Global Data

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Rogers Summary Bullets: Critical Digital Shift: Hyperscalers and data center providers have started competing for cloud networking services, competing for enterprise dollars in space previously dominated by telcos. SD-WAN and SASE has transformed how enterprises architect their networks.

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Packet Pushers

MAY 1, 2020

On today's sponsored Heavy Networking we talk about building a unified network infrastructure with Aruba. Best known for wireless, Aruba also has a portfolio of data center and campus switches, SD-WAN, and an access control and policy enforcement system to bring it all together.

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Packet Pushers

MAY 16, 2022

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast were talking WAN architectures and how to simplify and secure them with sponsor Cloudflare. Cloudflare's Magic WAN is a network-as-a-service offering. Today on the Tech Bytes podcast were talking WAN architectures and how to simplify and secure them with sponsor Cloudflare.

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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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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 Network Break features the latest IT news that affects Network Professionals with episodes lasting less than an hour.

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Packet Pushers

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Today's Network Break podcast examines a new Broadcom switch ASIC that can support threat analysis, a startup that's challenging the SD-WAN and MPLS markets, Apple's new partner for an emergency SMS service that uses satellites, a great quarter for data center switch revenue, and more IT news.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 7, 2018

This means that corporate networks must change as well. The answer Software-Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WANs). SD-WAN brings unparalleled agility and cost savings to networking. SD-WAN does this by separating applications from the underlying network services with a policy-based, virtual overlay.

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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

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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Kentik

JUNE 14, 2023

Enterprise WAN in 2023 Enterprise networking in 2023 is very much the same. To succeed as an engineer in this new network, and to successfully manage the infrastructure and services that deliver applications to people, we must rid ourselves of two-dimensional thinking. In other words, both events were all about cloud networking.

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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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Kentik

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

What is cloud networking? Cloud networking is the IT infrastructure necessary to host or interact with applications and services in public or private clouds, typically via the internet. Why is cloud networking important? Cloud networking vs. cloud computing Cloud networking can be thought of as a subset of cloud computing.

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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

APRIL 4, 2018

When it comes to the enterprise network, decisions need to be made with cost, performance, security, and future plans in mind. Enterprise networking is moving from traditional hub-and-spoke WAN architectures to infrastructure that must support the migration of critical applications to the cloud.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 5, 2017

Weve been discussing the impact the dissolving perimeter has had on networking and IT. Rather than IT playing this kind of shell game on itself, IT should evaluate WAN architectures holistically and look at the quality of experience, availability, security, cost, agility, manageability, and extensibility of the network.

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Kentik

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

A cornerstone of network observability is the ability to ask any question of your network. That means having an unbound capacity to explore the tremendous amount and variety of network telemetry you collect. So how can we faster process the data in such a massive database?

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Enterprise networking experts often disagree on many things. 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?

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Kentik

MAY 16, 2021

In today’s digitally transformed world, everyone from internet service providers to enterprises depend upon high-performing and secure networks for business success. It doesn’t matter if you’re Zoom or Major League Baseball, if you’ve got a problem with your network… you’ve got a problem with your business. Hail to the Network.

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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. This helps deliver predictable network performance. using secure tunnels.

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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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Kentik

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Network is the Key. The network is down!” — I’m sure you heard that before. Despite your best efforts as a network engineer, network failures happen, and you have to fix them. Network troubleshooting becomes easier if your network is observable. Network Troubleshooting Defined.

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Kentik

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The Network is the Key. As we end 2020, networking infrastructure has become even more critical to connect people, applications, and the economy and distributed workforce that make the world go. At the same time, networks and IT infrastructure overall are becoming more diverse, dynamic, and interdependent.

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NW Kings

JANUARY 4, 2025

Are you looking to kickstart your career as a (network engineer)? In this comprehensive guide, we will (1) explore essential steps and courses you need to take to thrive in networking field by 2025. For freshers without network experience, enrolling in live courses is highly recommended. Many candidates linger on CCNA for years.

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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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CATO Networks

JUNE 27, 2016

Figure 1: Backhauling all locations to on-premise global SAP instance in the datacenter While the benefits of HEC are obvious, migrating SAP from the data center into a Cloud-based hosted instance isn’t trivial. It is backhauling traffic to that data center from manufacturing and distribution facilities throughout the world.

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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

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. The two top WAN issues for many global enterprises are the quality of last-mile infrastructure to remote locations and the high latency of global connectivity.

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Kentik

APRIL 4, 2023

When evaluating solutions, whether to internal problems or those of our customers, I like to keep the core metrics fairly simple: will this reduce costs, increase performance, or improve the network’s reliability? It’s often taken for granted by network specialists that there is a trade-off among these three facets. Durability.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

That means making sure the wide area network (WAN) that connects branch offices, data centers, cloud services and SaaS applications can handle the connectivity needs of digitally empowered global organizations. Software-defined Wide Area Networks ( SD-WAN ) can get the job done. Here is why.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 25, 2018

Software Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) has become a runaway success across all industry sectors. Analysts at IDC have estimated the SD-WAN gold rush will increase with a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of almost 70 percent by 2021. Rapid adoption of a new methodology comes about for one reason it works.

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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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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Networking is an enterprise IT discipline where being conservative is often the way to go. After all, without the network, todays technology-powered businesses are dead in the water. The network doesnt have to be totally down, though, to disrupt the business. MPLS is a 20 years old enterprise networking technology.

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Packet Pushers

JANUARY 30, 2023

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss new capabilities in Juniper's Astra data center automation software; a major Microsoft outage that affected Outlook, Teams, and more; reports that Intel will discontinue selling the Tofino programmable ASIC; a heap of financial results; and more. Take a Network Break!

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Kentik

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

This week, we learned the SD-WAN market is forecasted to reach $3.3 Also this week, Facebook open-sourced its Open/R networking development platform. Facebook uses Open/R to support its wide-area networks, data center fabric and wireless mesh topologies. Charter taps SD-WAN to boost off-net reac (Light Reading).

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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

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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Akins IT

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Not all network traffic is created equal. 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. The same Internet-bound traffic is then routed back through the corporate data center.

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