“Digital business transformation is redefining requirements for ubiquitous access security. This is especially challenging in today’s hybrid IT environments where availability and protection need to be fluid, flexible and scalable,” said Sudhakar Ramakrishna, CEO, Pulse Secure. “We are thrilled to see our investments in product innovation, Secure Access portfolio expansion, and customer success resources being realized through record business growth.”

“2017 was a year of major investment for Pulse Secure, with the launch of a new Secure Access suite, acquisition of Brocade’s VADC product line, and significant talent additions across the company. Our achievements are a harbinger of an exciting trajectory for 2018 and we are committed to continuing to define and lead the rapidly growing Secure Access market,” added Ramakrishna.

Pulse Secure is in a unique position to bring together virtual private network (VPN), network access control (NAC) and virtual application delivery controller (VADC) solutions across network, data centre, cloud and mobile environments, delivering productivity without compromising security.

Key milestones bolstering growth for 2017 included:

- NAC, IoT and device profiling solutions bookings grew 70 percent YoY

- Newly launched Secure Access Suite drove a third of new business in Q4 of 2017

- Added 133 large enterprise customers spanning financial services, healthcare, high tech, manufacturing, retail and education

- VADC acquired in Q3 2017, quickly returned to growth within two quarters with a focus on Cloud, Security and targeted use cases.

- Continued channel sales growth representing nearly half of 2017 total bookings

- Solid industry Net Promoter Score (NPS) rating of 47 and customer renewal rate over 90%