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Why Schools Need a Network Firewall

Akins IT

The good news is that there is a solution : Fortinet's Security Fabric and Next Generation Firewalls. Safeguarding Your School's IT Infrastructure: The Power of Network Firewalls Thankfully, a specialized school firewall can provide the protection you need to keep your school safe and running smoothly.

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Network Break 334: Palo Alto Unveils New Security Gear; Arista Saves Time With Lowest-Latency Switch

Packet Pushers

This week's Network Break covers new firewalls & other security products from Palo Alto Networks, discusses Arista's lowest-latency switch (now with EOS), reviews financial results from Cisco and Palo Alto, and explains why Microsoft is making Internet Explorer go away (just not entirely).

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Cato. Ready for Whatever’s Next

CATO Networks

These were largely untouched by the cloud and dominated by appliance-based solutions (routers, firewalls, etc.). Customers were looking to move away from their MPLS networks and the backhauling of Internet traffic to a secure internet gateway at the datacenter. Stay tuned for the next chapter of the Cato story. The post Cato.

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MPLS, SD-WAN and Network Security

CATO Networks

In both cases, the customers wanted to extend an MPLS-only WAN into a hybrid WAN based on a combined MPLS and Internet connectivity. There are several interesting anecdotes by the financial services customers (Scott Smith and D.V.) MPLS security is based on the fact that it is a private network vs. the public Internet.

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One Customer’s ROI Argument for Cato Cloud

CATO Networks

The companys original WAN operated on a telco bundle from a carrier that provided a global MPLS network and worldwide Internet services to the various sites. The company provided locations with different levels of connectivity based on the criticality of work performed at each site: Level 1 sites required two MPLS and two Internet links.

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Beyond the Thin Branch: Move Network Functions to Cloud, Says Leading Analyst

CATO Networks

Retailers, financial services firms, and other kinds of companies want to become more agile in their branch strategies: be able to light up, move, and shut down branches quickly and easily. One sticking point has always been the branch network stack: deploying, configuring, managing, and retrieving the router, firewall, WAN optimizer, etc.,

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The 5 Most Common Cyber Threats in Schools

Akins IT

Most teachers in today's schools already know that the internet has a lot of bad things that can happen. The things that could happen are anything from stolen personal data to financial manipulation. It usually happens when someone opens a malicious file or link on a computer that is connected to the Internet.