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Simplicity, Courtesy of the Cloud

CATO Networks

Pioneered in the area of business applications, a small startup, salesforce.com, has challenged enterprise software giant, Siebel Systems and its alliance with system integrators and their army of consultants. Every realm of enterprise IT, from business applications to infrastructure, now sports a cloudy overcast. Simplicity had won.

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The 4 Drivers in the Journey to Full WAN Transformation

CATO Networks

This is why enterprises increasingly turn to service providers and the cloud to run compute, storage, networking, and security. 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.

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A New Approach to SD-WAN Management

CATO Networks

Internet performance simply fluctuates too much moment-to-moment and day-to-day, particularly when connections cross between backbones or Internet regions, to deliver the predictable performance needed for enterprise-grade voice and other critical applications.

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Sign of the Times: Time to Eliminate Your Dependence on MPLS and Switch to SD-WAN

CATO Networks

The global MPLS approach to networking works well if: The users are in fixed locations such as branch offices, The only corporate applications are hosted in-house, and Business needs dont change very often. Corporate applications are increasingly in the cloud. Clearly, an alternative is needed, but its not the public Internet.

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The Co-Managed SD-WAN: A Managed Infrastructure with Self-Service Capabilities for Agility

CATO Networks

For example, the missing components that a service provider can provide, such as security services and an SLA-backed network backbone, are significant gaps in the solution. Moreover, SD-WAN appliances dont address the needs of mobile users and are inherently unsuitable for native cloud applications.

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