CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Network performance, security, and redundancy all became major issues as AdRoll grew, prompting Dunne to search for a VPN alternative. What struck me most about AdRolls use case was that it was a microcosm for the issues so many enterprises face with VPN. Often, VPNs makes sense at a small scale or for one-off applications.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Nick Dell is an IT manager who recently led a network transformation initiative at his company, moving from MPLS to SD-WAN. Dell shared why he made that transition and the lessons he learned along the way in the webinar SD-WAN Confessions: How I migrated from MPLS to SD-WAN. Issues arose about a year into the MPLS contract.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 10, 2018

MPLS has been a popular choice for enterprise networks for many years. Despite the relatively high costs, MPLS can deliver SLA-backed performance required for todays applications. Myth 2: The Entire Network Needs to be Built with MPLS Businesses have embraced cloud applications for ease of access and lower costs.

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Kentik

APRIL 15, 2020

Enterprises adopting SD-WAN are driven by key factors such as WAN cost savings, application performance improvement, management and operation simplification, and more. Discovering what applications are running between sites, the internet, and to the data center. Visualize all transport (MPLS, internet, LTE, etc.)

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Paysafe decided to replace its mix of MPLS and Internet-based VPN with Cato Cloud to create a single converged network. For a fraction of the price, the Cato Cloud solution improved in performance compared to the Internet VPNs and is on par with MPLS. We operate faster because of Cato.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 19, 2018

Born alongside the expensive MPLS data service, WAN optimization appliances allowed organizations to squeeze more bandwidth out of thin pipes through compression and deduplication, as well as prioritizing traffic of loss-sensitive applications such as remote desktops. All policies are managed within Catos management application.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 23, 2016

The Challenge of Appliance-Based Network Security Network security was simpler in the past: there was a clear perimeter (or perimeters for multi-site companies) with networks, users, and applications firmly inside organizations. This can be achieved in two ways:: Establishing a VPN connection to traffic from each location using an appliance.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

However, keeping WAN latency in check while using traditional solutions, like MPLS or VPN, with cloud services has become impractical. The higher the latency, the worse application performance will be. On the surface, MPLS seems to solve this problem. However, agility may be a larger problem with MPLS.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 17, 2021

SD-WAN Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) is a virtual WAN architecture offering optimized traffic routing over multiple different media (broadband, MPLS, 5G/LTE, etc.). MPLS Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) routes traffic over telecommunications networks using short path labels instead of longer network addresses.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 12, 2020

Most enterprise WANs have historically used MPLS, but with the proliferation of cloud resources and mobile users, organizations are realizing the need to facilitate more flexible connectivity. Usually, one network service is MPLS while the other is typically an Internet connection.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Withenterprisesmigrating to the cloud andadoptinga work-from-anywhere model,BCPtoday must also include continual access to cloud applications and support for remote users. Yet, the traditional network architecture (MPLS connectivity, VPN servers, etc.) wasnt built with cloud services and remote users in mind.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Software-Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WANs) promised to address the high costs, rigidity and limitations of private MPLS services. The Problem of MPLS Bandwidth costs remain the most obvious problem facing MPLS services. The Problem of MPLS Bandwidth costs remain the most obvious problem facing MPLS services.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 14, 2019

MPLS circuits can take weeks even months to provision depending on location. All too often, IT directors have told me they need to explain why MPLS circuit delivery is a holdup for branch office going live. VPN has proven to be a popular solution for site-to-site connectivity. the trombone effect ). the trombone effect ).

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CATO Networks

JULY 29, 2018

MPLS was not designed for this new reality. This new type of next-generation firewall allows an entire organization to be connected to a single, logical global firewall with a unified application-aware security policy. They connected and secured traffic between stores with an Internet-based, virtual private network (VPN).

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Akins IT

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

By facilitating critical applications through reliable, high performance connections, IT teams can help reduce packet loss and latency issues, thus improving employee productivity, and boosting staff spirits. Performance MPLS was the top dog in enterprise WAN before cloud-computing and mobile smart devices exploded in popularity.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 2, 2017

SD-WAN Cost Savings Early marketing around SD-WAN technology pointed to the 90 percent cost difference between MPLS and Internet bandwidth costs. Cant Eliminate MPLS All too often, the cost savings of SD-WAN stem from the expectation of eliminating a carriers costly MPLS service. The reality is very different.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 22, 2022

Accelerated Application Migration to the Cloud As more teams require access to applications and infrastructure in the cloud, IT teams need to find ways to manage user and service access, deal with Shadow IT and enforce cloud policies from legacy networks. This is essential for ensuring secure connectivity and business continuity.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 6, 2018

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. For example, an MPLS connection and an Internet connection.

