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Featuring Zakhar Shapurau, VP of Research and Development, Xeneta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Xeneta<\/a> is an ocean and air freight rate benchmarking and market analytics platform transforming the shipping and logistics industry. Founded in 2012, Xeneta maintains a global workforce spread across 15 countries, with key operations in Oslo, Hamburg, and New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For decades, the ocean and air freight markets have been notoriously opaque, leaving businesses with limited visibility into competitive shipping prices. Xeneta brings transparency to this market by providing businesses with the same comparison tools, consumers have enjoyed for years. By collecting, cleansing, and validating freight rates from various buyers and sellers, it helps enterprises make smarter procurement decisions. However, while Xeneta was solving visibility issues for the market, its internal IT began facing a similar lack of visibility as the company scaled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Challenge: Scaling Global IT Across 15 Countries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In July 2015, Zakhar Shapurau joined Xeneta as a senior software developer. Now the VP of Research and Development, he has witnessed the company\u2019s rapid expansion firsthand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I joined, we were around 30 people; now we are more than 200,\u201d Shapurau says. \u201cAs the organization grew, it became more challenging to make sure we had control over which tools people use in the cloud and how they use their laptops. Information security became increasingly important over time, too. We work with really big enterprise customers and they care a lot about making sure we\u2019re protecting their data.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond security compliance, Xeneta also needed to streamline day-to-day IT management to keep pace with hiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were hiring a lot of people every month,\u201d Shapurau continues. \u201cYou need to onboard them, you need to make sure they get access to the right tools and that their name and email is consistent everywhere. And when people leave, you also need to make sure that they don\u2019t have access to the tools and data that they shouldn\u2019t have access to.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time, the company\u2014operating a mixed environment of roughly 50% Mac and 50% PC\u2014lacked a centralized directory service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are heavy users of Microsoft 365,\u201d he explains. \u201cEveryone had a Microsoft account and a Slack account, but they were siloed. There wasn\u2019t a centralized place where you could manage identities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Solution: A Unified \u201cAll-in-One\u201d IT Platform<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When Xeneta began vetting solutions, their IT manager suggested JumpCloud based on positive past experiences. Xeneta initially deployed JumpCloud to address specific immediate needs but quickly expanded its use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe started with JumpCloud as a Single Sign-On (SSO) provider and identity management solution,\u201d Shapurau says. \u201cWe wanted a single source of truth where we could define employees and the tools they should be able to access.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impressed by the platform\u2019s capabilities, Xeneta adopted JumpCloud as their centralized IT backbone. Key advancements included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n