In many ways, organizations around the world have risen admirably to the challenges of COVID-19 and its accompanying upheaval. Faced with unexpected and urgent shifts in how work, customer interactions, and daily living were accomplished, they responded with effective technological solutions.

In a short time, they have modernized and distributed applications—and the application security and delivery technology solutions that support them—closer to users. Add in use of the edge, which is helping to improve performance and the user experience, and these organizations have greatly accelerated their digital transformations and now are generating incredible momentum toward realizing applications that are truly adaptive.

This report reflects the importance of a strategic approach to applications that supports a distributed business driven by real-time application data.