CATO Networks

AUGUST 7, 2018

The answer Software-Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WANs). SD-WAN brings unparalleled agility and cost savings to networking. With SD-WAN, organizations can deliver more responsive, more predictable applications at lower cost in less time than the managed MPLS services traditionally used by the enterprise.

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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

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. In most contracts, the latter is the case.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 12, 2018

The widespread adoption of Software-Defined Wide-Area-Network ( SD-WAN ) in recent years has caused many to wonder whether WAN optimization is still necessary. More specifically, t he rise of WAN optimization began around 2004 and addressed the limitations of the limited capacity of costly MPLS and leased line connections.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 22, 2023

The corporate WAN connects an organizations distributed branch locations, data center, cloud-based infrastructure, and remote workers. The WAN needs to offer high-performance and reliable network connectivity to ensure all users and applications can communicate effectively.

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Akins IT

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Luckily, SD-WAN can be configured to prioritize business-critical traffic and real-time services like Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and then effectively steer it over the most efficient route. Performance MPLS was the top dog in enterprise WAN before cloud-computing and mobile smart devices exploded in popularity.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 29, 2022

The SD-WAN contract renewal period is an ideal time to review whether SD-WAN fits into your future plans. While SD-WAN is a powerful and cost-effective replacement for MPLS , enterprises need to make sure it answers their evolving needs, like cloud infrastructure, mitigating cyber risks, and enabling remote access from anywhere.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 17, 2018

MPLS networks have been the backbone of enterprise networks for years. Although MPLS circuits are considerably more expensive than general Internet circuits, businesses have relied on MPLS networks for their dependability. MPLS networks are known and relied upon for high uptime, with a target of five-nines (99.999%) uptime.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Software-Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WANs) promised to address the high costs, rigidity and limitations of private MPLS services. Like so many technologies, though, there are the promises of SD-WANs and then there are the realities of SD-WANs. Yes, there are good reasons for MPLS higher costs.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

So in the spirit of the season, weve decided to create a curriculum for learning everything you wanted to know about SD-WAN. SD-WAN Curriculum and Resource Materials Here are five resources of information to understand SD-WAN, but also about other technologies that impact SD-WAN.

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Akins IT

OCTOBER 26, 2001

In 2019, it became clear that SD-WAN had secured its position as the way forward for enterprise WAN connectivity. Market adoption is growing rapidly, and industry experts have declared a winner in the SD-WAN vs MPLS debate. SO WHAT IS SD-WAN? Whats driving all the excitement around SD-WAN?

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CATO Networks

JULY 26, 2022

Happy To Announce the Birth of a New Technology – SD-WAN It wasnt that long ago that we oohed and ahhed over the brand-new technology called SD-WAN. The new darling of the networking industry would free us from the shackles of legacy MPLS services. SD-WAN: The Toddler Years When SD-WAN was born, there was much to love.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 22, 2018

To establish their facilities, companies need reliable and high-performance network connectivity to global data centers both in-region and out-of-region. At the same time, MPLS circuits can be quite costly and take many months to install. Data and application security also are critically important.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 11, 2016

The networking team solved this problem with its resources without requiring collaboration with the security team (which managed the data center firewalls that covered ALL internet traffic for the organization). As a result, customers always have to use MPLS links to address their low-latency applications.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The market for SD-WAN has been driven in part by its ability to reduce bandwidth costs and improve the performance of cloud access. Traditionally, Wide Area Networks (WANs) and network security were loosely coupled entities. This amicable live-and-let-live separation falls apart with todays SD-WAN.

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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. Also, companies need the ability to prioritize certain types of traffic across the WAN.

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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

MARCH 7, 2019

Companies evaluating which SD-WAN approach is best for them will have to decide between deploying an Over the Top (OTT) SD-WAN or having their SD-WAN bundled with the underlying network. The decision certainly has a big impact on SD-WANs complexity, performance, and affordability. Is Cato an OTT SD-WAN?

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Kentik

JUNE 14, 2023

Enterprise WAN in 2023 Enterprise networking in 2023 is very much the same. I recently had the privilege of attending the WAN and AWS Summits in London. Not many years ago, all my WAN projects were IPsec tunnels to a headend, dual hub DMVPN designs, coordinating MPLS handoffs from last mile providers, etc. Cloud to cloud.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Podcasts are a great resource for keeping current on IT network topics like SD-WAN and hybrid cloud, though it can be tough finding the quality podcasts that are at the end of the day really worth your time. The post Top Podcasts for SD-WAN and Network Professionals appeared first on Cato Networks. Keep crushing it! Happy listening.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 5, 2018

IT organizations are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN). 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.

