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

CATO Networks

For your business to stay ahead of the pack, you should be looking to improve network and security infrastructure to have the flexibility and strength to handle not just todays bandwidth demands, but tomorrows demands as well. Cloud and SaaS traffic must be first brought from the branch to a secured Internet access point at central location.

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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. Start by addressing the core questions to know if the Internet can play a role in part or entirely as your next backbone.

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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? The Pros and Cons of Public Internet Ordinary broadband Internet is inexpensive and widely available. The low-cost, easily adopted public Internet is an attractive option for reducing bandwidth costs, at least when compared to MPLS.

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

CATO Networks

Users continue to require ever increasing amounts of bandwidth, an expensive resource for MPLS networks. And companies continue to have to figure out how to secure the many Internet access points created by SD-WAN. Mobile users are still ignored by MPLS infrastructure. Mobile users are still ignored.

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Why Traditional MPLS Networks are Ill-Suited for UCaaS

CATO Networks

Internet access remains tightly controlled, with only large, or headquarters facilities having local Internet connectivity. Thus, all access to Internet-based apps requires routing flows from the branch to the headquarters or datacenter location, and then out to the Internet. The answer?

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How SD-WANs Can Become Next Generation WAN Architectures

CATO Networks

As mobile users connect directly to the internet through unsecured Wi-Fi hotspots and offices access cloud resources via direct internet access, the attack surface grows. When the portals sit near or within the path to the Internet destinations, the performance impact of such an architecture is usually nominal.

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How Secure is Your SD-WAN?

CATO Networks

The market for SD-WAN has been driven in part by its ability to reduce bandwidth costs and improve the performance of cloud access. In order for companies to realize SD-WANs cost savings and cloud performance benefits, branch offices must be connected directly to and communicate across the Internet.

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