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CATO Networks

MAY 16, 2018

SD-WAN adoption is seeing rapid growth as companies look to streamline their WAN infrastructure and move toward more cloud-based applications. Our 2018 survey included over 700 respondents from IT enterprises that currently run MPLS backbones. Forty-two percent said it reduced the cost of MPLS service.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Middle-Mile Network Optimization Techniques: Reducing Latency In the past, MPLS provided enterprises with low-latency, albeit expensive, connectivity between sites. WAN optimization appliances emerged to solve that problem, providing the means to extract the maximum usage out of available MPLS capacity.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 18, 2017

Our applications and data live outside the safe confines of our datacenters in the cloud. Our data and resources are still siloed behind different disciplines and applications, depriving us of the holistic view that could automate and transform the enterprise. The classical network perimeter has long vanished. Check Point.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

The way business gets done today requires on-demand access to various company locations, and business applications both inside local datacenters and in the Cloud. Standard network and security measures are no longer adequate to support modern business needs.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 9, 2017

It was designed for permanent, static locations connected via expensive, MPLS links. As we migrate our businesses to cloud datacenters or public-cloud applications, our legacy WAN architectures and optimizations cant effectively support the new hybrid environment. First, the WAN is slow to evolve. This is called a hybrid WAN.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 1, 2017

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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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 4, 2020

The infrastructure needed to support these remote users, virtual private network (VPN) solutions, was built for the brave few and not for the masses. During the first wave of COVID-19, IT had to throw money and hardware at the problem, stacking up legacy VPN servers all over the world to catch up with the demand.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

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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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

When it comes to SD-WAN, he concedes: Theres a huge business case that SD-WAN products are aiming to solve: replacing traditional MPLS/VPN networks with encrypted transport over public Internet.Internet access is often orders of magnitude cheaper than traditional circuits. This results in a better total cost of ownership (TCO).

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Traditional VPN solutions enable connectivity for mobile and remote employees but do little to enable the same visibility and control possible on-premises. At the most granular, enterprises may strive to achieve visibility down to the packet, user, and application level.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Migration of applications to the cloud had been going on for a decade, offloading complex datacenter operations away from IT, and in that way increasing business resiliency and agility. Cloud access control and sensitive data protection (CASB/DLP) The adoption of public cloud applications enables users to get work done faster.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 27, 2018

The rise of mobile devices, combined with the shift to cloud based platforms, means that many networks no longer have a clear perimeter, where all applications and users could be jointly protected against cyber-attacks. When all users need to connect to central location to access cloud applications, performance and latency issues arise.

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CATO Networks

JULY 19, 2023

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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CATO Networks

APRIL 19, 2017

Examples include: Mission critical locations, such as datacenters or regional hubs, can be connected by active-active, dual homed fiber connections managed and monitor 24×7 by an external provider — and with a price tag that approaches MPLS. All governed by the same set of routing and security policies used on the backbone.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

“We had it all: public cloud, private cloud, and on-premises applications,” says Moser. Most locations were connected with IPsec VPNs, except for China, which was reached from Frankfort via a shared MPLS. Network performance was excellent, even in China, where Moser saw a noticeable latency improvement over MPLS.

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CATO Networks

JULY 25, 2023

Security leaders today are facing a number of challenges, including a rise in the number of breaches, a need to accommodate remote work and networking requirements to replace MPLS networks. This was a good solution at the time, but today with applications and users everywhere, this approach is no longer practical or productive.

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CATO Networks

MAY 21, 2018

Aside from the general issues of packet loss and unpredictability, the Internet was optimized for short application or data sessions, not the long sessions seen in voice and video conferencing usage. The public Internet reorganizes to solve issues without regard for the impact on applications.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 21, 2019

Many businesses have spent millions of dollars increasing their level of application and computer agility through the use of cloud resources, and now its time to update the network with a software-defined WAN. When it comes to modern cloud-based applications, a poor network will result in a poor experience.

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NW Kings

JANUARY 7, 2025

This predictability is beneficial for applications requiring reliable connectivity. VPN Configurations : In Virtual Private Network (VPN) setups, static routes direct traffic over secure tunnels. Predictability : Static routes do not rely on changing network conditions and external factors but provide consistent routing paths.

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