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What is Network-as-a-Service and Why WAN Transformation Needs NaaS and SASE

CATO Networks

Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) certainly fits that billing. 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. Gartner identifies the specific attributes of a cloud service.

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Today’s Enterprise WAN Isn’t What It Used To Be

Kentik

I haven’t even mentioned CASBs, NaaS, containerized network services, and NFV, so you can imagine how the concerns of today’s network engineer are so vastly different from an engineer from yesteryear trying to figure out NHRP and BFD settings. What can we say is the enterprise WAN of today?

WAN 98
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Beyond the Thin Branch: Move Network Functions to Cloud, Says Leading Analyst

CATO Networks

One sticking point has always been the branch network stack: deploying, configuring, managing, and retrieving the router, firewall, WAN optimizer, etc., Cloud Stack Benefits the Enterprise: Freedom and Agility People want a lot out of their SD-WAN solution: routing, firewalling, and WAN optimization, for example.

Cloud 52