CATO Networks

DECEMBER 8, 2024

This phenomenon is highly applicable to many IT transformations such as cloud migration and move to hybrid work, but even more so to SASE (Secure Access Service Edge). The Tactical Start The ripple effect of SASE often starts small, typically focused on a single use case like modernizing WAN infrastructure.

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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

APRIL 19, 2021

Digitalization, work-from-anywhere,and cloud computing have accelerated SASE offerings to address the need for secure and optimizedaccess, anytime, anywhere, and on any device. And, enterprises should build a strategy for replacing legacy point products with a converged SASE platform.

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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. Only by converging SASE with NaaS can companies eliminate costly, legacy MPLS services. But SASE alone cant replace MPLS.

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CATO Networks

JULY 31, 2023

As the market gravitates away from SD-WAN towards SASE , research and consulting firm EMA analyzed how businesses are managing this transition to SASE. In this blog post, we present the key findings from their report, titled WAN Transformation with SD-WAN: Establishing a Mature Foundation for SASE Success.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 15, 2022

SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) is an enterprise networking and security service that converges SD-WAN with multiple security functions – including FWaaS, CASB, DLP, SWG, and ZTNA – into a converged, cloud-native service that is manageable, optimized, secure and easy to use.

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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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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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Most enterprises look at SD-WAN as an MPLS alternative , hoping to reduc e their MPLS connectivity costs. SD-WAN ROI Driver #1: Reducing MPLS Connectivity Costs Enterprises have long invested in managed MPLS services to connect locations. What is the ROI on SD-WAN projects? Here there’s a balance of considerations.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 28, 2022

Last December, Network World published a thoughtful guide outlining the questions IT organizations should be asking when evaluating SASE platforms. It was an essential list that should be included in any SASE evaluation. In short, Cato provides all of the core SASE capabilities identified by NWW. If not, where are the gaps?

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CATO Networks

MARCH 22, 2022

This blog post breaks down the considerations and requirements of strategic change, while comparing two courses of action – transforming early or waiting for the last minute – and proposes a plan for gradual adoption of SASE. Rising MPLS Bandwidth Costs MPLS is expensive and eats up a large portion of IT spend.

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CATO Networks

JULY 7, 2022

In some cases, it might be an MPLS network, which is no longer suitable (or affordable) for the modern digital business. This calls for a SASE service built on a global private backbone. Why a Global SASE Service? Today, its the largest private SASE network spanning 70+ PoPs worldwide.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 12, 2018

By understanding the strengths and limitations of these two technologies you can best understand how they should be deployed and where secure access service edge (SASE) fits into the picture. Bandwidth: Bandwidth limitations are addressed by minimizing the amount of data passed across the network. Lets take a closer look.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

We frequently talk to organizations who are enthusiastically searching for alternatives to their old and tired MPLS and IPsec networks. Theyre ready to realize the benefits of a new SASE infrastructure but remain constrained by their old beliefs about network engineering. There are no bits to set or devices to configure.

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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

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). It would give us even more more security, better remote access, and faster deployment.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 22, 2023

Some of its limitations includes: Cost: MPLS connections are expensive and have hard caps on available bandwidth. If an organizations bandwidth needs exceed the current hardware capacity, new or additional hardware is required, and this can be a slow and expensive process.

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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. SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) provides a solution for this problem.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Yet, the traditional network architecture (MPLS connectivity, VPN servers, etc.) Yet VPN wasnt designed to support an entire remote workforce simultaneously, forcing IT to add VPN servers to address the surge of remote users, who also generate more Internet traffic, resulting in the need for bandwidth upgrade.

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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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