CATO Networks

MARCH 17, 2022

WAN transformation with SD-WAN and SASE is a strategic project for many organizations. One of the common drivers for this project is cost savings, specifically the reduction of MPLS connectivity costs. But, what happens when the cost of MPLS is low? Should these customers stay with MPLS? For example, Office365.

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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. Software-defined Wide Area Networks ( SD-WAN ) can get the job done. Here is why.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Nick Dell is an IT manager who recently led a network transformation initiative at his company, moving from MPLS to SD-WAN. Dell shared why he made that transition and the lessons he learned along the way in the webinar SD-WAN Confessions: How I migrated from MPLS to SD-WAN. And the problems began to mount.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

MPLS is a 20 years old enterprise networking technology. It had risen as a response to the business need for a reliable and predictable network performance across the wide area network (WAN). The alternative to MPLS, if you could think of it this way, was to jump into the Internet Abyss with Internet-based connections (IPVPN).

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

In a recent webinar we conducted at Cato , we asked the audience a poll question: What is the primary driver for your SD-WAN project? We expected other drivers, such as MPLS cost reduction, eliminating bandwidth constraints, or optimizing cloud access, to be at the top of the list. Why is security such a big deal with SD-WAN?

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CATO Networks

APRIL 18, 2019

Whats transitioning like to SD-WAN? The IT manager at a leading automotive components manufacturer recently shared his experience transitioning his company from MPLS to Cato SD-WAN. Critical applications included cloud ERP and VoIP. Before moving to SD-WAN, the company used an MPLS provider that managed everything.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 5, 2020

As critical business applications migrate to the cloud, and the mobile workforce continues to grow, networking and security solutions need to evolve in order to meet the changing business needs. 1990s – 2000s: MPLS and the Era of Clear Network Boundaries? 1990s – 2000s: MPLS and the Era of Clear Network Boundaries?

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

This stat struck a chord with me as it helps to quantify a common problem the Cato team works with customers to solve: reducing WAN latency. However, keeping WAN latency in check while using traditional solutions, like MPLS or VPN, with cloud services has become impractical. Well answer that here. Well answer that here.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Multinational corporations have traditionally needed global MPLS services to build their WAN. That has changed now that secure, global SD-WAN as a Service is available worldwide. The MPLS Story Global MPLS networks allow for different in-country providers of MPLS services to connect as one network.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 26, 2017

As the company grew, Alewijnse found MPLS connectivity to be increasingly unable meet its business requirements. The Dutch engineering company had built a global wide area network (WAN) out of MPLS and Internet services connecting 17 locations 14 in Europe and 3 in the Asia Pacific with about 800 mobile and field employees.

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CATO Networks

MAY 26, 2022

MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) has been an industry-standard in enterprise networking for decades. But with modern enterprises relying more and more on public cloud services like Office 365, Salesforce and SAP Cloud, is MPLS enough? 5 Considerations for Evaluating MPLS and Its Alternatives 1.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 30, 2018

Our new eBook, Cato Networks Optimized WAN and Cloud Connectivity , analyzes those challenges and explains Catos unique approach to overcoming the performance limitations in todays cloud- and mobile-centric organizations. WAN optimization was designed to overcome the limitations of MPLS-based networks.

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Kentik

APRIL 15, 2020

SD-WAN, one of the most disruptive network technologies of the past few years, has a fast rate of adoption. Enterprises adopting SD-WAN are driven by key factors such as WAN cost savings, application performance improvement, management and operation simplification, and more. Visualize all transport (MPLS, internet, LTE, etc.)

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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. With a hybrid WAN, two different types of network services connect locations.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 20, 2022

Its about a year before your MPLS contract expires, and youve been told to cut costs by your CFO. That MPLS too expensive. Naturally, its your job to find a solution… There actually could be several reasons why its time to pull the plug on your MPLS, or at least, consider MPLS alternatives. Find an alternative.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 15, 2017

Unless you were living under a rock, you probably heard about SD-WAN and its promise to transform enterprise networking as we know it. And, by enterprise networking we mean the use of MPLS at the core of enterprise networks. So, to SD-WAN or to MPLS? The MPLS architecture and its guarantees are now under pressure.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 10, 2018

IT teams are excited about the opportunities afforded by SD-WAN. If youve read this blog for any amount of time (or followed SD-WANs development in other blogs for that matter) youll know what Im talking about. But whats interesting about Cato SD-WAN is that even the SD-WAN hype doesnt do it injustice. Rapid deployment.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Which architectural approach will best serve your needs MPLS, public internet or cloud networks? The low-cost, easily adopted public Internet is an attractive option for reducing bandwidth costs, at least when compared to MPLS. Despite price erosion, MPLS services remain significantly more expensive than Internet services.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

