CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Nick Dell is an IT manager who recently led a network transformation initiative at his company, moving from MPLS to SD-WAN. Dell shared why he made that transition and the lessons he learned along the way in the webinar SD-WAN Confessions: How I migrated from MPLS to SD-WAN. Issues arose about a year into the MPLS contract.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Network performance, security, and redundancy all became major issues as AdRoll grew, prompting Dunne to search for a VPN alternative. What struck me most about AdRolls use case was that it was a microcosm for the issues so many enterprises face with VPN. Often, VPNs makes sense at a small scale or for one-off applications.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Paysafe decided to replace its mix of MPLS and Internet-based VPN with Cato Cloud to create a single converged network. For a fraction of the price, the Cato Cloud solution improved in performance compared to the Internet VPNs and is on par with MPLS. We operate faster because of Cato.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 10, 2018

MPLS has been a popular choice for enterprise networks for many years. Despite the relatively high costs, MPLS can deliver SLA-backed performance required for todays applications. Myth 2: The Entire Network Needs to be Built with MPLS Businesses have embraced cloud applications for ease of access and lower costs.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 4, 2018

Normally, such an objective would be mission impossible for a network built on MPLS and firewall appliances. The existing locations had firewall appliances connected by 100 Mbits/s, layer-2, MPLS connections. The existing firewall appliances were also sucking up resources he didnt have.

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Kentik

APRIL 15, 2020

Visualize all transport (MPLS, internet, LTE, etc.) Viptela: VPN Identifier, and Silver Peak: Application, Business Intent Overlay). MPLS, internet, etc.) Best practices include: Visualization of SD-WAN fabric, including both underlay and transports. Intent verification by auditing traffic against SD-WAN policies.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 30, 2017

The spread of massive ransomware outbreaks, such as NotPetya , made firewalling particularly important. Pet Lovers had already connected and secured traffic between stores with an Internet-based, virtual private network (VPN). All security policy changes had to be implemented by the local service provider running the firewalls.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 12, 2020

Most enterprise WANs have historically used MPLS, but with the proliferation of cloud resources and mobile users, organizations are realizing the need to facilitate more flexible connectivity. Usually, one network service is MPLS while the other is typically an Internet connection.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The company already had plenty of experience running IPsec virtual private networks (VPNs) across the Internet. The existing US and Asia-Pacific offices were already connected together by a mesh of IPsec tunnels between local firewall appliances. We could spend a few days just configuring the VPN for a new location, he says.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 6, 2018

Firewall as a Service (FwaaS) a firewall delivered as a cloud-based service. Unlike appliance-based firewalls that require management of discrete firewall appliances, FwaaS is a single logical firewall in the cloud that can be accessed from anywhere. For example, an MPLS connection and an Internet connection.

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CATO Networks

JULY 29, 2018

MPLS was not designed for this new reality. The appliance form factor including the cost of hardware, software, and expert staff to maintain it is a burden which SD-WAN eliminates with Firewall as a Service (FWaaS). They connected and secured traffic between stores with an Internet-based, virtual private network (VPN).

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 18, 2017

Before Shlomo and Gur cofounded Cato, Shlomo cofounded Check Point Software, creator of the first commercial firewall. Their mission was clear: secure the resources inside the firewall from the wily and dangerous world outside of the firewall. Back then life was much simpler for networking and security professionals.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 19, 2018

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. WAN optimization has been with us for a long time.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Gone are the days when it was simple and effective to connect remote sites with a perimeter firewall, or backhaul traffic to a datacenter to keep companies secure and functional. Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) is the future of network security. It could change your entire approach to network security, and help save your sanity.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 14, 2019

MPLS circuits can take weeks even months to provision depending on location. All too often, IT directors have told me they need to explain why MPLS circuit delivery is a holdup for branch office going live. VPN has proven to be a popular solution for site-to-site connectivity. the trombone effect ). the trombone effect ).

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 2, 2017

SD-WAN Cost Savings Early marketing around SD-WAN technology pointed to the 90 percent cost difference between MPLS and Internet bandwidth costs. Cant Eliminate MPLS All too often, the cost savings of SD-WAN stem from the expectation of eliminating a carriers costly MPLS service. The reality is very different.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 17, 2021

SASE merges the network optimization capabilities of SD-WAN with a full security stack, including Next Generation Firewall (NGFW), Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), and more. MPLS improves the performance and reliability of traffic flows, yet remains an expensive, rigid solution with limited capacity.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Yet, the traditional network architecture (MPLS connectivity, VPN servers, etc.) When a branch office is down, users work from remote, connecting back via the Internet to the VPN in the data center. wasnt built with cloud services and remote users in mind. The same is true for cloud connections.

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CATO Networks

MAY 16, 2018

Our 2018 survey included over 700 respondents from IT enterprises that currently run MPLS backbones. Forty-two percent said it reduced the cost of MPLS service. Anyone managing an MPLS network knows what a costly endeavor it is, and many are looking to SD-WAN to reduce the high monthly overhead MPLS presents.

