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What’s Really the Best Approach for Replacing MPLS Connectivity?

CATO Networks

Its no secret that the legacy WAN faces many challenges adapting to todays business, the big question is: Whats going to replace MPLS? Legacy WAN architectures based on MPLS services provide predictable performance between offices, but theyre not implemented in a way that easily accommodates the new realities facing IT.

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Four Questions For Life After MPLS

CATO Networks

Anyone whos purchased MPLS bandwidth has experienced the surreal. While at home you might spend $50 for a 50 Mbps Internet link, MPLS services can cost 10 times more for a fraction of the bandwidth. Latency – How will your applications be impacted by the increased latency and loss incurred on the Internet?

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MPLS, VPN Internet Access, Cloud Networking or SD-WAN? Choose Wisely

CATO Networks

Enterprise networking is moving from traditional hub-and-spoke WAN architectures to infrastructure that must support the migration of critical applications to the cloud. ” Many businesses today are expanding globally, relying on data and applications in the cloud, and are driven by an increasingly mobile workforce.

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Why Traditional MPLS Networks are Ill-Suited for UCaaS

CATO Networks

Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) adoption is on the rise in the enterprise and with that comes significant impact for IT managers considering how their MPLS network transformation. Most enterprise data networks are still optimized for a computing model in which the bulk of applications reside in the datacenter. The answer?

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SD-WAN vs. MPLS vs. Public Internet

CATO Networks

Which architectural approach will best serve your needs MPLS, public internet or cloud networks? With the rise of SaaS, the cloud, and continuous migration of business-critical applications to mobile and globalized business environment, secure and reasonably priced connections become vital for maintaining international business operations.

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How SD-WANs Can Become Next Generation WAN Architectures

CATO Networks

With information locked behind application silos, operational improvements, such as automation, becomes increasingly complex. The team should include line-of-business members, application team leads, as well as networking, security and mobility representatives. Each service comes with its own cost structure and capabilities.

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How Secure is Your SD-WAN?

CATO Networks

Networking teams focussed on the connectivity between locations; security teams focussed on protecting against malware threats and other external or application-layer security issues. Security between locations, though, was not an issue provided the WAN was based, as most were, on a private MPLS service.

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