Modern enterprises are reimagining the traditional work models and transitioning to the hybrid model — the workplace of the future — due to its many benefits. Both employers and employees are increasingly embracing this futuristic model.

However, in the quest to address this growing hybrid workforce and fuel digital transformation, organizations have been undergoing radical changes, both from an IT and business perspective. For instance, organizations’ data footprints are increasingly expanding beyond the conventional on-premise infrastructure to hybrid and multicloud environments. As a result, business-critical data now lives in more places than ever before, from on-premise data centers and multiple clouds to SaaS applications and remote endpoints. A widely dispersed workforce and data footprint also mean that businesses now heavily rely on their information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure. With the advent of remote and cloud workloads, ICT systems have become the backbone of modern businesses that ensures collaboration and operational continuity.