

A hardware-based approach to a GlobalProtect infrastructure is a common deployment option you can now use the globally available AWS infrastructure to eliminate some of the hardware-based dependencies and simplify your GlobalProtect deployment. Additional components of a hardware-based GlobalProtect deployment may include co-location facilities and associated services if a suitable company facility is unavailable.

Mobile users connecting to the Gateway are protected by the corporate security policy and are granted secure access to network resources. When building a remote-access solution with GlobalProtect, a firewall appliance is deployed with a GlobalProtect subscription and depending on the volume and location of users, additional GlobalProtect instances are deployed. With the VM-Series and GlobalProtect™ now available on AWS®, you can protect your mobile workforce and your network from Internet-borne threats while dramatically reducing administrative effort and associated costs with an appliance-based, mobile-security and remote-access solution. Regular work-at-home, among the non-self-employed population, has grown by 103% since The employee population as a whole grew by 1.9% from 2013 to 2014, while the telecommuter population grew 5.6%.1.workforce holds jobs that are compatible with at least partial telework, and approximately 20–25% of the workforce teleworks at some frequency. Studies repeatedly show they are not at their desk 50–60% of the time. Fortune 1000 companies around the globe are entirely revamping their space around the fact that employees are already.Global Workplace Analytics’ research shows that increasingly, working remotely is not only commonplace, it is encouraged and has shown to improve productivity. The ease with which a worker can get connected to the corporate network delivers the impression that your co-worker is down the hall, when in fact they are traveling internationally. Today, working remotely has never been easier, due to the ubiquity of mobile devices and reliable Internet connectivity.
