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Now, with Island, Veeam doesn’t have to secure each remote device. Instead, it uses Island to delineate what’s inside and outside the browser. Any user can now use any device from any location to use any application. 

With Island, Veeam can also tune a user’s experience and access based on their role, job profile, physical location, and device. Yet on a managed device, “Island is functionally indistinguishable from using my personal computer,” says Kyle Anderson, Solution Architect at Veeam. That feature eases user adoption and simplifies management.

Adds Besbris: “Being able to get the visibility only where we need it, and without punishing users for normal day-to-day use, has been a groundbreaking experience.”

Veeam also gets more value from Island than it would with competing products. When Micheletti and his team originally evaluated their options, they estimated Island would save Veeam nearly $750,000 over three years. But that failed to account for the cost of a password manager and VDI licensing. Once the team added those in, the three-year savings estimate was closer to $2 million. “That,” Micheletti says, “was an easy sell for my boss.”

Also, Veeam no longer needs to ship end-user devices to remote locations. Micheletti says, “Island was an easy solution.”

Also, with Island, Micheletti and his team can monitor work-related behavior but is blocked from seeing personal use. “I can enable security in places we care about without having to invade our users’ privacy,” he says. “That’s a really big win.”

Adds Anderson: “There’s a level of respect for the user that is built into the core of the Island browser. That’s an enormous differentiator.”

For Veeam, a company based on data and AI trust, that’s a big deal.