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

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

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 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 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

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

AUGUST 14, 2019

MPLS circuits can take weeks even months to provision depending on location. All too often, IT directors have told me they need to explain why MPLS circuit delivery is a holdup for branch office going live. VPN has proven to be a popular solution for site-to-site connectivity. the trombone effect ). the trombone effect ).

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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

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

However, keeping WAN latency in check while using traditional solutions, like MPLS or VPN, with cloud services has become impractical. On the surface, MPLS seems to solve this problem. However, MPLS creates challenges for enterprises because it is notoriously expensive and inefficient at meeting the demands of cloud and mobile.

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CATO Networks

JULY 29, 2018

MPLS was not designed for this new reality. They connected and secured traffic between stores with an Internet-based, virtual private network (VPN). Point-of-sale (POS) traffic went across the IPsec VPN to firewalls in the companys Singapore datacenter housing its POS servers. The provider offered only a 1.5

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Kentik

APRIL 15, 2020

Best practices include: Baselining traffic bandwidths. Visualize all transport (MPLS, internet, LTE, etc.) Viptela: VPN Identifier, and Silver Peak: Application, Business Intent Overlay). MPLS, internet, etc.) It can be scary not knowing where you are starting. Evaluating security traffic patterns. Ongoing operation.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 23, 2016

This can be achieved in two ways:: Establishing a VPN connection to traffic from each location using an appliance. In addition to the appliance sprawl problems, this option requires the management of a complex VPN policy and configuration. Using an MPLS network and routing the traffic over a reliable network.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 19, 2021

The migration to SASE will enable enterprises to successfully address the current and future network ing and security challenges : Shift ing to cloud-delivered security to protect anywhere, anytime access to digital capabilities Simplify ing security management that has become complex due to multiple vendors, policies , and appliances Reduc (..)

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CATO Networks

APRIL 10, 2018

Reduce latency between global locations While most webinar respondents (53 percent) identify MPLS costs as a major challenge, eliminating MPLS completely often remains impossible for SD-WAN solutions, particularly in the case of global networks. Traffic isn’t subject to the erraticness of the global Internet or the costs of MPLS.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Organizations are vulnerable, and IT teams are frustrated and overwhelmed dealing with: Appliance sprawl Compromised user experience Expensive MPLS networks with limited bandwidth High-latency VPN access for mobile users Multi-policy management Cato customer Leslie W.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 6, 2018

For example, an MPLS connection and an Internet connection. Although its expensive, organizations often use MPLS to backhaul branch traffic to their corporate data centers to secure traffic and enforce policies. MPLS (Multiprotocol Logical Switching) a technology for moving traffic between locations.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Yet, the traditional network architecture (MPLS connectivity, VPN servers, etc.) When a branch office is down, users work from remote, connecting back via the Internet to the VPN in the data center. wasnt built with cloud services and remote users in mind. The same is true for cloud connections.

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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. But, ensuring performance, security and user experience for WFA users with traditional remote-access VPN is mission impossible for IT teams. SASE can be adopted gradually and grow incrementally as current MPLS contracts expire.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 1, 2017

Rather than connecting every location to the Internet and then having to secure those locations, legacy WANs backhauled Internet traffic across the MPLS network to a centralized, secured Internet portal. From a mobility perspective, teams need to assess the importance of assuring regional or global VPN access to WAN resources.

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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

MAY 16, 2018

Our 2018 survey included over 700 respondents from IT enterprises that currently run MPLS backbones. Forty-two percent said it reduced the cost of MPLS service. Anyone managing an MPLS network knows what a costly endeavor it is, and many are looking to SD-WAN to reduce the high monthly overhead MPLS presents.

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Kentik

JULY 6, 2017

Carrier MPLS services are really expensive bandwidth. But the reality is that within most providers both MPLS VPN services and public Internet services ride on the same shared network infrastructure. Last week at Cisco Live was no exception; Cisco’s $610M acquisition of Viptela in May made for a lot of SD-WAN buzz.

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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

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. Security between locations, though, was not an issue provided the WAN was based, as most were, on a private MPLS service. This amicable live-and-let-live separation falls apart with todays SD-WAN.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 27, 2018

Options like MPLS/VPN create poor end-user experience since the traffic routed over the public internet can suffer from high latency and packet drop. Using an MPLS network and routing the traffic comes with high costs. Many companies are dependent on expensive MPLS based WAN networks to connect remote branches.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 19, 2017

Examples include: Mission critical locations, such as datacenters or regional hubs, can be connected by active-active, dual homed fiber connections managed and monitor 24×7 by an external provider — and with a price tag that approaches MPLS. All governed by the same set of routing and security policies used on the backbone.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Traditional VPN solutions enable connectivity for mobile and remote employees but do little to enable the same visibility and control possible on-premises. It is easy for an enterprise to fall into a false sense of security because they can view all the traffic traversing MPLS links. Cato is powerful beyond belief.

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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. Specific Traffic Management : Static routes allow administrators to direct specific types of traffic along predetermined paths, optimizing bandwidth usage and improving overall network performance.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 20, 2019

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. Network as a Service: A crash course With NaaS, many WAN complexities can be abstracted away.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 21, 2019

These routine work activities place special demands on the network pertaining to bandwidth, response times and data security. WAN transport considerations Many SD-WAN solutions are big proponents of augmenting or replacing MPLS circuits with broadband connectivity, says Kerravala. For example, product developers in the U.S.

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