Blog Security Zero Trust Network Access Without the Performance Penalty Jim Black is a Senior Product Marketing Manager in Akamai's Enterprise Security Group. He has spent his entire career in technology, with roles in manufacturing, customer support, business development, product management, public relations, and marketing.  Early adopters are unlocking impressive performance gains with Edge Transport. We've all been there: It’s the morning of an important meeting, and you’re doing a final check of the numbers you'll be presenting. You open your laptop, click on the business application, and head to the kitchen for that much-needed first coffee. When you return, the application is still loading — strange.  \r\n After waiting a bit longer, you reboot and try again. The application opens this time, but it's sluggish and the virtual private network (VPN) authentication is unresponsive. Frustrated, you call the IT help desk.…