O'Grady said as Telstra invests in Sol Trujillo's "new world", its focus will be more towards usability and security and the Remote Working solution provides business continuity and disaster recovery by making sure people can work out of the office.

John Cunningham, iPass Australia's sales director, said with the transition from dial-up to broadband, which has paved the way for more remote workers, there is more strain on IT managers to manage networks and maintain service levels.

"Customized services can be built on iPass, which makes it easy to set up a remote office and easy for IT managers to enforce security policies over these networks," Cunningham said, adding the application also checks if the device is trusted for two-factor authentication.

"The software can check if the operating system is patched and the antivirus software is up to date."