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Why Traditional MPLS Networks are Ill-Suited for UCaaS

CATO Networks

At the branch, SD-WAN virtualizes wide area network access services, enabling branch office traffic to be sent along the optimal route for performance need.

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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. Traditionally, Wide Area Networks (WANs) and network security were loosely coupled entities.

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23 Good-To-Know Networking Acronyms and Abbreviations

CATO Networks

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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4 Tangible Reasons for Considering SD-WANs

CATO Networks

The MPLS networks that drive most enterprises were deployed at a time when threats predominantly came from outside the company. Security meant protecting the companys central Internet access point and deploying endpoint security on clients.

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How SD-WANs Can Become Next Generation WAN Architectures

CATO Networks

While SD-WANs are a valuable first step towards evolving the wide area network , they only address a small part of the dissolved enterprise perimeter challenge. Security teams will need to be consulted to better understand the associated capital and operational costs required to secure those new Internet access points.

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