Community Short Facts - March 2022

Trends in network administration

The ongoing pandemic will keep network administrators busy again this year. But it's not just Covid-19 that is driving up requirements. Progress explains key network trends for 2022. Firstly, companies are increasingly relying on zero trust. Many home workers use private PCs, notebooks or tablets for work and connect to company headquarters via their personal networks. To protect their networks, companies are therefore increasingly relying on the zero trust approach, which does not trust any logged-in user or end device.

Another consequence of massive home working: network availability across multiple endpoints is becoming increasingly important. At the same time, the bandwidth required for voice and video is increasing significantly. IT teams have to support a larger number of different users, who place a greater load on the network and rely on even more applications than in the office network.