When Humphreys & Partners Architects , an architectural services firm, needed to open an office in Uruguay, the Dallas-based firm faced a problem all too familiar to MPLS buyers the high cost and inflexibility of MPLS. Pricing might have been the tipping point for Burns, but it was hardly his only complaint with MPLS.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Its no secret that the legacy WAN faces many challenges adapting to todays business, the big question is: Whats going to replace MPLS? SD-WAN appliances are the obvious answer, but not necessarily the best one. Users continue to require ever increasing amounts of bandwidth, an expensive resource for MPLS networks.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 5, 2018

Whether a dedicated wire or MPLS, the cost of traditional WAN technology increases in direct relationship to determinism. SD-WAN solves this very problem by utilizing route and component diversity made feasible by the improvements in technology and the affordable costs of Internet bandwidth.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 17, 2017

The Search for Affordable MPLS Alternative Global organizations are looking for SD-WAN services to provide an affordable, MPLS alternative. We discussed at length what makes the public Internet a problematic WAN backbone. There are two main reasons why Internet orchestration isn’t possible.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 25, 2018

SD-WAN is one of the hottest technologies in the networking space. Being hot, though, doesn’t mean that SD-WAN has a solid business case to support it. Historically, MPLS was the default WAN choice to maximize uptime and ensure predictable network behavior.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 8, 2017

Anyone whos purchased MPLS bandwidth has experienced the surreal. While at home you might spend $50 for a 50 Mbps Internet link, MPLS services can cost 10 times more for a fraction of the bandwidth. MPLS services arose at a time when threats existed out there on the Internet and Internet traffic was the exception not the norm.

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CATO Networks

MAY 24, 2022

As critical applications migrate into Microsoft Azure, enterprises are challenged with building a WAN that can deliver the necessary cloud performance without dramatically increasing costs and complexity. Theres been no good approach to building an Azure SD-WAN until now. Nor does edge SD-WAN help. Lets see how.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 19, 2018

WAN optimization has been with us for a long time. 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.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

For several years now, the network evolution spotlight has been on SD-WAN , and rightfully so. SD-WAN provides big advancements in connecting branch locations into central data centers in a cost-effective manner. However, SD-WAN appliances sit atop the underlying network infrastructure.

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CATO Networks

MAY 14, 2018

SD-WAN is all the rage in enterprise networking these days. IT teams are excited about the opportunities SD-WAN creates to transform their networks. Below are some of the use cases that can launch your SD-WAN project. Improved WAN resiliency, availability and capacity The network is the core of our digital business.

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CATO Networks

MAY 5, 2016

MPLS cost reduction is the target of the emerging SD-WAN market that is bustling with solutions looking to take the corporate wide area network to a whole new level. The core value proposition of SD-WAN is the use of a standard, low-cost Internet link to augment an expensive managed, low-latency and guaranteed capacity MPLS link.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 22, 2017

Companies should not be shortsighted when upgrading their WANs. Its not just about cutting the cost of their existing MPLS-based WANs. Its also about looking forward and addressing the bigger challenges facing business around the cloud, mobility and more. The WAN has not kept up with those changes.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 2, 2018

With executives started to complain about being unable to access corporate resources when visiting other company offices, the IT team at Paysafe knew the time was ripe for WAN transformation. Over the years, mergers and acquisitions (M&As) had left Paysafe with a mix of offices connected by MPLS and Internet-based VPNs.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 10, 2018

MPLS has been a popular choice for enterprise networks for many years. Despite the relatively high costs, MPLS can deliver SLA-backed performance required for todays applications. SD-WAN is a flexible solution that integrates low-cost Internet transports into a virtual WAN connection.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

In the era of digital transformation, your organization might be looking for a more agile and cloud-friendly alternative to MPLS. But while getting off your MPLS contract might seem daunting due to hefty early termination fees, its actually easier and less expensive than you might think.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

What is the ROI on SD-WAN projects? Most enterprises look at SD-WAN as an MPLS alternative , hoping to reduc e their MPLS connectivity costs. Let ‘ s look at the various areas of savings SD-WAN can offer and the resulting ROI. Here there’s a balance of considerations.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Like so many areas of IT, networking was revolutionized by SD-WAN , which is now being delivered as a service. But with so many of the same services providers offering who delivered expensive and complex MPLS connectivity now providing SD-WAN connectivity, determining if an SD-WAN service will meet your requirements can be difficult.

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CATO Networks

MAY 31, 2017

We recently surveyed 350 IT professionals to learn about how their WAN requirements are evolving with the emergence of SD-WAN s. Our thesis was as businesses embrace clouds and hybrid clouds, a new set of WAN requirements being to emerge. What impact, if any, will SD-WANs have for network security?

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CATO Networks

MAY 16, 2018

SD-WAN adoption is seeing rapid growth as companies look to streamline their WAN infrastructure and move toward more cloud-based applications. 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.

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