Infiot

Infiot was established in 2018 by a group of seasoned professionals from the SD-WAN sector, including Parag Thakore, Anupam Rai, Panos Kougiouris, and Sunil Mukundan. The founders brought with them a wealth of experience, particularly from their time at VeloCloud, which shaped their vision for a more integrated and secure networking solution. The company emerged from stealth mode in 2020 after securing a significant $15 million in a Series A funding round. This financial milestone, led by investors such as Lightspeed Venture Partners and Neotribe Ventures, underscored the industry's confidence in Infiot's direction. A pivotal moment in the company's history occurred in May 2022, when it was acquired by Netskope, a prominent player in Security Service Edge (SSE) and Zero Trust security.

Infiot developed a cloud-delivered intelligent access platform engineered to provide secure and optimized connectivity for a distributed workforce and an expanding array of IoT devices. The company's business model revolved around delivering its services through a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) framework, catering to enterprises across various sectors including healthcare, retail, education, and manufacturing. Revenue was generated by providing clients with a unified platform that simplified complex networking and security challenges. The core of Infiot's offering was its ability to converge connectivity, zero-trust security, and AI-powered edge intelligence into a single solution.

The company's main product, the ZETO platform, was a converged remote connectivity solution that integrated zero-trust security with network and application optimization. This platform was designed to address the needs of the modern, 'borderless' enterprise by creating secure and optimized connections for remote users, branch offices, and multi-cloud environments. Key features included AI-driven operations, a zero-touch deployment model, and support for both wired and wireless networks. Following the acquisition by Netskope, Infiot's technology was rebranded as 'Netskope Borderless WAN'. This integration allowed Netskope to offer a comprehensive, single-vendor Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform, combining its own security expertise with Infiot's advanced WAN capabilities.

Keywords: Secure Access Service Edge, SASE, Zero Trust, SD-WAN, cloud networking, network security, edge computing, remote access, IoT connectivity, WAN optimization, AI-driven operations, network optimization, zero trust security, converged platform, hybrid work, multi-cloud networking, application optimization, Netskope acquisition, borderless WAN, intelligent access platform