Qlik Forts is a hybrid service that securely extends Qlik Sense SaaS analytics capabilities to your data, regardless of location. Qlik Forts enables organizations to benefit from the convenience of SaaS as well as the flexibility of hybrid cloud analytics deployment that supports data regulatory requirements and investments in existing data infrastructure. Forts are deployed from Qlik Cloud using self-maintaining, vertically scalable virtual appliances for Azure. A service built into each Fort checks with Qlik Cloud regularly to pick up updates and applies them in the background. No connectivity is needed from Qlik Cloud to a Fort, and all data and applications remain within the Fort, which is hosted on a private network. Because Forts are an extension of a Qlik Sense SaaS tenant, all end users have a single login through the Qlik Cloud hub to access analytics content that’s hosted in both Qlik Cloud and Qlik Forts.