The pandemic has accelerated workplace modernizations, including adoption of the cloud and SaaS, to create a hybrid workplace—one that provides flexibility without compromising business goals.

According to Gartner1, over 45 percent of IT spending will have shifted to the cloud by 2024 (up from 33 percent in 2020), with projected revenue for SaaS offerings estimated to rise to around $370 billion over the same timeframe. Broader use of cloud and SaaS applications is driving greater investment in technologies that improve productivity, data security and continuous business operations. Networks are shifting from a traditional architecture focused on headquarters and the data center to a distributed, edge-to-cloud architecture. To support the hybrid workplace, organizations need to be able to easily secure networks and unify management across cloud, HQ and branch locations.