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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. New Solutions Have New Network Requirements As digital transformation initiatives change how companies do business, corporate networks and IT architectures need to adapt to effectively and securely support the evolving business.

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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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Network Security Solutions to Support Remote Workers and Digital Transformation

CATO Networks

Thats a tall order as organizations undertake the simultaneous processes of digital transformation and network evolution. For most organizations, the cloud is a critical piece of their transformation. This has necessitated a rethink of the WAN architecture. Direct Internet access (DIA) is enabled as well.

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5 SD-WAN Gaps that are Answered by SASE

CATO Networks

When SD-WAN emerged a decade ago, it quickly became a viable and cost-effective solution to MPLS. Back then, it was the technology for digital transformation. But today, enterprises have more advanced network and security needs , and IT leaders are realizing that SD-WAN doesnt address them. Whats the alternative ?

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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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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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