CATO Networks

DECEMBER 5, 2017

in 2017 (up 18% on the year before), the public cloud is big business. The biggest IaaS providers, Amazon Web Services , Microsoft Azure , Google Cloud Platform , all offering deals to attract customers. Cloud services have a huge range of options. The post AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform?

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 17, 2016

By Linda Musthaler, Principal Analyst, Essential Solutions In my last article , I talked about the ways that Cato Networks helps to overcome the problems of SaaS cloud sprawl. Now let’s look at the challenges posed by Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) sprawl. Who is creating virtual servers in the Cloud?

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 28, 2017

If your company is like most, its probably at least considering connecting a cloud datacenter to the WAN. Research shows that as of the end of last year, 90% of surveyed companies were using cloud services with 57% claiming hybrid cloud deployments. So whats the right approach? The pros and cons of those architectures.

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InfoQ Articles

MAY 13, 2022

In this article, I want to present a simple cloud architecture that can allow an organization to take monolithic applications to the cloud incrementally without a dramatic change in the architecture. We will discuss the minimal requirements and basic components to take advantage of the scalability of the cloud.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 2, 2019

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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CATO Networks

JANUARY 5, 2016

The Cloud revolution is impacting the technology sector. For sure, legacy technology providers are embracing the Cloud. They are transforming their businesses from building and running on-premise infrastructures to delivering Cloud-based services. Today, Cloud services are eating the world.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 9, 2016

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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Kentik

OCTOBER 31, 2018

We’ve heard both sides of the story: To some, moving to the cloud is like a trick. So in the spirit of Halloween, we wanted to break down two of the spookiest (or at least the most common) cloud myths we’ve heard of late. Myth 1: Going to the cloud means you no longer need to worry about your applications or networking there.

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CATO Networks

MAY 24, 2021

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. Things work fineuntil they dont.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

As critical business applications are moving to the cloud and with the wide adoption of SaaS and mobile applications in the workplace, connectivity becomes a crucial business asset with the direct effect on the bottom line. If there is one thing crucial to remain competitive in todays global marketplace, its connectivity. Here is why.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 20, 2019

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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Confluent

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

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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Confluent

JULY 1, 2019

Brokers in the cloud (e.g., AWS EC2) and on-premises machines locally (or even in another cloud). HOW TO: Connecting to Kafka on AWS/IaaS. I’m naming AWS because it’s what the majority of people use, but this applies to any IaaS/cloud solution. Let’s assume you have more than one network.

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Dataversity

AUGUST 9, 2021

The post How Cloud Has Affected the Centralization vs. Decentralization of IT appeared first on DATAVERSITY. In larger companies, we often talk to folks in the business unit that most people traditionally refer to as Information Technology (IT).

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Heroku

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Over time, SaaS went from a growing area of software delivery to the dominant distribution method for software and IaaS has overtaken data centers for infrastructure. The cloud is now the default. At the same time the technology landscape changed.

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Kentik

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Working at Kentik allows me to apply those experiences at a startup with an exceptionally compelling story: Kentik is rewriting the rules of network visibility with a cloud service driven by big data technology. Before Kentik, network visibility has been dominated by single or multi-tier appliance architectures. Self-service friendly.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Compatibility and security policies for multiple cloud and IaaS services. Relying on this network topology simply doesnt cover your new perimeter: Cloud infrastructure, mobile users and IoT devices are the new normal but FWs and UTMs are not built to secure these integral aspects of your organization.

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Kentik

JULY 1, 2019

Cloud Adoption and Network Visibility Gaps. A more significant network visibility challenge comes in the form of cloud adoption, inclusive of SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS. And none of them understand application topology, especially when running in cloud-native environments. How the “Cloud Natives” Solve this Issue.

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CATO Networks

JULY 20, 2022

It is, however, quite difficult to protect, especially considering a great part of it typically resides in the cloud. The increasing value of information, the growing adoption of cloud computing, and continued rise in cybercrime, are driving enterprises to the realization that they need to do a better job protecting their data.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 1, 2019

These needs are radically changing due to the adoption of cloud-based services and edge computing. Its evolution and demand are being driven by the needs of digital business transformation due to the adoption of cloud-based services by distributed and mobile workforces and the adoption of edge computing.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Thats why Ive always preferred the simplicity offered by cloud solutions like Cato. As a cloud-centric business that is subject to regulations and stores most of its data in SaaS applications and an IaaS datacenter, Blender specifically needs to secure access to their critical data.

