The number of locations enterprise IT teams are responsible for managing is exploding across sectors, and the number of applications and devices that teams are leveraging to connect their workers is on a similarly epic growth trajectory. In fact, it’s estimated that the software-as-a-service (SaaS) market ballooned past $100 billion in revenue over the course of 2019, thanks in large part to a growing number of enterprises retiring their legacy workflows and hardware-based tools for solutions that can be delivered quickly (and relatively cost-effectively) through the cloud.
At the same time, data privacy has never been higher on the minds of enterprise IT teams than it is today. Data governance generally has become a top priority, as far-reaching regulations like the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the upcoming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) put the legal onus on enterprise IT to protect and secure this data.