How do you work remotely with PDM professional?

I am looking into converting our team over to laptops for mobility and have just implemented Solidworks PDM professional.  I would like everyone to have access to the vault so that we're all working within the system but our I.T department does not want to set up a VPN so that we can access our vault location.  What are some options?  What have you found that works best?

Ryan

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