Kentik

MARCH 13, 2023

Whether it’s as simple as ensuring solid connectivity with a SaaS provider or designing a robust, secure, hybrid, and multi-cloud architecture, the enterprise wide area network is all about connecting us to our resources, wherever they are. So what does this mean for today’s enterprise network engineer?

WAN 98

WAN Wide Area Network Topology Internet 98

CATO Networks

OCTOBER 26, 2017

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. Users increasingly complained about their Internet performance. MPLS was also limiting IT agility.

MPLS 52

MPLS WAN Wide Area Network Bandwidth 52

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.

WAN 40

WAN Cloud Wide Area Network MPLS 40

Kentik

APRIL 3, 2017

This wasn’t the case just a couple of years ago when EMA issued its Network Management Megatrends 2014 report. At the time, EMA’s research found that network flow data was only the fourth most popular source of data used for network engineering and capacity planning. Flow data for WAN monitoring.

Network 40

Network Networking Wide Area Network MPLS 40

CATO Networks

MARCH 15, 2018

Network Security Appliances Limit Traditional SD-WAN SD-WAN became popular by solving the challenges of adapting legacy wide area networks (WANs) to the modern enterprise. The MPLS architectures of most enterprise WANs adds far too much latency to Internet- and cloud-destined traffic.

WAN 52

WAN Wide Area Network Network Security MPLS 52

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. SD-WANs reduce bandwidth costs, no doubt, but enterprises are still left having to address important issues around cloud, mobility, and security.

WAN 52

WAN MPLS Bandwidth Internet 52

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. More connection density -- 1 million connected mobile devices in less than half of a square mile as compared to around 2K with 4G cellular networks. 5G and SDN Capabilities Intersect.

5G 40

5G Network Networking Wireless 40