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MPLS, VPN Internet Access, Cloud Networking or SD-WAN? Choose Wisely

CATO Networks

MPLS: Reliable, But Comes with a Price The popularity of MPLS deployments in corporate WAN infrastructures comes from its predictability. Service providers can use MPLS to improve quality of service (QoS) by defining network paths that meet pre-set service level agreements (SLAs) on traffic latency, jitter, packet loss, and downtime.

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IT Managers: Read This Before Leaving Your MPLS Provider

CATO Networks

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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A Critical Piece of Your SD-WAN Visibility

Kentik

Discovering what applications are running between sites, the internet, and to the data center. Visualize all transport (MPLS, internet, LTE, etc.) SD-WAN + Cloud + Data Center : According to research , 69% of SD-WAN users say cloud connectivity undermines their network confidence. MPLS, internet, etc.)

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3 Principles for Effective Business Continuity Planning

CATO Networks

While BCP is a company-wide effort, IT plays an especially important role in maintaining business operations, with the task of ensuring redundancy measures and backup for data centers in case of an outage. Yet, the traditional network architecture (MPLS connectivity, VPN servers, etc.)

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WAN Optimization in the SD-WAN Era

CATO Networks

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. Network security is built into the Cato Cloud.

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5 Reasons Why You'll Want to Consider SD-WAN

Akins IT

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 . This is performance with business impact.

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Networking Glossary: Top 16 Networking Terms Everyone Should Know

CATO Networks

For example, an MPLS connection and an Internet connection. Internet Backhaul moving large amounts of data between major data aggregation points. Although its expensive, organizations often use MPLS to backhaul branch traffic to their corporate data centers to secure traffic and enforce policies.