security policies, web filtering, intrusion detection, and next-gen firewalls.
- Aryaka’s private network is unique among the competition. Thetford evaluated SASE solutions from other providers, but it found Aryaka’s to be fully complete and wanted full network integration.