Balance Security and Enablement Beyond the Corporate Network

Recently General Electric announced that it was piloting an IT initiative that could potentially take the vast majority of its employees off the corporate network when it comes to accessing business applications. According to GE’s CTO, Chris Drumgoole, employees included in the pilot of this new model will securely access applications needed to perform their jobs directly from the Internet.

This clearly enforces how much the network perimeter has evaporated, something we’ve been expecting for quite some time. The fact that one of the largest companies in the world agrees, signals that a shift in focus is more than overdue. Internet-based business access is no longer just ‘nice to have’ – it’s a requirement for the agile and empowered enterprise of the future.

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