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Networking Glossary: Top 16 Networking Terms Everyone Should Know

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Networking Glossary BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) The practice of employees using their personal mobile devices to do their jobs, typically requiring connection to enterprise networks and accessing enterprise data and cloud applications. This trend brings with it many challenges, which are described in detail here.

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How Alewijnse used SD-WAN Connectivity as an MPLS Alternative: A In-depth Profile

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The Dutch engineering company had built a global wide area network (WAN) out of MPLS and Internet services connecting 17 locations 14 in Europe and 3 in the Asia Pacific with about 800 mobile and field employees. Mobile security was an issue and another area ignored by MLPS. But they rejected the idea.

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TMC, Layer123 Recognize Cato for SD-WAN Leadership

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Congratulations to Cato Networks for receiving a 2017 INTERNET TELEPHONY SD-WAN Excellence Award, said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. Cato Cloud has demonstrated true innovation and is leading the way for Software Defined Wide Area Network. I look forward to continued excellence from Cato Networks in 2017 and beyond.

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The Future of the Firewall is in the Cloud 

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I read with some surprise the interview with Zscalers CEO, Jay Chaudry, in CRN where he stated that the network firewalls will go the way of the mainframe, that the network is just plumbing and that Zscaler proxy overlay architecture will replace it with its application switchboard. This is my take. The proxy firewalls faded.

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How to Choose the Most Suitable Network Technology for Your Company

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Business critical applications Important question to ask: where are your business critical applications located — in an in-house data center or in the cloud? As a result, networks need to adapt to the new requirements of the increased use of cloud applications. And here is where SD-WAN steps in.

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What You Don’t Need from an SD-WAN Vendor

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IT organizations are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN). According to a July 2017 report from market-research firm IDC , SD-WAN adoption is seeing remarkable growth as companies look to streamline their WAN infrastructure and move toward more cloud-based applications.

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Cato Adds IPS as a Service with Context-Aware Protection to Cato SD-WAN

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Cato SD-WAN is First to Converge Global Networking and Advanced Security Services Cato introduced today a context-aware Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) as part of its Cato Cloud secure SD-WAN service. Todays users work everywhere and so must their wide area networks.

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