Tata Communications partners with Versa Networks on hosted SASE

Versa Networks chief development officer Kumar Mehta said, “There is a huge amount of interest for unified SASE from enterprises today, with many organizations looking for a managed solution. The demand is primarily driven by the need to support hybrid work and digital transformation.”

This aligns with trends noted by analysts at Dell’Oro Group. In the first quarter of this year, they saw a 23% growth rate for SASE revenue, the 17th consecutive quarter with over 20% growth. And the unified SASE market, Dell’Oro said, especially appeals to the mid-market thanks to its simplified networking and security integration.

“Enterprises realize that legacy networks and security architectures are inadequate and cannot provide the necessary security and performance in a user and application environment that has become highly distributed, interactive, and mobile across the internet,” said Mauricio Sanchez, senior research director, enterprise networking and security at Dell’Oro Group, in a blog post. “As a result, enterprises are thinking differently about networking and security. Instead of considering them as separate toolsets to be deployed once and infrequently changed, the problem and solution space is conceptualized along a continuum in the emerging view.”