The last few years have seen a seismic shift in people working remotely. Outdated technology like VPNs and firewalls are meant to secure corporate networks while accessing applications primarily residing in the data center. VPNs and firewalls solved issues relating to app access when there were stipulations around where employees worked and where applications were hosted. Now, the collective workforce — including employees, third-party contractors, and suppliers — is not limited by location. The last two years have accelerated this with the continuous evolution and adoption of work-from-anywhere. A recent survey by PWC suggests as many as 78% of employees prefer a hybrid work approach.
In addition to workplace modernization, digital transformation has been a central point of discussion, especially in the last decade. Organizations moving applications to the cloud have seen several benefits of scale and reduction in complexity and cost. Analysts say that more than 85% of organizations will embrace a cloud-first principle by 2025. However, many organizations have used VPNs to provide these mobile users application access as a stopgap. Unfortunately, doing so has been backhauling traffic, resulting in poor user experience and connectivity issues.
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