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. Network security is built into the Cato Cloud.

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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.

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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

APRIL 16, 2019

Ransomware makes use of backdoor entry predominantly, compromising the network security as well as the data security. With small branch offices often lax in their security policies, they become a favorite entry port for all too many attackers. However, data replication is subjected to higher usage of network bandwidth.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Last month, the service was shortlisted for Layer123s Network Transformation Awards 2017 as the Best SD-WAN Service. Previous recognition included Gartner Cool Vendor 2017 , a finalist as a RSA Innovation Sandbox 2017 , and CRN for 25 Coolest network Security Vendors.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

It could change your entire approach to network security, and help save your sanity. Gone are the days when it was simple and effective to connect remote sites with a perimeter firewall, or backhaul traffic to a datacenter to keep companies secure and functional. Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) is the future of network security.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

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 15, 2018

More and more IT managers are interested in converging SD-WAN with network security and for good reason. An agile, efficient, and ubiquitous security architecture is essential if organizations are to fully transform their networks. Companies must still to deploy external security appliances.

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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. These drivers, though, also come with baggage: the reassessment of todays corporate security model. Traditionally, Wide Area Networks (WANs) and network security were loosely coupled entities.

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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. Cato has also built a full network security stack directly into its global network.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 1, 2017

Networking, security, and mobility technologies are deployed and operated independently. Integrated Security-Network Evaluation CIOs and IT leaders should pull together an interdisciplinary team to take a strategic approach to the new WAN and the dissolved perimeter.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 12, 2018

More specifically, t he rise of WAN optimization began around 2004 and addressed the limitations of the limited capacity of costly MPLS and leased line connections. Bandwidth: Bandwidth limitations are addressed by minimizing the amount of data passed across the network.

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CATO Networks

MAY 16, 2018

Our 2018 survey included over 700 respondents from IT enterprises that currently run MPLS backbones. Organizations with far fewer locations and employees than Maersk are equally challenged with the complexity of securing the WAN that requires a plethora of costly hardware devices along with having staff with the skill sets to manage them all.

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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. There is an alternative approach to such scenarios, and it is called a Secure Access Service Edge, or SASE in short. So lets compare the old way with the new.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 22, 2018

At the same time, MPLS circuits can be quite costly and take many months to install. Still, a reliable Internet link may be unavailable, requiring the purchase of MPLS last mile. The new model to meet the networking needs of globally distributed enterprises is a cloud network, also known as software-defined WAN ( SD-WAN ) as a service.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 8, 2024

In the face of rising bandwidth costs and the limitations of MPLS , IT teams turn to SD-WAN, a more flexible and cost-effective solution that leverages public internet links to improve performance and reliability. By converging SD-WAN with network security , SASE empowers enterprises to be agile.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 27, 2018

Initially, SD-WAN was driven by the need for cost-saving since WAN infrastructure, MPLS, in particular, can be quite expensive. Hungry for Bandwidth In addition to cost savings, one of the initial problems with WAN infrastructure that IT leaders were looking to solve was last mile bandwidth and availability.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 5, 2017

SD-WANs Arent Enough Leveraging Direct Internet Access (DIA) allows SD-WANs to improve agility and reduce bandwidth costs, but fails to address, and sometimes exacerbates, other critical challenges. DIA also means IT can reduce their monthly bandwidth spend by as much as 90 percent.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 27, 2018

Recent trends in enterprise networking have created a challenge for network security engineers. The rise of mobile devices, combined with the shift to cloud based platforms, means that many networks no longer have a clear perimeter, where all applications and users could be jointly protected against cyber-attacks.

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CATO Networks

JULY 31, 2023

NEW EMA Report: Establishing a Mature Foundation for SASE Success | Download the Report SD-WAN Replaces MPLS The internet has become a primary means of WAN connectivity for 63% of organizations. This shift impacts the use of MPLS , with the internet is being leveraged more often to boost overall bandwidth.

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CATO Networks

JULY 26, 2022

The new darling of the networking industry would free us from the shackles of legacy MPLS services. 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). SD-WAN: The Toddler Years When SD-WAN was born, there was much to love.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 15, 2018

Since the beginning of networks, the lynchpin of network security has been the firewall. The first network firewalls appeared in the late 1980s, and gained almost universal acceptance by the early 1990s. This elastic capacity allows for the rapid deployment of additional sites and changes in bandwidth requirements.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 1, 2020

Improve Middle Mile Performance When MPLS (multiprotocol label switching) was the de facto WAN connectivity standard, enterprises often had a reliable, albeit expensive and inflexible, middle mile connection they could count on for enterprise-grade connectivity. The solution? This is exactly what Cato Cloud was purpose-built to do.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 5, 2023

Use High-Quality Network Connectivity SD-WAN is designed to improve network performance and reliability by intelligently routing traffic over different network connections, including broadband Internet, multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) , and mobile networks.

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Kentik

APRIL 3, 2017

Many enterprises are, for example, replacing managed WAN services like MPLS with public internet connections at remote sites. Organizations are pursuing these changes for a variety of reasons, not least of which is that they enable direct cloud access and higher bandwidth at a lower cost. Advanced network analytics.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 3, 2018

Depending on the answer, the bandwidth, speed, latency and performance requirements will differ. Mobile users Some network setups do not visibility or control for mobile access to cloud applications. Software-defined wide area network is a new way to manage and optimize enterprise networks.

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NW Kings

JANUARY 7, 2025

Low Overhead : Static routes do not consume bandwidth for routing updates or require additional CPU resources to compute paths. Simplicity : Static routing manages dynamic routing protocols, especially for smaller or less complex networks. Is cyber security a good career? What are the disadvantages of dynamic routing?

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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. 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.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Network Visibility Challenges Created by Cloud and Mobile One of the biggest challenges enterprises face with network visibility is addressing blindspots created by cloud and mobile. It is easy for an enterprise to fall into a false sense of security because they can view all the traffic traversing MPLS links.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 20, 2019

Network as a Service: A crash course With NaaS, many WAN complexities can be abstracted away. Third- party services deliver network functionalities such as VPN, Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), and Bandwidth on Demand (BoD). 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

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Yet, the traditional network architecture (MPLS connectivity, VPN servers, etc.) If you cant answer YES to all the above, then it looks like your current network infrastructure is inadequate to ensure business continuity when it comes to secure data access, optimized user experience, and effective visibility and management.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 23, 2022

Many organizations neglect to consider bandwidth and capacity requirements of cloud applications. The Cato SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) Cloud converges core capabilities of networking, security and access management into a single software stack that delivers optimized cloud access, predictable performance, and unified policy management.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 28, 2022

the security side, Cato Security as a Service is a fully managed suite of enterprise-grade and agile network security capabilities, directly built into the Cato Global Private Backbone. Enterprises manage and monitor networking, security, and access through a single application. Is the integration seamless?

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