Businesses are experiencing profound changes as employees’ transition to hybrid work environments following COVID-19. In response to the pandemic, cloud-based and AI-powered networking technologies are the driving force behind business recovery plans as they begin to take shape.
According to a global survey of 2,400 IT decision-makers (ITDMs) commissioned by Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, Network as a Service Adoption is set to accelerate by 38% within the next two years as businesses adapt to COVID-19.
To learn more about how Aruba is helping to architect the Hybrid Workplace,
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going to the office every day was once the norm the global pandemic changed all of that suddenly forcing companies to support thousands of employees working from home it needed to quickly determine what it would take to extend the workplace experience.
in a secure way and how to do that while maintaining great application performance for remote workers here's how Aruba ESP helps an Aruba access point is shipped to the employee's home.
the employee plugs it in downloads a configuration from the cloud and they're ready to go fully integrated VPN and role-based policies are automatically deployed to keep the network secure and it can fully manage the network centrally from the cloud with full visibility and troubleshooting capabilities from anywhere now it's faced with even more challenges as some employees continue to work from home but others start to return to the workplace workers need to feel safe and still remain productive as they move seamlessly back and forth between the home and office
Aruba can make this hybrid workplace a reality giving you the built-in network intelligence you need to put preventative measures in place like location services that assess user density and proximity so you can manage the safety of your workplace by limiting access when you've reached capacity or by modifying floor plans it's when traffic patterns become inadvertently risky and if the virus appears in the workplace Aruba contact tracing can help minimize its impact among employees customers and visitors
the new normal is a hybrid workplace and it's powered by Aruba esp seamlessly enabling work from home and return to office scenarios