Transforming IT Infrastructure to Meet Post-COVID Needs
With the changes to working practices spurred by the pandemic , it has fallen to IT teams to enable remote working and cloud transformation , all while remaining secure
WRITTEN BY : WILLIAM SMITH
With remote working having come on so quickly as a response to the pandemic , IT teams were forced to implement the technology before all the kinks in IT infrastructure were worked out . With remote and hybrid working expected to continue post-pandemic , it ' s fallen to IT professionals to ensure that the technologies facilitating remote working are up to snuff .
One of the most important of such technologies are virtual private networks
( VPNs ), as Kevin Turner , Digital Workplace Strategy Lead , EMEA , Unisys , explains . “ A huge challenge that many businesses have experienced is ensuring that the entire workforce has a sufficient connection to the VPN . When workplaces remained closed , thousands of remote workers had to connect to the same private network , and some users were thrown off the network by other users attempting to connect to the same VPN .” While scaling the VPN is a potential solution , this can be costly . “ Organisations can implement
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