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Digital Transformation Is a Major Driver of Network Transformation

CATO Networks

Many organizations are in the midst of rapid digital transformation. For example, many organizations are rapidly adopting cloud computing, and the growing maturity of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has the potential to unlock new operational efficiencies.

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New Research Documents How Traditional Telco Services Cripple Digital Transformation

CATO Networks

T he report, Telcos and the Future of the WAN in 2019 focuses on those 432 who purchase telco services for organizations with MPLS backbones. Repeatedly we heard that SD-WAN continues to serve as the basis of their digital transformation efforts. SD-WAN alone says nothing about defending the company edge.

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Digital Transformation Starts With Managing Digital Disruption

Kentik

Wikipedia defines digital transformation as “the change associated with the application of digital technology in all aspects of human society” and “that digital usages inherently enable new types of innovation and creativity.” Let’s look at some of the typical digital disruption challenges businesses are facing.

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SASE is not SD-WAN + SSE 

CATO Networks

SASE = SD-WAN + SSE. It identifies two elements that underpin SASE , namely the network access technology ( SD-WAN ) and secure internet access ( Security Service Edge (SSE) ). The East-West WAN traffic visibility gap : SASE converges two separate disciplines: the Wide Area Network and Network Security. Here is why.

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Thought SD-WAN Was What You Needed to Transform your Network? Think Again.

CATO Networks

Since its premier over a decade ago, SD-WAN was adopted by enterprises as the go-to-technology for preparing their network for the digital transformation. At the time this made sense, as SD-WAN brought important advantages: Optimized bandwidth costs, by leveraging inexpensive services like Internet broadband whenever possible.

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Is SD-WAN Really Dead?

CATO Networks

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. But just as were getting used to the toddling SD-WAN, along came yet another even more exciting newborn, the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE). Thats so yesteryear or is it?

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

Akins IT

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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