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Akins IT

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Performance MPLS was the top dog in enterprise WAN before cloud-computing and mobile smart devices exploded in popularity. Once cloud and mobile became mainstream, a fundamental flaw in MPLS was exposed. With MPLS, enterprises have to deal with the trombone effect . Bottom line - MPLS bandwidth is expensive.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Security between locations, though, was not an issue provided the WAN was based, as most were, on a private MPLS service. With its ability to separate customer traffic, MPLS services give enterprise IT professionals enough confidence to send data unencrypted between locations.

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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. The Problem of MPLS Bandwidth costs remain the most obvious problem facing MPLS services. The Problem of MPLS Bandwidth costs remain the most obvious problem facing MPLS services.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Key components include SD-WAN, Firewall as a Service (FWaaS), Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA). Migration of MPLS to Secure SD-WAN The legacy MPLS services connecting locations are unsuitable for supporting cloud adoption and the remote workforce.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Most locations were connected with IPsec VPNs, except for China, which was reached from Frankfort via a shared MPLS. He connected ten plants, two service providers, 650 remote access VPN users, and Microsoft Azure via Cato and deployed Cato’s SSE 360 security services across them.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 2, 2022

But whats particularly interesting for anyone moving away from a global MPLS network or otherwise looking at WAN transformation is the impact NaaS will have on evolving the enterprise backbone. Only by converging SASE with NaaS can companies eliminate costly, legacy MPLS services. But SASE alone cant replace MPLS.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Traditional VPN solutions enable connectivity for mobile and remote employees but do little to enable the same visibility and control possible on-premises. It is easy for an enterprise to fall into a false sense of security because they can view all the traffic traversing MPLS links.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 9, 2017

It was designed for permanent, static locations connected via expensive, MPLS links. Here are some of the ways an SD-WAN can meet these mega drivers: Make the WAN more agile: SD-WAN enables IT to be more agile, deploying new locations and accommodating new business requests far faster than was possible with MPLS.

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Kentik

JULY 6, 2017

Carrier MPLS services are really expensive bandwidth. But the reality is that within most providers both MPLS VPN services and public Internet services ride on the same shared network infrastructure. This can be fairly easily solved with a firewall or SD-WAN appliance that creates IPSec tunnels between the sites.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 19, 2017

Examples include: Mission critical locations, such as datacenters or regional hubs, can be connected by active-active, dual homed fiber connections managed and monitor 24×7 by an external provider — and with a price tag that approaches MPLS. All governed by the same set of routing and security policies used on the backbone.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 21, 2019

WAN transport considerations Many SD-WAN solutions are big proponents of augmenting or replacing MPLS circuits with broadband connectivity, says Kerravala. Its expensive and time-consuming for an engineer to visit branch locations around the globe to install firewalls and routers.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 18, 2021

Buy more VPN servers? And 90 percent of the capabilities of routers, firewalls, and now, SD-WAN are common across vendors. SD-WAN appliances are products aimed at addressing a very particular problem the limitations of MPLS and legacy networks. But with COVID-19, users transitioned to work at home, not in the office.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 1, 2017

Rather than connecting every location to the Internet and then having to secure those locations, legacy WANs backhauled Internet traffic across the MPLS network to a centralized, secured Internet portal. From a mobility perspective, teams need to assess the importance of assuring regional or global VPN access to WAN resources.

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NW Kings

JANUARY 7, 2025

VPN Configurations : In Virtual Private Network (VPN) setups, static routes direct traffic over secure tunnels. Examine Routing Policies : Review any access control lists (ACLs) or firewall rules that may block traffic based on destination addresses or ports. How can I troubleshoot issues with static routes?

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CATO Networks

JULY 27, 2020

1 Cato was also recognized as Sample Vendor in three other categories including SD-WAN, Firewall as a Service (FWaaS), and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) in the Hype Cycle for Network Security 2020. This is a case where software architecture and implementation matters.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 20, 2019

Third- party services deliver network functionalities such as VPN, Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), and Bandwidth on Demand (BoD). Coupled with an SD-WAN appliance some may argue that NaaS can go a long way in replacing MPLS. The Cato Cloud has a built-in network security stack that includes: Next-Generation Firewall.

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CATO Networks

JULY 25, 2023

Security leaders today are facing a number of challenges, including a rise in the number of breaches, a need to accommodate remote work and networking requirements to replace MPLS networks. This eliminates the need to backhaul the users traffic across the world to a data center VPN appliance. Lets delve into each one.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

for Arlington Orthopedics , one of the largest orthopedic practices in North Texas, With our firewall, we would have only been able to block Netflix, and that was my knee-jerk reaction, but then whoever was watching Netflix would switch to another network. The long delays associated with deploying new MPLS locations is well documented.

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