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Why a Backbone Is More Than Just a Bunch of PoPs

CATO Networks

The PoP is just a connection point a gateway, of sorts where the external world (i.e., Best Effort Isnt Always the Best Way I have talked with numerous enterprises that replaced MPLS circuits with SD-WAN. By that I mean, traffic goes to the SASE solution providers PoPs to be forwarded to SaaS or IaaS applications or the Internet.

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How To Best Design Your WAN for Accessing AWS, Azure, and the Cloud

CATO Networks

At the edge of this network, customers can connect their branch locations, corporate data centers, mobile and remote users to the core network via their preferred carrier services (MPLS, broadband, LTE, etc.) using secure tunnels. Each entity connects to the communication hub nearest them to reduce latency.

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Is SD-WAN Really Dead?

CATO Networks

The new darling of the networking industry would free us from the shackles of legacy MPLS services. It was cute, shiny, and taught enterprises how to walk — walk away, that is, from MPLS to a network designed for the new world. Native cloud connectivity within the PoPs connects IaaS and SaaS resources.

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Does Your Backbone Have Your Back?

CATO Networks

Googles recent announcement of the GCP Network Connectivity Center (NCC) joins other similar services such as Amazons AWS Transit Gateway and Microsofts Azure Virtual WAN. Enterprises have been relying on MPLS circuits to ensure connection quality between their offices and datacenters. Cato SASE Cloud.

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The Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) as Described in Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Enterprise Networking, 2019

CATO Networks

Secure Access Service Edge “ Analysis By: Joe Skorupa; Neil MacDonald Definition: The secure access service edge (SASE) are emerging converged offerings combining WAN capabilities with network security functions (such as secure web gateway, CASB and SDP) to support the needs of digital enterprises.

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What You Don’t Need from an SD-WAN Vendor

CATO Networks

Deploying a new site for SD-WAN requires an SD-WAN gateway be deployed on-site. Unlike unmanaged Internet connections, a provider-owned backbone provides an MPLS-like SLA-backed latency but at an affordable cost. Applications are grouped into classes, such as voice/video, business-critical, or best effort.

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NaaS Meets SD-WAN: What is NaaS anyway and How Will It Impact Your SaaS, PaaS, and Cloud Strategy?

CATO Networks

NaaS is simply the delivery of virtualized network infrastructure and services following the standard cloud subscription business model popularized by SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS. Coupled with an SD-WAN appliance some may argue that NaaS can go a long way in replacing MPLS. Secure Web Gateway. Advanced Threat Protection.

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