CATO Networks

AUGUST 22, 2023

The corporate WAN connects an organizations distributed branch locations, data center, cloud-based infrastructure, and remote workers. The WAN needs to offer high-performance and reliable network connectivity to ensure all users and applications can communicate effectively.

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Kentik

JANUARY 6, 2021

In part 1 of this series , I talked about the importance of network observability as our customers define it — using advances in data platforms and machine learning to supply answers to critical questions and enable teams to take critical action to keep application traffic flowing. API gateways for digital services.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

For several years now, the network evolution spotlight has been on SD-WAN , and rightfully so. SD-WAN provides big advancements in connecting branch locations into central data centers in a cost-effective manner. However, SD-WAN appliances sit atop the underlying network infrastructure.

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CATO Networks

JULY 24, 2023

SASE = SD-WAN + SSE. It identifies two elements that underpin SASE , namely the network access technology ( SD-WAN ) and secure internet access ( Security Service Edge (SSE) ). The East-West WAN traffic visibility gap : SASE converges two separate disciplines: the Wide Area Network and Network Security. Here is why.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 9, 2022

SD-WAN networks provide multiple benefits to organizations, especially when compared to MPLS. SD-WAN improves cloud application performance, reduces WAN costs and increases business agility. This blog post lists the top considerations for enterprises that are evaluating and deploying SD-WAN.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

This stat struck a chord with me as it helps to quantify a common problem the Cato team works with customers to solve: reducing WAN latency. However, keeping WAN latency in check while using traditional solutions, like MPLS or VPN, with cloud services has become impractical. Well answer that here. Cloud and mobile is now the norm.

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CATO Networks

JULY 31, 2023

SD-WAN has enabled new technology opportunities for businesses. But not all organizations have adopted SD-WAN in the same manner or are having the same SD-WAN experience. As the market gravitates away from SD-WAN towards SASE , research and consulting firm EMA analyzed how businesses are managing this transition to SASE.

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Packet Pushers

JUNE 12, 2020

Today's Heavy Networking podcast focuses on a real-world SD-WAN deployment with OneOncology. Today's Heavy Networking podcast focuses on a real-world SD-WAN deployment with OneOncology. Our guests are Robert Holloway, Infrastructure Manager at OneOncology; and Damon Ennis, SVP of Products at Silver Peak.

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CATO Networks

JULY 26, 2022

Happy To Announce the Birth of a New Technology – SD-WAN It wasnt that long ago that we oohed and ahhed over the brand-new technology called SD-WAN. But just as were getting used to the toddling SD-WAN, along came yet another even more exciting newborn, the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE). Thats so yesteryear or is it?

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CATO Networks

MAY 4, 2020

However, when I discuss latency reduction and WAN acceleration with network managers and CIOs, one of the key takeaways is that getting network optimization right has changed significantly over the last decade. So, what exactly are WAN accelerators and what is WAN acceleration in 2020? Here, well answer those questions.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 7, 2019

Companies evaluating which SD-WAN approach is best for them will have to decide between deploying an Over the Top (OTT) SD-WAN or having their SD-WAN bundled with the underlying network. The decision certainly has a big impact on SD-WANs complexity, performance, and affordability. Is Cato an OTT SD-WAN?

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CATO Networks

MARCH 24, 2022

When SD-WAN emerged a decade ago, it quickly became a viable and cost-effective solution to MPLS. But today, enterprises have more advanced network and security needs , and IT leaders are realizing that SD-WAN doesnt address them. Gartner predicts that by 2024 more than 60% of SD-WAN customers will implement a SASE architecture.

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Kentik

JUNE 14, 2023

But this type of encounter in space, this new application of battle strategy borne from intelligence without experience, meant Khan was handicapped from the start. Enterprise WAN in 2023 Enterprise networking in 2023 is very much the same. I recently had the privilege of attending the WAN and AWS Summits in London.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 27, 2019

UCaaS offerings move unified communications capabilities integrated calling, conferencing, and messaging applications normally delivered from on-premises servers, into the cloud. Our research also shows, though,that many enterprises experience an increase in WAN costs to support connectivity to the cloud.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 29, 2022

The SD-WAN contract renewal period is an ideal time to review whether SD-WAN fits into your future plans. While SD-WAN is a powerful and cost-effective replacement for MPLS , enterprises need to make sure it answers their evolving needs, like cloud infrastructure, mitigating cyber risks, and enabling remote access from anywhere.

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Packet Pushers

JUNE 13, 2023

SD-WAN provides new options for connecting branch locations to your headquarters, SaaS, and cloud applications. But SD-WAN is about more than just connectivity, Palo Alto Networks offer an application fabric. SD-WAN provides new options for connecting branch locations to your headquarters, SaaS, and cloud applications.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

What is the ROI on SD-WAN projects? Most enterprises look at SD-WAN as an MPLS alternative , hoping to reduc e their MPLS connectivity costs. But the actual SD-WAN ROI is a mix of hard and soft savi n gs from increasing overall network capacity and availability to a reduc ed operational load of managing and securing the network.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 17, 2022

WAN transformation with SD-WAN and SASE is a strategic project for many organizations. While every organization is different, MPLS generally imposes architectural limitations on enterprise WANs which could impact other strategic initiatives. But, what happens when the cost of MPLS is low? Should these customers stay with MPLS?

