Aventail Predicts Remote Access Surge

SEATTLE -- Leading SSL VPN provider Aventail today announced the results of a survey of 604 IT decision-makers confirming that secure remote access usage will continue to increase rapidly over the next 12 months. Key drivers of this trend include the increased usage of mobile devices and wireless LANs, more robust disaster recovery planning, and the overriding need for users to be both productive and secure in each of these use cases. Security continues to be the #1 challenge facing IT organizations, with the increasing use of mobile devices a close #2. Organizations will also continue to expand secure remote access usage in the more traditional use cases of teleworkers and home computer users. Survey respondents rated “security” as the top criteria in making a purchasing decision for their new secure remote access solutions, with “easy to use” and “easy to install and manage” also extremely important.

Survey participants were managers or senior executives in IT, networking, and/or security departments, and came from organizations that were researching SSL VPNs. Organizations were of all sizes, with over half having more than 1000 employees. Additionally, most organizations already had significant experience with secure remote access solutions, with more than 50% of them already supporting at least some remote access for teleworkers, traveling employees, home computer users, wireless LAN users, and mobile device users.

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