Use Cases
Temporary and contingent workers
Onboard seasonal, gig, and contingent workers at speed. When the work is done, instantly remote wipe your apps and data from their device without touching their personal files.
Trusted by 700+ security- and compliance-driven organizations, including Fidelity, Guardian, StoneX, WhatNot, and the IMF.
Your workforce flexes. VDI creates friction.
Work comes in waves now. Seasonal spikes, project surges, and short engagements mean temporary and contingent workers do a growing share of the job. They arrive fast, in groups, and often leave just as fast.
You need them to be productive immediately – ideally, on whatever device they bring. But securing a distributed workforce can’t mean a two-week wait for a virtual desktop. Standing up VDI for a six-week engagement is slow: provisioning, help desk tickets and change management — not to mention expensive.
The business wants to flex headcount on demand. IT still has to protect company data — without building infrastructure for people who’ll be gone by next quarter.
VDI provisioning can’t match the surge
When you need 40 workers next week, VDI makes you provision 40 virtual desktops first. The ramp you needed arrives after the moment has passed.
VDI makes work feel unnatural – causing friction and change management
VDI hosts the desktop, creates latency, which interferes with how users expect apps to perform. Mac users want their experience to feel like a Mac — same for Windows.
Latency hits the workers who can least afford it
Contingent workers have no time to ramp. A laggy remote desktop slows the exact people you need productive from hour one.
VDI vs. Blue Border™
There’s a better way: with Blue Border, work runs locally inside a company-controlled secure enclave on the worker’s own PC or Mac — so you add contingent workers in minutes and remove them just as fast, with no infrastructure to build.
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Onboarding a temp worker
Virtual Desktops (VDI / DaaS)
Provision and license a virtual desktop per worker; days to stand up
Venn Blue Border
Install on any device the worker already has, in minutes
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Provision and license a virtual desktop per worker; days to stand up | Install on any device the worker already has, in minutes |
Scaling up and down
Virtual Desktops (VDI / DaaS)
Infrastructure and per-seat licensing scale with every surge, then sit idle
Venn Blue Border
Add or remove workers instantly — no infrastructure to grow or unwind
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Infrastructure and per-seat licensing scale with every surge, then sit idle | Add or remove workers instantly — no infrastructure to grow or unwind |
Performance
Virtual Desktops (VDI / DaaS)
Latency and lag on the workers you need productive fastest
Venn Blue Border
100% native, zero-latency local performance
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Latency and lag on the workers you need productive fastest | 100% native, zero-latency local performance |
Where work runs
Virtual Desktops (VDI / DaaS)
Remote desktop hosted in a data center or cloud
Venn Blue Border
Locally, in a secure enclave on the worker’s PC or Mac
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Remote desktop hosted in a data center or cloud | Locally, in a secure enclave on the worker’s PC or Mac |
Device & ownership
Virtual Desktops (VDI / DaaS)
Any client device, but work stays remote
Venn Blue Border
Any device — personal, agency-issued, or company; Mac + Windows native
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Any client device, but work stays remote | Any device — personal, agency-issued, or company; Mac + Windows native |
Cost model
Virtual Desktops (VDI / DaaS)
Infrastructure plus per-seat licensing that scales with headcount
Venn Blue Border
No infrastructure — customers save up to 60% vs. VDI
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Infrastructure plus per-seat licensing that scales with headcount | No infrastructure — customers save up to 60% vs. VDI |
Ending an engagement
Virtual Desktops (VDI / DaaS)
Tear down virtual desktops and reclaim licenses
Venn Blue Border
One remote wipe removes the enclave instantly; personal data untouched
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Tear down virtual desktops and reclaim licenses | One remote wipe removes the enclave instantly; personal data untouched |
Data protection
Virtual Desktops (VDI / DaaS)
Data kept off-device by keeping work off-device
Venn Blue Border
Encrypted, isolated enclave with built-in DLP on the device
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Data kept off-device by keeping work off-device | Encrypted, isolated enclave with built-in DLP on the device |
AI governance
Virtual Desktops (VDI / DaaS)
No controls — AI tools run ungoverned outside the virtual desktop
Venn Blue Border
Policy control over which AI tools reach company data — browser and desktop
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No controls — AI tools run ungoverned outside the virtual desktop | Policy control over which AI tools reach company data — browser and desktop |
Compliance
Virtual Desktops (VDI / DaaS)
Achievable, with infrastructure overhead
Venn Blue Border
Turnkey controls enforced automatically — HIPAA, FINRA, SEC, SOC 2, PCI, GDPR
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Achievable, with infrastructure overhead | Turnkey controls enforced automatically — HIPAA, FINRA, SEC, SOC 2, PCI, GDPR |
How Blue Border™ Works
Installing Blue Border on a Mac or PC creates a company-controlled secure enclave directly on the device — work data, apps, networking, and AI all run locally inside it.
- Network. Work traffic routes through Venn’s built-in VPN gateway — or your existing private network.
- Applications. Every app — installed, browser-based or AI — is wrapped by a blue line, creating a virtual firewall and enforcing DLP at the app level.
- Files. Users save only to work-sanctioned file systems inside Venn Disk that are isolated, encrypted and remote wipeable.
All activity outside Blue Border™ stays 100% private.
Any worker. Any network. Any device. Any application.
Stand up a contingent team the same day
A temporary worker installs Blue Border on the device they already have and starts working in minutes. Surge for a project, staff a season, then wind the team back down — no provisioning queue in the way.
Give temp workers native performance from hour one
Apps run locally at 100% native speed, with zero latency. The workers who have the least time to ramp get the fastest experience, not a laggy remote desktop.
Pay for none of the infrastructure
You build no servers, brokers, or images that sit idle between engagements. Blue Border customers save up to 60% versus VDI because there is no added infrastructure.
Protect every short-lived session
Company data stays in an encrypted, isolated enclave with built-in DLP and AI governance. One wipe ends access instantly, so distributed workforce security holds even when the workforce turns over weekly.
Frequently Asked Questions
Blue Border installs on any Mac or PC and creates a company-controlled secure enclave in minutes, so a temporary worker is productive on day one using a device they already have. You add workers as demand surges and remove them the moment an engagement ends, with no infrastructure to build or unwind.
With VDI, you provision and license a cloud hosted desktop, then users live with latency. Blue Border runs work locally at native speed and needs no infrastructure, so you scale a contingent team up or down in minutes and pay nothing for idle seats.
Yes. Blue Border secures company data on devices you don’t own or manage, so temporary workers use their personal or agency-issued laptop from day one — using a simple agent install that takes minutes. You skip shipping and provisioning hardware for short engagements. When the work ends, one wipe removes company data and leaves personal files untouched.
Yes. Blue Border keeps work in an encrypted, isolated enclave with built-in DLP and AI governance, and enforces turnkey controls for HIPAA, FINRA, SEC, SOC 2, PCI, and GDPR. That means distributed workforce security holds on every short-lived session, even when contingent headcount turns over week to week.
Minutes per worker, in either direction. There’s no procurement, imaging, or virtual desktop to build, so a surge team installs Blue Border and starts working the same day. When engagements end, remote wipes close them out instantly — no infrastructure to tear down and no licenses to reclaim.
You trigger a remote wipe and the enclave — with all company data — is gone in seconds, while personal files stay untouched. Access ends the moment the engagement does, so distributed workforce security never depends on recovering a device or reclaiming a license. Nothing lingers after the work is done.
Ready to quickly scale your contingent workforce?
Stand up temporary and contingent workers in minutes on any device, give them native performance from hour one, and clear every enclave the moment the work ends — without VDI or managed hardware.
