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

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

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. SD-WANs automate these and other steps.

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Kentik

JUNE 27, 2023

Kentik customers move workloads to (and from) multiple clouds, integrate existing hybrid applications with new cloud services, migrate to Virtual WAN to secure private network traffic, and make on-premises data and applications redundant to multiple clouds – or cloud data and applications redundant to the data center.

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Kentik

MARCH 19, 2020

When more of the workforce shifts to working remotely, it puts new and different strains on the infrastructure across different parts of the network, especially where VPN gateways connect to the network edge. This could mean the users are saturating the internet connectivity or that they’ve saturated the LAN (or maybe WAN).

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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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NW Kings

JANUARY 4, 2025

Advancing into SD-WAN Once you have a good grasp of firewalls, the next step is to explore SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network). Most companies are adopting SD-WAN technology, making it a crucial skill for network engineers. Dive into SD-WAN, focusing on architecture and security.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 3, 2023

Historically, virtual private networks (VPNs) were the only available solution, and this familiarity has driven many organizations to expand their existing VPN infrastructure as the need for secure remote access has grown. While VPNs can protect against eavesdroppers, thats about all that they can do.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 27, 2022

As a result, many companies attempted to meet the needs of their remote workforce via remote access VPNs with varying levels of success. What is a Remote Access VPN and How Does it Work? A remote access virtual private network (VPN) is a solution designed to securely connect a remote user to the enterprise network.

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CATO Networks

JULY 30, 2024

The Hybrid Workforce: Planning for the New Working Reality | EBOOK Pitfall 2: Treating Zero Trust a Like a Traditional VPN When deploying Zero Trust, many organizations tend to rely on legacy security processes that are no longer applicable or select the shiny new toy that equates to a less viable solution.

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Kentik

JUNE 21, 2021

For AWS cloud networks, the Transit Gateway provides a way to route traffic to and from VPCs, regions, VPNs, Direct Connect, SD-WANs, etc. data centers, offices, branches, etc.). Static and dynamic (BGP) routing for VPN and Direct Connect attachments. Entry point for on-premises SD-WAN connections.

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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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CATO Networks

APRIL 20, 2022

Get crystal clear on your WAN challenges: Do any of these challenges sound familiar? Youve been told to cut costs Its no secret that MPLS circuits cost a fortune often 3-4x the price of MPLS alternatives (like SD-WAN,) for only a fraction of the bandwidth. Youve decided to look for MPLS alternatives: Do all roads lead to SD-WAN?

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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. Internet Backhaul moving large amounts of data between major data aggregation points. See also WAN Latency. It is affected by latency, packet loss and WAN optimization.

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CATO Networks

JULY 25, 2023

3 Trends Impacting Networking and Security Forrester identified three converging trends that are influencing the network and security industries: A growing number of cybersecurity breaches complemented by a security skills shortage, remote work as the new reality and MPLS connections being replaced by SD-WAN. Lets delve into each one.

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The Network DNA

JULY 5, 2024

Data center and service provider networks frequently employ EVPN to offer effective and scalable network connection. EVPN provides several benefits over traditional Layer 2 VPN technologies, such as Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS).

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Weve all heard of AV and VPN, but there are many more cybersecurity-related acronyms and abbreviations that are worth taking note of. ZTNA Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), also called a software-defined perimeter (SDP), is an alternative to Virtual Private Network (VPN) for secure remote access.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 26, 2022

Poor VPN Scalability Hurts Productivity and Security | EBOOK Improved Visibility and Control VPNs provide unrestricted access to the corporate network, providing a user experience similar to working from the office. Since VPNs dont care about the eventual destination of network traffic, they dont collect this information.

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CATO Networks

MAY 10, 2022

Companies can move enterprise data to a cloud data center, outsource infrastructure management to a third-party provider for hosted applications, or take advantage of Software as a Service (SaaS) applications that are developed and hosted by their cloud service provider.

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Kentik

APRIL 4, 2023

Performance If not adequately accounted for, the additional data infrastructure, monitoring efforts, and redundancy measures can soak up bandwidth available in data centers and cloud contracts, leading to network issues like cascading failures that can be difficult to place.

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CATO Networks

JULY 19, 2023

It solved an urgent problem – users wanted direct internet access from anywhere without the need to backhaul to corporate VPN concentrators appliances or data center firewalls. Enterprises had to maintain their MPLS networks, SD-WANs, and network firewalls and layer on top of them the SWG, CASB, and ZTNA proxies.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 1, 2020

Top Five Ways to Improve Network Performance Reduce latency, add capacity, and/or compensate for jitter and loss are obvious high-level answers to most WAN optimization challenges, but doing so effectively is where the real challenge lies. As a result, businesses turned to SD-WAN and Internet-based VPN solutions as an alternative.

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Kentik

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

To quote: “Today’s typical NPMD vendors have their solutions geared toward traditional data center and branch office architecture, with the centralized hosting of applications.”. But you can’t do any of it without the instrumentation of cloud-friendly monitoring and the scalability of big data.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 7, 2020

The users traffic is sent to Catos SD-WAN edge device, the Cato Socket, sitting on the local network. Current services include a next-gen firewall/VPN, Secure Web Gateway, Advanced Threat Prevention, Cloud and Mobile Access Protection, and a Managed Threat Detection and Response (MDR) service.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 22, 2022

But, ensuring performance, security and user experience for WFA users with traditional remote-access VPN is mission impossible for IT teams. The SASE Solution To Rapid Digital Transformation According to Gartner, Current network strategy architectures were designed with the enterprise data center as the focal point for access needs.

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CATO Networks

MAY 21, 2018

With UCaaS, the tether point for many real-time media flows is in a cloud data center not on the private network. SD-WAN: A Safer Way to Use the Internet While this may seem daunting, there is a new hope on the horizon. SD-WAN is offering an alternative to traditional corporate networks.

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Kentik

MAY 17, 2021

And the cloud vendors’ management interfaces don’t make it easy to do simple things like figuring out traffic paths or visualizing traffic going over a VPN. The SD-WAN systems, the DDoS scrubbers, and the intrusion detection appliances. Cloud networking concepts feel familiar but are just different enough to cause confusion.

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