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CATO Networks

MAY 18, 2022

An organization can deploy a virtual ZTNA solution on-prem or in the cloud and configure it to manage access to the corporate resources hosted at that location. However, many organizations use a variety of cloud services, including Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings where a self-hosted ZTNA solution cannot be easily deployed.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The Gartner report states, While the list of individual capabilities continues to evolve and differ between vendors, serving those capabilities from the cloud edge is non-negotiable and fundamental to SASE. The majority of end users have already transitioned to cloud-based services or are actively doing so now.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 23, 2022

Core Challenges: Rapid site deployment Inconsistent connectivity Public Internet Transport On-premise to Cloud Migration Spurs Capacity Constraints Most obstacles in cloud adoption are related to basic performance aspects, such as availability, capacity, latency and scalability. Scalability is also an issue with cloud deployments.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

But while UC brings the cost and complexity of hosting and maintaining server infrastructure in the enterprise datacenters, UCaaS avoids those problems, putting UC in the cloud. This approach is ill-suited to a rapidly changing application delivery model in which apps may reside in public cloud infrastructure (e.g.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 5, 2018

According to a July 2017 report from market-research firm IDC , SD-WAN adoption is seeing remarkable growth as companies look to streamline their WAN infrastructure and move toward more cloud-based applications. Where physical hardware cannot be deployed, such as connecting the cloud, agentless deployment is best. and reach $8.05

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CATO Networks

JULY 3, 2018

She has expertise in SDN, virtualization, microservices, and cloud. Her latest blog Five Stages of Cloud Grief is well worth a read. Stage three of cloud grief is, Anger IT staff shows up at all-hands meeting with torches and pitchforks demanding the CIOs blood and demanding to know if there will be layoffs.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 4, 2016

The Cloud possesses the functionality to create a truly agile enterprise computing platform. This is the main thesis in Tom Nolles recent blog, titled Following Googles Lead Could Launch the Real Cloud and NFV Too. They were not truly leveraging the power of the Cloud, so the cost of services remained high and agility stayed low.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

And with all major public cloud providers now offering private backbones, theres got to be one thats right for you, right? Looking beyond the obvious drawbacks of MPLS, namely high cost and operational rigidity for applications which have been migrated to the cloud, MPLS lines provide little to no value. public cloud services each.

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Vedcraft

JUNE 16, 2024

The most promising part is the broader impact of Generative AI across industry verticals, product companies, cloud service providers, and many more. While Snowflake, Databricks, Google BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, and Azure Synapse are the leading Cloud data platforms. broadening their core offerings as a comprehensive data platform.

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CATO Networks

JULY 26, 2022

Resources moved into the cloud and the pandemic sent everyone home. Now companies needed a way to bring advanced security to wherever resources resided, in the cloud or the private data center, and wherever users worked, in the office, at home, or on the road, and do all of that without compromising performance.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

No SD-WAN appliance addresses mobile users or is inherently suitable for the cloud. Once companies deploy SD-WAN, there is still the problem of connecting and protecting mobile users and providing secure access to cloud resources. There is an SD-WAN solution that brings the best of both into one solution self-service SD-WAN.

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Rule 11

MAY 31, 2024

Tenable Research has discovered a critical memory corruption vulnerability dubbed Linguistic Lumberjack in Fluent Bit, a core component in the monitoring infrastructure of many cloud services. Pew Research Center conducted the analysis to examine how often online content that once existed becomes inaccessible.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 7, 2020

In particular, the emergence of cloud computing and user mobility have increased business agility, allowing rapid response to new opportunities. The network of old needs to change to accommodate the phenomenal growth of cloud and mobility. The packet egresses from the PoP and is sent to the destination.

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High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

And if you know anyone looking for a simple book that uses lots of pictures and lots of examples to explain the cloud, then please recommend my new book: Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10. It would mean a great deal to me. They'll love you even more. Pflop/s : fully synchronous tensorflow data-parallel training; 3.3 Cars: $1 trillion.

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CATO Networks

JULY 8, 2015

Virtualization was the driving force behind the Cloud transformation, because it allowed the elasticity and resource sharing that was a core requirement of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) businesses like Amazon Web Services. And if the server software failed, the hardware could still run other virtual server instances.

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CATO Networks

JULY 29, 2018

The network perimeter has dissolved with IaaS, SaaS, and mobile users breaking that barrier and shifting more traffic to the Internet. By moving to the Cato Cloud, Pet Lovers was able to aggregate traffic from all stores, its datacenter, and any mobile users and cloud infrastructure into a common SD-WAN in the cloud.

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