SD-WAN appliances and the SASE agent

 Finally, Wood said, some companies have opted for a combination of both SD-WAN appliances and the SASE agent. For employees that need advanced security functionality or more robust routing features like quality of service, an SD-WAN appliance is deployed. Meanwhile, customers that just need access to company resources running in the cloud or corporate data center use Versa’s Secure Access platform.

Once a vaccine becomes readily available, Wood doesn’t expect a flood of employees heading back to the office.Instead, he expects the transition to remote work will be a permanent one for many employees, while for others a hybrid approach where the employee is working remotely at least part of the week may be used.

“For me to have a work from home sale, I just need your employee to work a portion of the time at home,” computer science engineer salary. “They don’t have to be there all the time, and I think that probably 50% or more of employees will be working at least a portion of the time at home.”