CATO Networks

MARCH 8, 2017

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. So much depends on how you answer certain questions about your business, the resources available, and your networking requirements.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 4, 2018

So what are the options in dealing with your ever-changing enterprise network requirements? MPLS: Reliable, But Comes with a Price The popularity of MPLS deployments in corporate WAN infrastructures comes from its predictability. However, MPLS traffic from the service provider to the on-premises routers is notoriously expensive.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Traditionally, Wide Area Networks (WANs) and network security were loosely coupled entities. Networking teams focussed on the connectivity between locations; security teams focussed on protecting against malware threats and other external or application-layer security issues.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 17, 2021

SASE merges the network optimization capabilities of SD-WAN with a full security stack, including Next Generation Firewall (NGFW), Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), and more. According to Gartner that coined the term, SASE is the future of network security.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 1, 2017

Networking, security, and mobility technologies are deployed and operated independently. Integrated Security-Network Evaluation CIOs and IT leaders should pull together an interdisciplinary team to take a strategic approach to the new WAN and the dissolved perimeter.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Network Visibility Challenges Created by Cloud and Mobile One of the biggest challenges enterprises face with network visibility is addressing blindspots created by cloud and mobile. It is easy for an enterprise to fall into a false sense of security because they can view all the traffic traversing MPLS links.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

No Security – SD-WAN appliance solutions dont provide any security, so security must be added to the solution via service-insertion or service-chaining. When moving from MPLS to SD-WAN appliances, each location will now have its own connection to the Internet.

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