CATO Networks

AUGUST 7, 2018

The answer Software-Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WANs). SD-WAN brings unparalleled agility and cost savings to networking. With SD-WAN, organizations can deliver more responsive, more predictable applications at lower cost in less time than the managed MPLS services traditionally used by the enterprise. How Does SD-WAN Work?

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 9, 2017

TMC, a global, integrated media company, has awarded Cato Cloud a 2017 Internet Telephony SD-WAN Excellence Award. Congratulations to Cato Networks for receiving a 2017 INTERNET TELEPHONY SD-WAN Excellence Award, said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. The post TMC, Layer123 Recognize Cato for SD-WAN Leadership appeared first on Cato Networks.

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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

That means making sure the wide area network (WAN) that connects branch offices, data centers, cloud services and SaaS applications can handle the connectivity needs of digitally empowered global organizations. Software-defined Wide Area Networks ( SD-WAN ) can get the job done.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

In a recent webinar we conducted at Cato , we asked the audience a poll question: What is the primary driver for your SD-WAN project? We expected other drivers, such as MPLS cost reduction, eliminating bandwidth constraints, or optimizing cloud access, to be at the top of the list. Why is security such a big deal with SD-WAN?

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CATO Networks

APRIL 4, 2018

Enterprise networking is moving from traditional hub-and-spoke WAN architectures to infrastructure that must support the migration of critical applications to the cloud. MPLS: Reliable, But Comes with a Price The popularity of MPLS deployments in corporate WAN infrastructures comes from its predictability.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 27, 2018

Adaptations in WAN infrastructure that arise are necessary to meet the new and shifting IT landscape. Initially, SD-WAN was driven by the need for cost-saving since WAN infrastructure, MPLS, in particular, can be quite expensive. Today, its not just cost savings that are driving enterprises to SD-WAN.

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CATO Networks

MAY 6, 2018

Companies needing to connect their users to the services in the cloud, who have been using a wide-area network (WAN) with MPLS for security, are seeing the benefits of using a software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) for connectivity. Bandwidth-intensive traffic, bound for the Internet and cloud, are backhauled across the MPLS WAN.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 2, 2022

But whats particularly interesting for anyone moving away from a global MPLS network or otherwise looking at WAN transformation is the impact NaaS will have on evolving the enterprise backbone. billed on an opex model consumption-based, via a metered metric (such as ports, bandwidth or users), (not based on network devices/appliances).

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Kentik

JULY 6, 2017

Protecting Availability for Internet-based WAN Sites. SD-WAN is one of 2017’s hottest networking technologies. Last week at Cisco Live was no exception; Cisco’s $610M acquisition of Viptela in May made for a lot of SD-WAN buzz. For enterprises, SD-WAN makes a lot of sense.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Every few weeks, yet another survey confirms enterprise interest in SD-WAN. To help inform enterprises how best to make the transition to SD-WAN, Ive been speaking with independent engineers and network architects around the industry for their insights and suggestions. DG: Do carriers perceive SD-WAN differently than their customers?

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CATO Networks

MARCH 8, 2017

Anyone whos purchased MPLS bandwidth has experienced the surreal. While at home you might spend $50 for a 50 Mbps Internet link, MPLS services can cost 10 times more for a fraction of the bandwidth. WAN architectures give you a range of choices for addressing these security considerations.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Like AdRoll, many modern enterprises are learning that the scalability, security, and reliability of cloud-based SD-WAN make it an ideal VPN alternative. So, what makes SD-WAN such an attractive VPN replacement? The upside here was simple: public Internet bandwidth is significantly cheaper than MPLS bandwidth.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 29, 2018

SD-WANs are the go-to alternative for enterprises looking to reimagine their networks. With the right mix of SD-WAN features, IT can improve agility, availability, and, yes, even lower their network transport costs. Traditional SD-WAN features focus on selecting the best path, not providing a better path.

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CATO Networks

MAY 5, 2016

MPLS cost reduction is the target of the emerging SD-WAN market that is bustling with solutions looking to take the corporate wide area network to a whole new level. The core value proposition of SD-WAN is the use of a standard, low-cost Internet link to augment an expensive managed, low-latency and guaranteed capacity MPLS link.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 4, 2017

For SD-WAN s, the Internet has been their weakness. The lack of a global, SLA-backed backbone leaves SD-WANs unable to provide the consistent, predictable transport needed by real-time service and business-critical applications. Bandwidth was still provisioned in the old T1/T3/OC-3 increments.

