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No More Shipping Laptops: How an International Financial Enterprise Cut Hardware Costs with Venn
December 30, 2025
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No More Shipping Laptops: How an International Financial Enterprise Cut Hardware Costs with Venn
An international investment company with nearly $300B in assets was looking for a viable way to address rising hardware procurement and shipping costs for company-issued devices. The organization employed international contractors across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Each time a new contractor was hired, the company had to purchase and ship a laptop before work […]
How a Global Aircraft Manufacturer Secured 7,000 Remote Employees, Contractors and Suppliers – Without VDI or Issuing Laptops
December 23, 2025
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How a Global Aircraft Manufacturer Secured 7,000 Remote Employees, Contractors and Suppliers – Without VDI or Issuing Laptops
Onboarding Contractors: VDI Was Drastically Delaying Productivity. That’s When Venn Stepped in.
December 9, 2025
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Onboarding Contractors: VDI Was Drastically Delaying Productivity. That’s When Venn Stepped in.
Worried about Company Data Ending Up in ChatGPT Atlas? Here’s How Venn Can Help
October 23, 2025
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Worried about Company Data Ending Up in ChatGPT Atlas? Here’s How Venn Can Help
What Is the ABC Test? A Guide for Hiring Contractors
December 9, 2025
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What Is the ABC Test? A Guide for Hiring Contractors
Hiring independent contractors offers organizations flexibility, speed, and access to specialized talent. But in many states—especially California—properly classifying workers is not just a best practice, it’s a legal requirement. At the center of this conversation is the ABC Test: the standard increasingly used to determine whether a worker is truly an independent contractor or must […]
Gartner Recognizes Venn in Endpoint Access Isolation Category on Latest Hype Cycle for Workspace Security Report
December 2, 2025
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Gartner Recognizes Venn in Endpoint Access Isolation Category on Latest Hype Cycle for Workspace Security Report
The workplace is no longer confined to the office – and endpoints are no longer just company-issued devices. Today, contractors, consultants, and remote employees often work on their own laptops – devices IT can’t directly manage or secure. How to protect these BYOD endpoints is now a top priority, especially in regulated industries like finance, […]
Why California’s ABC Test Makes Issuing Laptops to Contractors a Growing Liability — And How Blue Border™ Solves It
November 24, 2025
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Why California’s ABC Test Makes Issuing Laptops to Contractors a Growing Liability — And How Blue Border™ Solves It
Across California – and increasingly in other states with strict worker-classification rules – organizations are facing a new challenge: how do you secure work for contractors without exposing yourself to misclassification risk? Under California’s ABC Test, issuing company-managed laptops to independent contractors can undermine their classification and trigger steep compliance and financial consequences. Yet many […]
A New Wave of Citrix and Cisco Zero-Day Attacks Highlights the Risk of Centralized Remote Access
November 13, 2025
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A New Wave of Citrix and Cisco Zero-Day Attacks Highlights the Risk of Centralized Remote Access
Why Local-First Security Solutions Like Venn’s Blue Border Are Emerging as Popular Alternatives to VDI A surge of newly discovered vulnerabilities targeting Citrix NetScaler, Cisco ISE, and related gateway infrastructure is shining a bright light on a long-standing problem in remote access security: the most critical systems in traditional VDI and VPN architectures are also […]
The VPN Problem Organizations Can’t Ignore: 6.8x Higher Ransomware Risk
November 3, 2025
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The VPN Problem Organizations Can’t Ignore: 6.8x Higher Ransomware Risk
A new report from cyber insurer At-Bay reveals a clear trend: traditional VPNs are becoming one of the most common gateways for ransomware attacks. The 2025 InsurSec Report found that: Why Traditional VPNs Are Vulnerable VPNs were designed for a different era, one where employees worked primarily on corporate devices from office networks. Today’s workforce […]
Building the Business Case for BYOD
September 25, 2025
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Building the Business Case for BYOD
BYOD as the Foundation for Remote and Extended Workforces When organizations talk about “remote work,” the conversation often focuses on full-time employees working from home. But in practice, today’s workforce is far more complex. Alongside employees, companies rely heavily on an extended workforce – contractors, consultants, and offshore teams to drive projects, deliver services, and […]
Building a Successful BYOD POC: An Intro Guide for IT Leaders
September 17, 2025
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Building a Successful BYOD POC: An Intro Guide for IT Leaders
Eliminating Complexity in the Era of Remote Work The rapid expansion of remote and distributed workforces is forcing IT teams to rethink how they scale operations. Traditional approaches – provisioning, shipping, and managing company-owned laptops or standing up costly, complex VDI deployments – are creating bottlenecks that slow down productivity and drain budgets. To keep […]
Citrix Exploits Are More Than Just Flaws – They’re Symptoms of Fragile Infrastructure
August 27, 2025
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Citrix Exploits Are More Than Just Flaws – They’re Symptoms of Fragile Infrastructure
Infrastructure in Crisis When Citrix discloses a zero-day attack – or worse, is already being exploited before the patch is released – today’s cybersecurity teams face more than a reactive scramble. The newly revealed CVE‑2025‑7775 is actively being exploited. But this isn’t just about yet another software flaw – it’s a stark indicator that our […]
Top 5 VMware Horizon Alternatives in 2025: Modern Remote Work Solutions vs VDI/DaaS
August 5, 2025
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Top 5 VMware Horizon Alternatives in 2025: Modern Remote Work Solutions vs VDI/DaaS
What Are the Alternatives to VMWare Horizon? VMware Horizon is a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) platform that allows organizations to deliver and manage virtual desktops and applications from a centralized data center. It enables end users to access their Windows or Linux desktops and applications from various devices, including laptops, tablets, and smartphones. VDI solutions […]