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Packet Pushers

MARCH 10, 2023

On today's Heavy Networking, sponsor Graphaint is here to discuss how it's rethinking SD-WAN using a Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) model to help customers consume WAN connectivity instead of setting up and operating a WAN for themselves. We dive into the how and why in this episode.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 25, 2022

As application traffic is increasingly carried over HTTP(S), traditional, port-based methods of identifying application traffic are not always effective. What is Application Awareness? Application-aware networking and security solutions can identify the application that is the intended destination of network traffic.

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CATO Networks

JULY 15, 2020

Lets analyze SD-WANs completeness according to this definition. SD-WAN delivers various benefits compared to legacy WANs, mainly offering enterprises cost optimization, agility, and simplicity. Dynamic load sharing of traffic across multiple WAN connections, based on corporate defined policies. So, Whats Missing?

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 29, 2019

One of the big selling points of SD-WAN tools is their ability to use the Internet to deliver private-WAN levels of performance and reliability. Give each site connections to two or three Internet providers and you can run even demanding, performance-sensitive applications with confidence. See Figure 1.) (See Figure 1.)

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Akins IT

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Luckily, SD-WAN can be configured to prioritize business-critical traffic and real-time services like Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and then effectively steer it over the most efficient route. 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

MAY 24, 2022

As critical applications migrate into Microsoft Azure, enterprises are challenged with building a WAN that can deliver the necessary cloud performance without dramatically increasing costs and complexity. Theres been no good approach to building an Azure SD-WAN until now. Nor does edge SD-WAN help. Lets see how.

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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

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

UCaaS traffic must be backhauled across the WAN to Internet access point resulting in inefficient traffic routing for voice and video calls, and potential quality issues related to excessive delay and jitter. Direct Connect Direct connect options extend the enterprise WAN so that the UCaaS provider appears as just another node on the network.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 26, 2019

In one form or another the question: how can SD-WAN deliver the same reliability and redundancy as MPLS when it uses the public Internet? SD-WAN + public Internet alone cant. Catos cloud-native approach to SD-WAN not only matches MPLS reliability across the middle-mile, it offers better redundancy in the last-mile. My response?

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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. I couldnt trust them to manage the SD-WAN, says Dell.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

And its also no secret that as more applications move to the cloud, significant changes are hosted onto the WAN. And with the cloud, users access applications in and outside of the office. SD-WAN appliances are ill-suited to address these changes. Youd have access from anywhere and security everywhere.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 1, 2019

The adoption of SD-WANs continues to skyrocket. ZK Research forecasts the market for SD-WAN infrastructure and services will grow at almost 70% CAGR between now and 2022. For most businesses, the WAN is long overdue for an upgrade as the current architecture has been in place for well over three decades. Network specific issues.

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Obkio

MAY 10, 2023

Learn about distributed network monitoring and how its become necessary to monitor decentralized networks like SD-WAN, SASE, and cloud-based (SaaS) applications.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 9, 2019

WANs are slow. In most enterprises, the WAN changes more slowly than just about any other part of the infrastructure. People like to set up routers and such and then touch them as infrequently as possibleand that goes both for enterprises and for their WAN service providers as well.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 29, 2020

IT now need to connect the new European branches to the companys applications in the US with guaranteed performance and availability, and without compromising on security. The post SASE and WAN Transformation A Strategic Duo appeared first on Cato Networks. So lets compare the old way with the new.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 24, 2019

A recent conversation with a WAN engineer got me thinking about how network optimization techniques have changed over the years. Traditional WAN optimization tools do little to help address these challenges, as theyre simply designed to reduce bandwidth consumption. WAN optimization appliances couldnt fix that trombone problem.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 21, 2019

For global companies still operating with a legacy WAN architecture, WAN modernization is mandatory today for a variety of reasons. When it comes to modern cloud-based applications, a poor network will result in a poor experience. SD-WAN is a very broad category. Global companies have unique networking needs.

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Packet Pushers

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

SD-WAN vendors offer a variety of mechanisms to connect end users to cloud applications while incorporating policy and performance requirements. SD-WAN vendors offer a variety of mechanisms to connect end users to cloud applications while incorporating policy and performance requirements.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 10, 2023

If your enterprise SD-WAN contract is due for renewal but your existing SD-WAN solution doesn’t align with your functional or business objectives, you have other options. In this blog post, we review four potential paths to replace or enhance your SD-WAN infrastructure. What is Triggering SD-WAN Evaluation?

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