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. Streamlining the network security infrastructure and providing secure Internet access from any location were the top 2 reasons for moving to SD-WAN in 2018.

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Kentik

MARCH 9, 2023

With so many network boundaries being navigated (application, service, cloud providers, subnets, SD-WANs , etc.), Your switches, servers, transits, gateways, load balancers, and more are all capturing critical information about their resource utilization and traffic characteristics. What is device telemetry?

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The market for SD-WAN has been driven in part by its ability to reduce bandwidth costs and improve the performance of cloud access. Traditionally, Wide Area Networks (WANs) and network security were loosely coupled entities. This amicable live-and-let-live separation falls apart with todays SD-WAN.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 5, 2020

Regardless, the WAN became complex, costly and the epitome of lack of agility. 2000s 2010s: Moving to Software-Defined WAN Next came the attempt to fill the gaps created by the limitations of MPLS and the public Internet with SD-WAN. Maintaining such a setup was becoming increasingly difficult. This is easier said than done.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 2, 2019

In 2014, Gartner analysts wrote a Foundational Report (G00260732, Communication Hubs Improve WAN Performance) providing guidance to customers on deploying communication hubs, or cloud-based network hubs, outside the enterprise data center. Voice and video traffic is on the rise, and it requires high bandwidth, low latency transport.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This is invaluable, assuming youre willing to pay the high price for the bandwidth that these types of apps consume – MPLS is extremely expensive. Out-of-control network expenses become an issue when bandwidth-hogging content results in a high costs that is budget-prohibitive for many businesses. Real-time traffic shaping.

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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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CATO Networks

AUGUST 20, 2019

Fortunately, cloud-native SD-WAN platforms, like Cato Cloud , enable enterprises to leverage Network as a Service to its full potential. Network as a Service: A crash course With NaaS, many WAN complexities can be abstracted away. Coupled with an SD-WAN appliance some may argue that NaaS can go a long way in replacing MPLS.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 20, 2022

Get crystal clear on your WAN challenges: Do any of these challenges sound familiar? Youve been told to cut costs Its no secret that MPLS circuits cost a fortune often 3-4x the price of MPLS alternatives (like SD-WAN,) for only a fraction of the bandwidth. But the bottom line isnt the only factor to take into consideration.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 3, 2018

This is one of the reasons that, according to Gartner analyst Joe Skorupa , by 2020, more than half of WAN edge infrastructure refreshes will be based on SD-WAN versus traditional routers. In fact, according to IDC , SD-WAN is entering a period of rapid adoption. And here is where SD-WAN steps in.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 15, 2018

More and more IT managers are interested in converging SD-WAN with network security and for good reason. But as weve noted before, traditional SD-WAN fails to adequately address the security dimension, relying on existing security appliances and solutions. Its an SD-WAN built from the ground up with security in mind.

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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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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

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Enterprises often embark on a SASE journey to address a specific, tactical needlike replacing SD-WAN or enhancing remote access securitybut what begins as a targeted project often leads to profound, far-reaching change across the entire IT landscape. By converging SD-WAN with network security , SASE empowers enterprises to be agile.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Converged functionalities include SD-WAN, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), firewall-as-a-service (FWaaS), cloud-access security broker (CASB), DLP and secure web gateway (SWG). Speed and performance: SASE enables manufacturers to increase bandwidth. Some manufacturers have been able to achieve 3x their previous WAN bandwidth.

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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 6, 2018

Hybrid Wide-Area Network (Hybrid WAN) a type of wide area network that sends traffic over two or more connection types. See also WAN Latency. It is affected by latency, packet loss and WAN optimization. For a detailed overview of SD-WAN and its benefits for global business, refer to our explainer here.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 23, 2019

The current strain adds a host of new infection targets, including enterprise SD-WAN appliances, wireless presentation systems, and digital signage. Access to copious enterprise bandwidth may enable Mirai to launch even more devastating attacks than before. Sockets also only accept traffic from authorized sources.

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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

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Its also no secret that traditional networks add latency to UCaaS sessions, backhauling all cloud (including UCaaS) traffic to a centralized, secured Internet gateway. Overcome Congestion and Last-Mile Packet Loss Degrading Voice Quality Congestion, particularly in the last-mile, becomes a significant problem for delivering UCaaS over SD-WAN.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 23, 2016

This approach is mostly chosen by companies that dont want to compromise on security and also need WAN access. The problem with this option is that MPLS is an expensive network that was not designed to carry heavy traffic (designed for mission-critical applications) and the internet traffic consumes a lot of the MPLS expensive bandwidth.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 22, 2022

Rising MPLS Bandwidth Costs MPLS is expensive and eats up a large portion of IT spend. Upgrades and Replacements for Hardware Appliances – More users and traffic mean more required network bandwidth. This is essential for ensuring secure connectivity and business continuity.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 25, 2024

SASE seeks to address these issues by converging various functionssuch as SD-WAN , secure web gateways , cloud access security brokers (CASB) , and zero-trust network access (ZTNA) into a single, cohesive platform. This platform needs to be cloud-native to handle the ever-increasing demands of bandwidth and innovation.

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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

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

We had SD-WAN and networking. SASE converges ZTNA, NGFW, and other security services along with network services such as SD-WAN, WAN optimization, and bandwidth aggregation into a cloud-native platform. We already had firewalls and UTMs. We had mobile access solutions.

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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

This is a network architecture configuration where traffic is directed from a VPN client to the corporate network and also through a gateway to link with the Internet. Split tunneling provides opportunity for attack To alleviate VPN capacity constraints, organizations sometimes utilize split tunneling.

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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

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. Sophisticated upstream and downstream Quality of Service (QoS) ensure UCaaS traffic receives the necessary bandwidth.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 17, 2021

SASE is a Secure Remote Access Solution Designed for the Modern Enterprise SASE converges Zero Trust Network Access, 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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