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.”

Globally distributed

Tata Communications will host and manage the service on its globally distributed network, providing “carrier-grade performance”, it said, adding that the service also offers detection and real-time protection through a threat intelligence platform which integrates data from its own network and other sources.