CATO Networks

APRIL 25, 2017

Service insertion refers to the adding of networking services, such as firewalls or load balancers, into the forwarding path of traffic. SD-WANs bring SDN principles of service insertion to the wide area network. All traffic must pass through the firewall, creating scaling issues.

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NW Kings

JANUARY 4, 2025

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CATO Networks

MAY 6, 2018

Companies needing to connect their users to the services in the cloud, who have been using a wide-area network (WAN) with MPLS for security, are seeing the benefits of using a software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) for connectivity.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Congratulations to Cato Networks for receiving a 2017 INTERNET TELEPHONY SD-WAN Excellence Award, said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. Cato Cloud has demonstrated true innovation and is leading the way for Software Defined Wide Area Network. I look forward to continued excellence from Cato Networks in 2017 and beyond.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A Software Defined Wide Area Network can be used to establish connection privacy between sites. SD-WANs bring forth concepts such as VLANs (Virtual Local Area Networks) that can communicate across an SD-WAN platform to establish secure connections.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 7, 2021

SASE is evolving from five contributing security and network segments: software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN), firewall, SWG, CASB and ZTNA. SASE supports branch office, remote worker and on-premises general internet security use cases.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Traditionally, Wide Area Networks (WANs) and network security were loosely coupled entities. Networking teams focussed on the connectivity between locations; security teams focussed on protecting against malware threats and other external or application-layer security issues.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

We, at Cato Networks, are excited to sponsor the 2017 Guide to WAN Architecture & Design. The wide area network (WAN) is a critical and fundamental resource for any business. Using a firewall in the datacenter was simpler to manage, and produced good visibility.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 15, 2018

Networking and security are fully converged, providing a more scalable, more efficient SD-WAN. Network Security Appliances Limit Traditional SD-WAN SD-WAN became popular by solving the challenges of adapting legacy wide area networks (WANs) to the modern enterprise.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 19, 2018

For the past two years, Cato Networks has led a revolution in enterprise networking: the convergence of software-defined wide area networks ( SD-WAN ) and network security delivered as a single cloud service. Convergence is the antithesis tobundling of point solutions.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 5, 2018

IT organizations are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN). Most SD-WAN vendors provide basic security features such as encryption, layer 2 access control, and possibly some basic firewall functionality. and reach $8.05 billion in 2021.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 20, 2018

Security policies for MPLS based networks need to be managed at each site and the various appliances must be continuously updated and upgraded. Many organizations today are choosing to migrate to SD-WAN (software-defined wide area network), because it can eliminate the challenges of MPLS networks.

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CATO Networks

JULY 24, 2023

The East-West WAN traffic visibility gap : SASE converges two separate disciplines: the Wide Area Network and Network Security. Therefore, legacy technologies like network firewalls are still needed to close the visibility and enforcement gap for that traffic.

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CATO Networks

JULY 31, 2017

Cato SD-WAN is First to Converge Global Networking and Advanced Security Services Cato introduced today a context-aware Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) as part of its Cato Cloud secure SD-WAN service. Todays users work everywhere and so must their wide area networks.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 29, 2018

Weve long touted the benefits of a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) so its encouraging to see that enterprises are increasingly recognizing its value. IDC recently surveyed mid-market enterprises and found they are rapidly embracing SD-WAN infrastructure and services.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 5, 2019

Typically, they have the in-house expertise to manage their existing wide area network and feel comfortable adapting to the new technologies of the SD-WAN. The network and security services are managed by the MSP, and the customer must rely on the support services for adds/moves/changes.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 25, 2017

With MPLS revenue streams at risk, the carriers are pursuing a two-prong strategy: augmenting MPLS with Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) and adding value-add services to the core network with Network Function Virtualization (NFV). And thats not all.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 12, 2018

The widespread adoption of Software-Defined Wide-Area-Network ( SD-WAN ) in recent years has caused many to wonder whether WAN optimization is still necessary. As such, SD-WAN devices require the deployment of firewalls and other security tools in addition to SD-WAN appliances. The technologies are similar.

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Kentik

MAY 16, 2018

Other applications set to benefit from this kind of wireless network performance and scalability include enhanced mobile broadband, enterprise communications, autonomous vehicles, telemedicine, augmented reality (AR), connected homes, and industrial automation. 5G and SDN Capabilities Intersect.

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CATO Networks

MAY 5, 2016

MPLS cost reduction is the target of the emerging SD-WAN market that is bustling with solutions looking to take the corporate wide area network to a whole new level. A very common alternative architecture is to use firewalls to establish Internet-based VPN tunnels between enterprise locations.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 16, 2018

Find out how SpotAd connected its global organization to multiple, multi-region AWS VPCs, and learn about real customer examples of extending the legacy WAN using a secure cloud network to include cloud infrastructure and enable global user access. However, there are challenges in realizing the transformative impact of SD-WAN on your network.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 19, 2017

Bottom Line Conventional enterprise wide area networks are a hodge podges of routers, load balancers, firewalls, next generation firewalls (NGFW), anti-virus and more. SD-WANs change all of that with a single consistent policy-based network, making it far easier configure, deploy, and adapt the WAN.

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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. According to Gartner that coined the term, SASE is the future of network security.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 31, 2023

Its products are designed to help IT staff manage network security for distributed workforces accessing resources across the wide area network (WAN), cloud and Internet. Cato’s integrated approach combines SD-WAN , managed security services and global backbone services into a cloud-based service offering.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 5, 2017

Weve been discussing the impact the dissolving perimeter has had on networking and IT. Every office with DIA now requires the full range of security services including next generation firewalls, anti-malware, URL filtering, IDS/IPS, sandboxing and more.

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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. Firewalling, URL filtering, anti-malware threat protection tools needed to protect the enterprise are not part of the SD-WAN, which is why some SD-WAN vendors partner with security vendors.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 1, 2017

While SD-WANs are a valuable first step towards evolving the wide area network , they only address a small part of the dissolved enterprise perimeter challenge. But DIA also significantly expands the attack surface far beyond that which can be protected by the basic firewall provided in SD-WAN appliances.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 23, 2017

Gone are the separate networks and myriad of networking and security appliances that brought complexity to the enterprise.

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NW Kings

JANUARY 30, 2025

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