VMware Inc. today announced a partnership with Amazon.com Inc.’s eero LLC that will see the two companies improve network connectivity and security for remote workers.

Designed for work-from-home employees in the U.S. and delivered by strategic channel partners, the collaboration will pair eero 6 series mesh Wi-Fi systems with the VMware SASE Work from Home solution. In addition, VMware has also announced that eero is a preferred Wi-Fi provider.

The combination of the two enables information technology teams to extend a better at-home Wi-Fi experience for their employees, working alongside VMware’s solution to deliver cloud networking and cloud security services. With eero 6 mesh Wi-Fi and VMware, employees will not be limited to working from one location in the home. The eero 6 series mesh Wi-Fi systems feature Wi-Fi 6, delivering fast speeds and solid coverage for simultaneous device usage throughout the home.

Employers will have the option to offer eero Pro 6, a tri-band, high-performance mesh Wi-Fi 6 router designed for homes with Gigabit internet connections, or eero 6, a dual-band mesh Wi-Fi 6 router designed for homes with internet connections up to 500 megabits per second.

VMware’s cloud-based secure access service edge offering will help enable more secure, reliable and efficient connectivity between user traffic from the eero Wi-Fi network in the home to the applications in the public cloud, cloud and on-premises data centers. The solution recognizes more than 3,000 apps automatically and intelligently prioritizes business-critical application traffic, providing a better user experience, according to the company.

For IT teams, VMware SASE delivers operational simplicity by leveraging the centralized Orchestrator to drive networking and security policies. Teams can configure these policies and push them to all the remote sites powered by eero Wi-Fi systems. VMware SASE also uses AIOps to give IT teams the visibility to determine the actual user experience when users access cloud applications.

“We ask a lot of our home Wi-Fi these days. At any given moment, it may be supporting multiple data-intensive tasks: from joining a work video-conference call to streaming and gaming in 4K, to supporting an online learning environment, and more,” Sean Harris, vice president of sales and marketing at eero, said in a statement. “When your network is stretched too thin, your work-from-home performance can suffer. Through this collaboration with VMware, we’re able to offer fast, reliable, and more secure Wi-Fi for remote workers.”

The announcement of the partnership comes just days before Dell Technologies Inc. will spin out VMware. Announced in April, the spinoff is expected to be completed on Nov. 1.

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