VIRTUAL DESKTOP TOOLS, VIRTUAL DESKTOP STRATEGIES
prnewswire | April 12, 2023
Netskope, a leader in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), today announced Netskope Endpoint SD-WAN, software to provide secure, optimized access to endpoint devices from anywhere. Netskope Endpoint SD-WAN will leverage the industry's first software-based unified SASE client, converging SD-WAN and Security Service Edge (SSE) capabilities so organizations can easily reduce cost and complexity, simplify connectivity, eliminate the sprawl of multiple clients and point products, and preserve network performance at any scale.
Organizations today often battle poor user experience, inconsistent policy, insufficient security, and the limitations of legacy network solutions, especially cumbersome SD-WAN architecture ill-equipped for modern application management needs. Announced today as the newest addition to the Netskope Borderless SD-WAN portfolio, Netskope Endpoint SD-WAN offers workers anywhere the same level of application experience and security from their laptops or other devices as they would receive in the corporate office, without requiring any hardware.
Key benefits of Endpoint SD-WAN include:
AI-Driven Operations: Netskope Endpoint SD-WAN simplifies management with automated troubleshooting and insights into end-user experience with per-user AppX score, traffic flows, policy violations, and anomaly detection.
High-Performance Connectivity for Critical Voice, Video, and Data Applications: Netskope Endpoint SD-WAN offers fast and reliable connections with application-aware prioritization and dynamic path selection, and automatically remediates poor performance on the last mile.
Optimized User Experience: Netskope Endpoint SD-WAN eliminates single-tunnel shortcomings of existing remote access VPN by connecting with multiple public and private data centers simultaneously, enabling users to receive the most optimized experience with policy-based direct-to-app access.
360° Protection: Netskope's unified SASE client smoothly delivers SD-WAN, SWG, CASB, ZTNA, DLP, Cloud Firewall and other security services.
Unified Architecture and Consistent Context-aware Policy: Netskope Borderless SD-WAN extends context-aware zero trust policy, SD-WAN, and Intelligent SSE across the entire solution portfolio, providing every remote user, device, and site with simple, secure, high-performance access to hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
"We are excited for this announcement," said Mike Hogenauer, Director, Network, at FIS Global. "As a full-service managed services provider, we look for new technologies that can help our customers be faster, smarter, and more productive. Harnessing the power of context-aware SD-WAN, Netskope Endpoint SD-WAN is delivered right to user endpoints, replacing legacy VPN with all of the benefits of SD-WAN and without requiring any hardware appliance. Endpoint SD-WAN helps us provide our customers with consistent visibility, security, and network optimization, anywhere their users and devices are."
"Enterprises across the globe are increasingly prioritizing unified edge networking and security strategies that enable secure, high-quality connectivity for any user or device, from anywhere to any application," said Brandon Butler, IDC Research Manager, Enterprise Networks. "The Netskope Endpoint SD-WAN brings benefits of SD-WAN and edge security tools together in an end-user and IT-friendly client format. These tools can be powerful for enterprises and service providers alike to accelerate edge networking and security transformation."
"At Netskope we innovate with our customers' needs in mind, identifying the best ways to reduce risk and accelerate performance," said Parag Thakore, SVP, Borderless SD-WAN, Netskope. "Organizations using outdated SD-WAN and security technology have realized they can't patch their way to a better network, can't prioritize or secure what they can't easily discover, and shouldn't rely on cumbersome SD-WAN architecture that wasn't built for a highly distributed, cloud-centric workforce. That's why Netskope Borderless SD-WAN and our unified SASE client offer unprecedented context-aware networking and security, revolutionizing the way organizations operate."
Endpoint SD-WAN is the latest addition to Netskope's award-winning SASE platform. Borderless SD-WAN shares the same context-aware Zero Trust Engine that already powers Netskope Intelligent SSE, including the industry's largest application database. The platform also leverages Netskope's Cloud Confidence Index (CCI) to assign smart defaults automatically to all applications, making SD-WAN operations extremely efficient.
About Netskope
Netskope, a global SASE leader, is redefining cloud, data, and network security to help organizations apply zero trust principles to protect data. Fast and easy to use, the Netskope platform provides optimized access and real-time security for people, devices, and data anywhere they go. Netskope helps customers reduce risk, accelerate performance, and get unrivaled visibility into any cloud, web, and private application activity. Thousands of customers, including more than 25 of the Fortune 100, trust Netskope and its powerful NewEdge network to address evolving threats, new risks, technology shifts, organizational and network changes, and new regulatory requirements.
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VIRTUAL DESKTOP TOOLS, SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
accesswire | May 05, 2023
Vox Mobile announced expansion of its Outsourced Endpoint IT Support offerings with Desktop Support. Known for providing the most comprehensive mobile device help desk and support with a customer satisfaction rating of more than 90%, Vox Mobile now provides that same level of service and experience with complete endpoint support services for Windows and Mac desktops as well as virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI).