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CATO Networks

JULY 7, 2022

Its no secret that many enterprises are reevaluating their WAN. In other cases, it might be a global SD-WAN deployment, which relied too much on the unpredictable Internet. Only a fraction of the many hyperscaler PoPs can run the necessary security inspections and only a smaller fraction can act as SD-WAN on-ramps.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Heres a run down and summary of those IoT security best practices for easy reference from some of the top sites and how cloud-based SD-WAN, such as Cato Cloud , can help. Build around secure hardware: If COGS permits, build security features such as secure and encrypted storage, or boot functionality based on Trusted Platform Module (TPM).

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CATO Networks

APRIL 15, 2018

This allows a comprehensive security policy to be enforced on WAN and Internet traffic, for fixed location and mobile users. This elastic capacity allows for the rapid deployment of additional sites and changes in bandwidth requirements. Thus, a separate firewall solution is required for the WAN.

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Kentik

MAY 16, 2018

Performance is a key driver behind the movement, with 5G enabling: Greater throughput -- mobile broadband with bandwidth ranging from 50 Mbps to 10 Gbps. Many enterprises are replacing their fixed MPLS wide area networks (WANs) with virtualized software-defined WANs (SD-WANs) to reduce costs.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 4, 2024

Some of these configuration options include: DHCP DNS Bandwidth Management (QoS) Link health Configuring these settings in the CMA will push the configuration globally to all of the Cato PoPs to ensure that all your locations and users have the same global performance and experience.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Fortunately for enterprises, cloud-based SD-WAN solves this problem by making secure, monitored, and policy-enforced WAN connectivity possible across the globe, on-prem and in the cloud, without sacrificing performance. But what exactly makes cloud-based SD-WAN different?

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CATO Networks

APRIL 28, 2022

By contrast, The Cato SASE Cloud is the world’sfirst cloud-native SASEplatform , converging SD-WAN and networksecurity in thecloud.Cato Cloud connects all enterprise network resources including branch locations, the mobile workforce, and physical and cloud data centers, into a global and secure, cloud-native network service.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 17, 2020

The same software running QoS and path selection of SD-WAN, WAN optimization, and other networking functions is also the same software doing security inspection and policy enforcement. As such, traffic, even encrypted traffic, can be inspected at wire speed regardless of the needed security policies or optimizations.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This is especially true if TLS decryption is required for inspection of encrypted traffic as this can exhaust an appliances compute capacity. With limited resources, TLS decryption and in-depth inspection of network traffic can cause performance issues, especially as corporate networks and their traffic bandwidth increase.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Encrypt Data, Not Just the Tunnel Most remote access solutions create an encrypted point-to-point tunnel to carry the communications payload. The data payload itself must also be encrypted for strong security. While the tunnel itself is encrypted, the traffic traveling within that tunnel typically is not.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Moreover, traditional VPNs can introduce latency and bandwidth constraints, impacting application performance and user experience: Complexity : VPNs can be complex to manage, especially for large organizations with multiple locations and diverse user populations.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 7, 2020

The users traffic is sent to Catos SD-WAN edge device, the Cato Socket, sitting on the local network. Robust application-prioritization capabilities allow enterprises to align last-mile usage with business needs by prioritizing and allocating bandwidth by application.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 26, 2021

VPNs Put Remote Access Security at High Risk In general, VPNs provide minimal security with traffic encryption and simple user authentication. SASE converges ZTNA, NextGen firewall (NGFW), and other security services along with network services such as SD-WAN, WAN optimization, and bandwidth aggregation into a cloud-native platform.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 16, 2020

As the world’s first global Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform, Cato includes remote access with SD-WAN in one single platform. A VPN establishes a secure, encrypted connection so that a remote users traffic can travel over a public, unsecured, unencrypted network privately and safely.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 17, 2021

VPNs are Giving Way to Zero Trust Security While VPNs provide traffic encryption and user authentication, they still present a security risk because they grant access to the entire network without the option of controlling granular user access to specific resources.

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