Zoom was the fastest growing app within the network, with 110 percent growth in unique workforce users in March over February. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Stay-at-home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic have accelerated an already growing trend of increased usage of work-from-home apps and other tools – not to mention more "comfy pants," according to Okta's report "2020 Businesses@Work (from Home)."
Growth during the pandemic has especially occurred in two major areas: collaboration tools, especially video conferencing apps, and network security tools such as VPNs that extend secure access to remote workers, OKTA found in its analysis of unique users among Okta customers that have deployed at least one app through the Okta Integration Network.
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Katie Kuehner-Hebert
Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a freelance writer based in Running Springs, Calif. She has more than three decades of journalism experience, with particular expertise in employee benefits and other human resource topics.
