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Over the past few years, remote work has become an increasingly popular practice due to factors such as changes in the global workforce, competition for top talent, and advancements in collaboration technologies. But despite adoption of remote work, nothing could have prepared companies for the moment when all of their employees and contractors would suddenly be working from home at the same time, all of the time. This is not a one-day fluke where networks experience stress. It’s an everyday reality expected to play out for weeks, possibly months, to come. Even modern networks were not designed for the present conditions.
VPN Issues Abound
While a number of serious issues have popped up with the volume of people accessing their corporate networks via VPNs, an underlying cause for concern is how much bandwidth employees are using up. The dramatic increase in traffic and subsequent strain on VPN infrastructure is causing outages which correspond with the global spike in novel coronavirus. And this is not just due to Zoom conferences or livestreamed fitness classes.
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