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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Kentik

APRIL 4, 2023

By collecting and analyzing network telemetry, including traffic flows, bandwidth usage, packet loss rates, and error rates, NetOps leverage monitoring to detect and diagnose potential bottlenecks, security threats, and other issues that can impact network reliability, often before end users even notice a problem.

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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

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Three Asia Pacific locations established virtual private network (VPN) tunnels across direct Internet access (DIA) connections to the Amsterdam datacenter. Cloud applications were starved for bandwidth as they were backhauled across a 10 Mbits/s connection to the datacenter. MPLS was also limiting IT agility.

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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

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

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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Akins IT

JUNE 30, 2017

Connect through a VPN. Requiring VPN access is a good way to keep students on your systems network both inside the classroom and outside of it. There is a downside, which is that this access can weigh heavily on your bandwidth. Team with Akins IT.

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The Network DNA

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The bodyguard is like a virtual private network (VPN) connection that encrypts (or protects) your internet traffic from all the other requests around it. The private connection that AWS Direct Connect provides helps you to reduce network costs and increase the amount of bandwidth that can travel through your network. Continue Reading.

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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 14, 2019

VPN has proven to be a popular solution for site-to-site connectivity. However, as demonstrated in this case study of a software security company expanding to Europe , VPN has a number of downsides that limit its practical applications. Finally, like VPN, MPLS struggles to provide optimized performance for cloud and mobile users (e.g.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 1, 2024

However, on the user side, enterprises are grappling with the limitations of VPNs, which were once the go-to solution for secure remote access. The VPN Dilemma VPNs, while effective for basic remote access, often fall short in addressing the evolving security and performance needs of modern enterprises.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Enterprise Solutions for Secure Remote Access There are three primary enterprise-grade solutions that businesses use today for secure remote access: Virtual Private Network (VPN); Zero Trust Network Access ( ZTNA ); and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE). VPNs provide point-to-point connectivity.

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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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Kentik

APRIL 15, 2020

Best practices include: Baselining traffic bandwidths. Viptela: VPN Identifier, and Silver Peak: Application, Business Intent Overlay). It can be scary not knowing where you are starting. Getting visibility before making decisions can help measure the change and prove the results. Evaluating security traffic patterns. Going Forward….

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 12, 2020

While some enterprises will have an active MPLS connection with an Internet/VPN connection for failover, hybrid WAN actively uses both connections. Hybrid WAN Pros and Cons Pros of Hybrid WAN Hybrid WAN configurations allow for easy increase in bandwidth by inserting Internet connections alongside an existing MPLS network.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

VPNs were the primary method of connectivity for road warriors and people who occasionally worked from home or away from the office. It was standard procedure for an enterprise to build VPN capacity for a small percentage of its workforce. Workers were encouraged to just connect any way you can.

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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. Both VPN and MPLS are not an effective way to exit the internet as it causes the trombone effect.

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CATO Networks

JULY 29, 2018

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. Paysafe needed a single, fully meshed backbone, and neither MPLS nor Internet-based VPN was the answer.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

One problem stemmed from overuse of the bandwidth at certain peak times, prompting the need for more bandwidth. We needed connectivity to our OEMs, and our vendor could not get a simple VPN tunnel from the cloud firewalls to our customer. We couldn’t even get fiber at some locations when we needed more bandwidth.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

SD-WANs reduce bandwidth costs, no doubt, but enterprises are still left having to address important issues around cloud, mobility, and security. The Problem of MPLS Bandwidth costs remain the most obvious problem facing MPLS services. Bandwidth upgrades and changes can also take weeks.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Bye, bye VPN. I dont know about you but Ive never liked my mobile VPN. The Cato mobile client works faster than any VPN Ive experienced. In the days before we enabled bandwidth throttling, a worker started to upload 520 GB of files to Amazon S3, hogging the sites upstream capacity.

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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. They encrypt traffic, like any other VPN, but lack the advanced security services necessary for defending against advanced persistent threats, malware penetration, and more.

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CATO Networks

MAY 5, 2016

A very common alternative architecture is to use firewalls to establish Internet-based VPN tunnels between enterprise locations. Massive increase in Internet capacity and availability Internet bandwidth availability and capacity have increased dramatically over the past decade as prices plummeted.

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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. As bandwidth demands increase, MPLS costs will become more and more prohibitive. All 3 come up short in tackling the WAN latency problem for several reasons.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 16, 2020

Remote Workers Need Network Access Comparable to In-Office Workers To accommodate the sudden surge of home-based workers, network managers might have ordered a slew of new VPN licenses, and maybe even a larger firewall or VPN appliance, to connect people to the corporate network.

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Akins IT

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

However, the basic firewall and VPN functions provided by most SD-WAN solutions are often not enough, forcing IT teams to try and overlay security across elastic and dynamic SD-WAN connections after the fact. Bottom line - MPLS bandwidth is expensive. State of Cybercrime survey.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 6, 2018

QoS (Quality of Service ) the capability of a network to provide better service to selected traffic, including dedicated bandwidth and controlled jitter and latency. VPN (Virtual Private Network) a network technology used to create a secure network over the Internet or any private network.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 1, 2017

The path-selection process for loss-sensitive applications, such as VoIP and video, for example, is no different from those that are bandwidth intensive. From a mobility perspective, teams need to assess the importance of assuring regional or global VPN access to WAN resources. Will security still be implemented?

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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

MAY 21, 2018

VPNs are one possibility but they are a headache to set up and manage and dont always work. Many hotels, airports and other public locations block VPN access causing access problems. Also, VPNs make sense when accessing internal resources but gets in the way of accessing cloud services. So, whats a network manager to do?

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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 7, 2020

Robust application-prioritization capabilities allow enterprises to align last-mile usage with business needs by prioritizing and allocating bandwidth by application. Enterprises also can prioritize bandwidth usage within applications using Catos identity-aware routing capabilities.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 20, 2022

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. Get crystal clear on your WAN challenges: Do any of these challenges sound familiar? But the bottom line isnt the only factor to take into consideration.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 5, 2020

Operational costs grew as administrators had to manually configure and deploy routers and appliances needed in the branch offices: WAN optimizers for overcoming bandwidth limitations, stacks of security appliances for defending the Internet perimeter, packet capture and analysis appliances for visibility and more.

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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. . #5 Improved end-user experience Both direct internet access (appliance avoidance) and appliance sprawl make the lifecycle of perimeter security management onerous.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 2, 2022

billed on an opex model consumption-based, via a metered metric (such as ports, bandwidth or users), (not based on network devices/appliances). Gartners view of a consumption-based model based on bandwidth or users, not appliances, I think to be more accurate but lets leave that aside for the comment.)

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