"If I add 10 users, I add 10 accounts," Andrea says. "It can be done on the fly."

VPN use on iPads also allows employees to be more productive by providing quick access to corporate apps such as email.

Prior to iSimplyConnect, an employee would take notes on his iPad during meetings. His pricey iPad essentially replaced a cheap legal pad. Now that his iPad is on the VPN and configured to ActiveSync, he can also tap into corporate email, calendar, contacts and, critically, network files.

"I see VPN as making the iPad a productivity tool for the organization," Andrea says.

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