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The dramatic shift to remote work brought on two years ago by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced companies to almost overnight not only adapt their business models but also to focus on technologies that would allow them and their employees to operate productively and securely. All that has accelerated the growth in such markets at https://thenewstack.io/cisco-project-bridges-kubernetes-and-sd-wan-to-speed-microservice-messaging/ (SD-WAN) and video conferencing and remote communications offerings like Microsoft Teams, Cisco System’s Webex and Zoom. Reliance on such technologies will only grow, given that many companies expect to continue a hybrid work environment even after the pandemic lifts.

Given that, company officials said they were bringing Webex collaboration software into its Cloud OnRamp portfolio, which is a significant part of Cisco’s SD-WAN efforts.

SASE essentially combines SD-WAN and network security functions, including encryption, firewalls, URL filtering, anti-malware and antivirus, and cloud access security brokers (CASBs).