Through the last article, we learned about the solution of Hongke HK-Edgility software system "Extending Cloud Computing to the Edge" . In today's article, we will take you through the brief introduction of Hongke System's remote work solution.
1. Background
In today's new digital workspace, employees need to access corporate business resources from home, remote offices and on the go. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the widespread adoption of remote working models across the enterprise landscape. Having witnessed the benefits of WFH (work from home) and hybrid working models for their organizations, enterprises are looking for the best technology to extend their IT control and visibility to the edge and enable efficient and secure remote “work from anywhere” models.
2. Market demand
IT Challenge: Maintain Visibility, Manageability, and Security at Scale
The shift to a “work from anywhere” model is a major change for enterprise IT organizations that allows business resources and services to be empowered anytime, anywhere to maintain business continuity.
A prerequisite for remote access is a secure connection. But beyond a secure VPN, the new digital workspace should be considered an integral part of the corporate IT network, presenting IT teams with a new set of complexities and challenges:
- connectivity
IT is expected to ensure a productive business environment despite the inherent lack of visibility and control in workspaces outside its control. IT has no control over first-mile communication lines, remote-site equipment, and non-corporate employees sharing local bandwidth—all of which impact network connectivity performance. IT doesn't have physical access to provide service/support if something goes wrong. Additionally, more and more data is being generated and consumed at the edge, introducing new points of congestion (also known as digital overload) on business resources.
- Safety
Teleworkers expose businesses to additional security threats by using home or public network devices that do not adhere to corporate security policies and are shared with non-employees. IT needs to be able to differentiate between home and business networks and apply and enforce the same security policies across all branch offices.
- Extended office experience
From an IT perspective, a single branch office with 100 employees has grown to 100 nano-branches connected to the corporate WAN. Each nano branch has different connectivity capabilities and requires authorization to access different business resources, which means IT must move from standard to customized services. Instead of keeping dozens of firewalls up to date, IT must now maintain hundreds or thousands of firewalls, making manual operations inefficient and therefore expensive. Despite these difficulties, IT must still provide a transparent, headquarters-like work experience to every end user, no matter where they are located.
- business flexibility
In a dynamic business environment, IT networks should be designed with built-in flexibility to support changing business needs. The transition from managing dozens to thousands of branch offices requires a flexible, future-proof approach. In addition to using best-in-class network security capabilities, the new infrastructure should be ready to run new applications pushed to the edge in a timely manner. Otherwise, by the time you're done implementing your infrastructure, it's likely to be outdated.
3. H K-Edgility supports remote work anytime, anywhere
Hongke HK- Edgility is an intelligent edge computing platform that provides enterprise IT teams and MSP managed service providers with a 360-degree software toolset for managing thousands of edge devices and IT services and the "mobile" office . Edgility has the unique ability to help IT teams control and manage the new digital workspace at scale.
Combining a small operating system (Edgility OS) with a powerful management and orchestration (MANO) system (Edgility Central), the platform enables quick and easy deployment of new applications and services, and comprehensive monitoring of edge devices, applications, and network functions. Lifecycle management and service policies across multiple sites.
Edgility OS can run on any white box, including cost-effective hardware such as NanoPi and RaspberryPi devices. Combined with a best-in-class NGFW (Next Generation Firewall), Edgility is ideal for supporting remote work scenarios from anywhere. In addition, its modular architecture provides cost-effective custom solutions for any branch site in the network.
4. H K-Edgility is always connected to ensure business continuity
- link redundancy
- Link diversity (terrestrial/cellular)
- Link load balancing and failover when a link is degraded
- Secure out-of-band device management
- Edgility Nano 4 Home
Hongke HK- Edgility's open, vendor-neutral approach lets you run any application, function or service on any device (Intel or Arm) . Businesses looking for a turnkey solution can deploy the Edgility Nano 4 Home. Managed by Edgility Central, this ultra-compact, rugged Arm (NanoPi R4S)-based appliance integrates Edgility OS and Clavister's Netwall V100 NGFW.
By placing a physical edge device running an NGFW between the home router and the teleworker's business device (ie, laptop), business and home traffic can be completely isolated. Flexible connectivity options and compact hardware enable flexible deployment models , whether at home or on the road.
About Hongke Network Foundation
Hongke has been deeply involved in the fields of industry, manufacturing, automobile, electronic testing, and communication for 20 years. With the development of the big data era, in order to better meet the opportunities and challenges, we cooperate with the world's leading enterprise network and storage suppliers Cooperate to provide a series of innovative, secure, flexible and high-performance products and services to meet the rapidly evolving IT needs of the market.
The Hongke network basic team continuously learns the latest technologies and applications, accepts expert training, and accumulates practical experience. It is committed to providing high-performance Ethernet, highly reliable unified storage, and high-speed data flow connection solutions for data-intensive computing environments. Flexible edge computing systems enable cost-effective and easy-to-manage large-scale IT service infrastructure. Looking forward to communication: Hongke network foundation