CATO Networks

OCTOBER 26, 2017

As the company grew, Alewijnse found MPLS connectivity to be increasingly unable meet its business requirements. 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.

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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

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? Catos cloud-native approach to SD-WAN not only matches MPLS reliability across the middle-mile, it offers better redundancy in the last-mile. MPLS doesnt provide active-active redundancy per se.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

We expected other drivers, such as MPLS cost reduction, eliminating bandwidth constraints, or optimizing cloud access, to be at the top of the list. Because SD-WAN is a code name for MPLS WAN transformation project. MPLS WANs were never designed with security, and specifically, threat protection, as a core feature.

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NW Kings

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

QoS ensures that critical applications receive the necessary bandwidth by prioritizing traffic. Techniques include traffic classification, queuing mechanisms, bandwidth reservation, and congestion management. How does MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) improve network performance?

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CATO Networks

APRIL 20, 2022

Its about a year before your MPLS contract expires, and youve been told to cut costs by your CFO. That MPLS too expensive. Naturally, its your job to find a solution… There actually could be several reasons why its time to pull the plug on your MPLS, or at least, consider MPLS alternatives. Find an alternative.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Multiprotocol label switching protocol (MPLS) based networks, can no longer answer the business needs of a global enterprise. The Disadvantages of MPLS MPLS has long been the go-to solution for connecting distant locations across the globe. Software-defined Wide Area Networks ( SD-WAN ) can get the job done. Here is why.

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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. Issues arose about a year into the MPLS contract.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

MPLS is a reliable routing technique that ensures efficiency and high performance. However, global changes like remote work, mobile connectivity and cloud-based infrastructure require businesses to reconsider their MPLS network strategy. What is MPLS? What is MPLS? How does MPLS Work?

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

By implementing an MPLS alternative , an SLA-backed WAN and by eliminating the stacks of security appliances , bandwidth costs drop and operations become more efficient. Initially the locations had been connected with MPLS and secured with local appliances. Finally, managing the MPLS and security infrastructure was painful.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 4, 2018

For your business to stay ahead of the pack, you should be looking to improve network and security infrastructure to have the flexibility and strength to handle not just todays bandwidth demands, but tomorrows demands as well. However, MPLS traffic from the service provider to the on-premises routers is notoriously expensive.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 5, 2020

1990s – 2000s: MPLS and the Era of Clear Network Boundaries? Dedicated network connectivity, known as MPLS, was the preferred approach for connecting remote locations. Dedicated network connectivity, known as MPLS, was the preferred approach for connecting remote locations. This is easier said than done.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) adoption is on the rise in the enterprise and with that comes significant impact for IT managers considering how their MPLS network transformation. The post Why Traditional MPLS Networks are Ill-Suited for UCaaS appeared first on Cato Networks.

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Network Engineering

MARCH 17, 2019

We have configured a reference bandwidth of 1000G on all routers.This by definition means an ae interface (with 2 x 10G member Links) would yield a cost of 50G (1000G/20G = 50). 30; } family mpls; } R2> show configuration protocols isis interface ae16.3 30; } family mpls; } R2> show configuration protocols isis interface ae16.3

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 17, 2017

The Search for Affordable MPLS Alternative Global organizations are looking for SD-WAN services to provide an affordable, MPLS alternative. If you are already using MPLS, you are well aware of its challenges: high costs, rigidity, long time to deploy and incompatibility with the growing demand for direct cloud and internet access.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 30, 2025

Many manufacturers still rely on fragmented architectures, mixing MPLS, on-prem, and cloud connectivity, causing slow connections, bandwidth constraints, and inefficiencies that delay production, disrupt supply chains, and increase costs.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Which architectural approach will best serve your needs MPLS, public internet or cloud networks? The low-cost, easily adopted public Internet is an attractive option for reducing bandwidth costs, at least when compared to MPLS. Despite price erosion, MPLS services remain significantly more expensive than Internet services.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 5, 2018

Whether a dedicated wire or MPLS, the cost of traditional WAN technology increases in direct relationship to determinism. SD-WAN solves this very problem by utilizing route and component diversity made feasible by the improvements in technology and the affordable costs of Internet bandwidth.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 22, 2017

Its not just about cutting the cost of their existing MPLS-based WANs. Todays business has evolved significantly since the adoption of MPLS-based WANs. Per user bandwidth consumption has likely grown significantly since your organization adopted an MPLS-based WAN. Mobile users and the cloud are ignored by MPLS.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 30, 2018

WAN optimization was designed to overcome the limitations of MPLS-based networks. Bandwidth was expensive, which made every bit of performance essential (and, yes, pun intended). WAN optimization compensated for the latency and limited bandwidth of MPLS.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 12, 2020

Most enterprise WANs have historically used MPLS, but with the proliferation of cloud resources and mobile users, organizations are realizing the need to facilitate more flexible connectivity. Usually, one network service is MPLS while the other is typically an Internet connection.