"Our complete endpoint support services provide our customers with a holistic approach to support instead of having to juggle separate entities for their mobile devices and desktops," says Ron Pollock, Vox Mobile Chief Operating Officer. "Having all their support interwoven in one help desk enables users to get answers faster than through multiple channels or utilizing in-house resources, where help desk support is not a priority."
This integrated endpoint management approach means customers will have 24/7 support provided by a technical staff with years of expertise managing and supporting a variety of devices. Services include:
Patch management
Application management
Security, including antivirus and malware, disk encryption, and web filtering
Remote support
User support
"Outsourcing your IT management and support to a team that has the most up-to-date training qualifications and real-world expertise means you receive best-in-class service, including first-call resolution. Every ticket is a priority for us, whereas your internal resources are often too entrenched in business-critical tasks to manage minor issues like passwords or troubleshoot bigger issues," says Erin Glancy, Vox Mobile Senior Vice President of Customer Experience.
Vox Mobile customers can expand their desktop support level with management and deployment of desktop hardware, EMM administration, and end-user support for mobile OS devices. This puts all your support needs together, with one vendor and one bill to cover all your fulfillment, management, and support needs.
"As a single source for managed mobility services (MMS) and now desktop support, Vox Mobile enables our customers to streamline the IT endpoint management of all their devices," adds Glancy. "Instead of focusing on their IT devices, customers can focus on the strategic initiatives that are core to their business."
About Vox Mobile
As a single source mobility service provider, Vox Mobile is uniquely positioned to improve your users' endpoint IT experiences. We help enable you to drive success with custom mobile consulting and strategy services, provide your end-users with the answers they need to keep your business moving forward, and deliver flexible service options to meet your changing mobile device needs, packaged together at one predictable price.
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VIRTUAL DESKTOP TOOLS, SERVER VIRTUALIZATION, DESKTOP
Businesswire | May 09, 2023
ZEDEDA, the leader in edge infrastructure orchestration, today announced its partnership with Avassa, a provider of a container management platform purpose-built for running applications in edge environments. This partnership will enable end-to-end orchestration through the entire stack, ensuring security and visibility from hardware to applications at the edge. The combination of the two solutions will provide customers with a flexible and robust foundation to support existing workloads with ZEDEDA and extend easily to modern container application stacks with Avassa’s edge platform.
“ZEDEDA delivers a trusted and secure edge infrastructure built to support legacy virtual and modern container workloads. Avassa brings simplicity to managing all your containerized applications at the edge,” said Michael Maxey, VP of business development at ZEDEDA. “This partnership with Avassa provides a comprehensive solution that customers deploying technologies at the edge require.”
As customers look to enable new use cases at the edge, they are developing modern, containerized apps that must run on the edge alongside existing virtualized applications. Through this partnership, ZEDEDA customers will be enabled with the full visibility and manageability of cloud-native container applications while also solving the challenges of existing infrastructure at the distributed edge.
According to recent research, 69% of CIOs surveyed said that edge computing is a digital trend that they have already deployed or plan to deploy by mid-2025. This partnership addresses the growing demand for comprehensive solutions that empower customers to deploy new technologies at the edge.
“We’re excited to work with ZEDEDA since they, too, purpose-built their solution for the distributed edge. By leveraging ZEDEDA’s edge-native infrastructure solutions together with Avassa’s edge container application platform, companies benefit from easy edge orchestration without compromising security,” said Avassa CTO Carl Moberg. “Together, users can leverage the very same edge virtualization solution from ZEDEDA to orchestrate their hardware and mixed workloads as well as modern containerized workloads, managed and monitored in the Avassa platform.”
The Avassa Edge Enforcer will be available in the ZEDEDA Marketplace, providing fully automated deployment of container applications within customers’ distributed ZEDEDA environments. The integration will enable customers to easily access Avassa’s container management solution through one-click deployment.
About ZEDEDA
ZEDEDA makes edge computing effortless, open, and intrinsically secure — extending the cloud experience to the edge. ZEDEDA reduces the cost of managing and orchestrating distributed edge infrastructure and applications while increasing visibility, security and control. ZEDEDA delivers a distributed, cloud-native edge management and orchestration solution, simplifying the security and remote management of edge infrastructure and applications at scale.
ZEDEDA ensures extensibility and flexibility by utilizing an open partner ecosystem with a robust app marketplace and leveraging an open architecture from the Linux Foundation. ZEDEDA delivers instant time to value, has thousands of nodes under management and is backed by world-class investors with teams in the United States, Germany and India. For more information, visit www.ZEDEDA.com.
About Avassa
Avassa empowers companies to bridge the gap between modern containerized applications development and operations and distributed edge infrastructure. With their application orchestration platform for the edge, Avassa enables businesses to manage the lifecycle of edge applications efficiently, securely, and at the speed of software. Founded in 2020 and based in Stockholm, Sweden, Avassa aims to unlock the cloud operating model for edge applications everywhere and was named a Gartner® Cool Vendor in Edge Computing 2022. Learn more and request a free trial at avassa.io.
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