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How To Best Design Your WAN for Accessing AWS, Azure, and the Cloud

CATO Networks

In 2014, Gartner analysts wrote a Foundational Report (G00260732, Communication Hubs Improve WAN Performance) providing guidance to customers on deploying communication hubs, or cloud-based network hubs, outside the enterprise data center. What is a communication hub? This helps deliver predictable network performance. using secure tunnels.

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Migrating Apps to the Cloud? Prevent Cloud Sprawl With More Visibility and Control

CATO Networks

By Linda Musthaler, principal analyst, Essential Solutions When I wrote about Cato Networks for Network World a few weeks ago, a colleague told me he thought the solution is interesting, but he couldn’t see why an enterprise would want to connect its entire network to the Cato Cloud. Consider SaaS, or software as a service.

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Why a Backbone Is More Than Just a Bunch of PoPs

CATO Networks

Since SASEs introduction, many networking and security vendors have rushed to capitalize on the market by partnering with other providers to include cloud backbones as part of their SASE offerings. But SASE isnt just a bunch of features in appliances managed from the cloud. But you must consider the architecture of this network.

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NaaS Meets SD-WAN: What is NaaS anyway and How Will It Impact Your SaaS, PaaS, and Cloud Strategy?

CATO Networks

NaaS is simply the delivery of virtualized network infrastructure and services following the standard cloud subscription business model popularized by SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS. Fortunately, cloud-native SD-WAN platforms, like Cato Cloud , enable enterprises to leverage Network as a Service to its full potential.

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The Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) as Described in Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Enterprise Networking, 2019

CATO Networks

Secure Access Service Edge “ Analysis By: Joe Skorupa; Neil MacDonald Definition: The secure access service edge (SASE) are emerging converged offerings combining WAN capabilities with network security functions (such as secure web gateway, CASB and SDP) to support the needs of digital enterprises.

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The Rise of Managed Services for Apache Kafka

Confluent

Cloud Memorystore, Amazon ElastiCache, and Azure Cache), applying this concept to a distributed streaming platform is fairly new. Before Confluent Cloud was announced , a managed service for Apache Kafka did not exist. Confluent Cloud for instance, allows the user to effectively start working with Apache Kafka in 90 seconds.

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Does Your Backbone Have Your Back?

CATO Networks

Googles recent announcement of the GCP Network Connectivity Center (NCC) joins other similar services such as Amazons AWS Transit Gateway and Microsofts Azure Virtual WAN. And with all major public cloud providers now offering private backbones, theres got to be one thats right for you, right? public cloud services each.

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