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CATO Networks

MAY 6, 2018

Companies needing to connect their users to the services in the cloud, who have been using a wide-area network (WAN) with MPLS for security, are seeing the benefits of using a software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) for connectivity. Other solutions like building regional hubs are still costly and complex.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

However, when it comes to SD-WAN technology it is difficult to ignore its obvious benefits. Dont take our word for it, heres what 9 leading industry experts have to say on the benefits of SD-WAN for enterprise networking: Is SD-WAN the future of networking? Enterprise networking experts often disagree on many things.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

UCaaS traffic must be backhauled across the WAN to Internet access point resulting in inefficient traffic routing for voice and video calls, and potential quality issues related to excessive delay and jitter. Direct Connect Direct connect options extend the enterprise WAN so that the UCaaS provider appears as just another node on the network.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 5, 2017

Changes in our applications (cloud migration) and where users work (mobility) are driving the shift to software defined wide area networks ( SD-WANs ), but theyre also forcing us to rethink how we securely connect our users, application and data and deliver a compelling quality of experience.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 16, 2022

5 Questions to Ask Your SASE Provider | eBook Use Case #1: MPLS Migration to SD-WAN SASE can support running MPLS alongside SD-WAN. In this first use case, enterprises leverage SASEs SD-WAN functionalities, while turning off MPLS sites at their own schedule. For example, NGFW, IPS , ZTNA , and more.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 21, 2019

For global companies still operating with a legacy WAN architecture, WAN modernization is mandatory today for a variety of reasons. SD-WAN is a very broad category. If a company chooses the wrong SD-WAN, it can be detrimental to the business. Global companies have unique networking needs.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 2, 2022

Project #1: Migrating MPLS or SD-WAN to SASE Many organizations have replaced their MPLS with SD-WAN, or are in the process of doing so. SD-WAN emerged a few decades ago as a cost-effective replacement to MPLS, because it answers MPLS constraints like capacity, cost and lack of flexibility.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Enterprises often embark on a SASE journey to address a specific, tactical needlike replacing SD-WAN or enhancing remote access securitybut what begins as a targeted project often leads to profound, far-reaching change across the entire IT landscape. By converging SD-WAN with network security , SASE empowers enterprises to be agile.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 6, 2018

Hybrid Wide-Area Network (Hybrid WAN) a type of wide area network that sends traffic over two or more connection types. For example, an MPLS connection and an Internet connection. Internet Backhaul moving large amounts of data between major data aggregation points. See also WAN Latency.

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CATO Networks

MAY 9, 2024

This includes offering services such as e-commerce platforms, secure online payment processing, and digital customer support, while ensuring the protection of customer data and compliance with global privacy standards. This includes stores, branches, data centers, headquarters, and more.

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CATO Networks

JULY 28, 2019

Areas that will be in focus are reducing reliance on MPLS in favor of internet access, automation, different business models/sourcing options and taking advantage of open standards where possible. From MPLS to Internet and routers to SD-WAN The network of the future will reduce its reliance on MPLS in favor of Internet with SD-WAN.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 25, 2017

MPLS-based services are under pressure from emerging Internet-based solutions. With MPLS revenue streams at risk, the carriers are pursuing a two-prong strategy: augmenting MPLS with Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) and adding value-add services to the core network with Network Function Virtualization (NFV).

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

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.) The same is true for cloud connections.

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CATO Networks

JULY 2, 2017

WAN infrastructure is also changing with adoption of SD-WANs. They require direct Internet access to minimize the latency of accessing cloud- and Internet-based resources from across MPLS services. Increasing SSL traffic volume puts pressure on firewall appliance processing capacity, often forcing unplanned upgrades.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 3, 2018

For distributed enterprises, a network technology solution must support connections to all of the locations, data centers, and cloud partners anywhere in the world. In fact, according to IDC , SD-WAN is entering a period of rapid adoption. And here is where SD-WAN steps in.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 18, 2017

Network and security appliances are still sold; legacy WANs are still deployed. Cato connects all enterprise resources: data centers, branches, cloud infrastructure and mobile users and connect into a single network in the cloud. There is just the network. With the Cato Cloud, the network becomes simpler again.

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