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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. Bandwidth upgrades and changes can also take weeks.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 20, 2017

MPLS networks: pros and cons MPLS is the defacto choice for most enterprises, and for a good reason. MPLS offers guaranteed availability and optimized application performance, as well as high levels of latency and stability. A typical MPLS network install can take months to order, install, and implement.

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Packet Pushers

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

A customer in the automotive industry needed a better way to share large CAD files among global sites, and its MPLS network wasnt cutting it. A customer in the automotive industry needed a better way to share large CAD files among global sites, and its MPLS network wasnt cutting it.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 4, 2017

As a result, SD-WAN adopters have remained chained to their MPLS services, paying exorbitant bandwidth fees just to deliver these core applications. Now a new kind of inexpensive, high-quality, SLA-backed backbone is emerging, one that allows companies to finally overcome their MPLS dependency.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Paysafe decided to replace its mix of MPLS and Internet-based VPN with Cato Cloud to create a single converged network. For a fraction of the price, the Cato Cloud solution improved in performance compared to the Internet VPNs and is on par with MPLS. The solution reduced costs while increasing bandwidth.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 17, 2018

MPLS networks have been the backbone of enterprise networks for years. Although MPLS circuits are considerably more expensive than general Internet circuits, businesses have relied on MPLS networks for their dependability. MPLS networks are known and relied upon for high uptime, with a target of five-nines (99.999%) uptime.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 27, 2019

Two factors in particular: The need to increase bandwidth between the organization and the Internet to support connectivity to the UCaaS provider The need to add bandwidth between locations to support new features commonly available from UCaaS providers, like video conferencing.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 21, 2019

WAN costs can be reduced by up to 90% because the dedicated private WAN connections, typically MPLS, are replaced with lower cost broadband connections. This is a notable difference from SDWaaS that is built on privately-run backbones with SLAs for performance that compares to MPLS.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 2, 2017

SD-WAN Cost Savings Early marketing around SD-WAN technology pointed to the 90 percent cost difference between MPLS and Internet bandwidth costs. Cant Eliminate MPLS All too often, the cost savings of SD-WAN stem from the expectation of eliminating a carriers costly MPLS service. The reality is very different.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Optimization has always been about overcoming latency, jitter, packet loss, and bandwidth limitations. However, in recent years bandwidth has become much less of an issue for most enterprises. Lower dollar-per-bit costs of bandwidth and apps that incorporate data duplication and compression are big drivers of this shift.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 10, 2017

So youve decided to get off your MPLS service, but To what? What are the issues to consider when re-evaluating MPLS – and its successor? Well discuss each of those and provide a concise comparison table comparing MPLS, traditional SD-WAN and cloud-based SD-WAN. is the question. Think youve mastered SD-WAN?

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Akins IT

OCTOBER 26, 2001

Market adoption is growing rapidly, and industry experts have declared a winner in the SD-WAN vs MPLS debate. For example, Network World called 2018 the year of SD-WAN , and before the end of Q3 2018 Gartner declared SD-WAN is killing MPLS. Whats driving all the excitement around SD-WAN?

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Akins IT

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Performance MPLS was the top dog in enterprise WAN before cloud-computing and mobile smart devices exploded in popularity. Once cloud and mobile became mainstream, a fundamental flaw in MPLS was exposed. With MPLS, enterprises have to deal with the trombone effect . Bottom line - MPLS bandwidth is expensive.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 19, 2018

Born alongside the expensive MPLS data service, WAN optimization appliances allowed organizations to squeeze more bandwidth out of thin pipes through compression and deduplication, as well as prioritizing traffic of loss-sensitive applications such as remote desktops. WAN optimization has been with us for a long time.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Jims research showed in part (check out the webinar for full details) how customer concerns around MPLS and those around the Internet are directly inverse of one another. For MPLS services, customers were most concerned about cost, uptime and latency. There is no native encryption with MPLS services; data is sent in the clear.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 18, 2023

If you are used to managed MPLS services, transitioning to Internet last-mile access as part of SD-WAN or SASE might cause some concern. In this blog post we explain how SD-WAN and SASE ensure higher reliability and network availability than legacy MPLS and why SLAs are actually overrated.

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