CATO Networks

MAY 24, 2022

Azure SD-WANs MPLS and SD-WAN Problem When organizations start relying on Azure, two problems become increasingly apparent. You can continue to rely on your centralized security gateway, backhauling traffic from branch office inspection by the gateway before sending the traffic across the Internet to Azure. Lets see how.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 9, 2017

With Cato, the costs of our connection to Mexico alone dropped more than 80%, and we received twice the capacity, says Kevin McDaid, systems manager Fisher and Company, a leading manufacturer who replaced its global MPLS with Cato Cloud, an MPLS alternative.

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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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Most enterprises look at SD-WAN as an MPLS alternative , hoping to reduc e their MPLS connectivity costs. SD-WAN ROI Driver #1: Reducing MPLS Connectivity Costs Enterprises have long invested in managed MPLS services to connect locations. With SD-WAN, companies avoid consuming expensive MPLS capacity on Internet traffic.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Traditional hub-and-spoke networking has enterprises backhauling WAN traffic from branches over MPLS circuits to a central site and applying security policies before sending the traffic to the cloud or the public Internet. SD-WAN has emerged as a popular alternative to MPLS.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 2, 2023

This is something that MPLS does not provide because it cannot support the cloud evolution that the manufacturing industry is experiencing. Additionally, global expansion is a major challenge due to the cost and complexity of turning up new sites, especially in locations where MPLS is not easy for carriers to offer and support.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 6, 2018

For example, an MPLS connection and an Internet connection. Although its expensive, organizations often use MPLS to backhaul branch traffic to their corporate data centers to secure traffic and enforce policies. MPLS (Multiprotocol Logical Switching) a technology for moving traffic between locations.

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CATO Networks

MAY 16, 2022

As with all our PoPs, Marseilles isnt just a gateway that secures traffic to and from the Internet. Cato SPACE is so effective and reliable, that enterprises can replace legacy MPLS networks and security appliances. Marseilles is our second PoP in France (Paris being the first) and our 20th in EMEA. Cato PoPs are far more powerful.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Converged functionalities include SD-WAN, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), firewall-as-a-service (FWaaS), cloud-access security broker (CASB), DLP and secure web gateway (SWG). SASE can connect any network: the internet, MPLS, cellular networks and more.

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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

MARCH 22, 2022

Rising MPLS Bandwidth Costs MPLS is expensive and eats up a large portion of IT spend. Stage 1 businesses are those that spend a significant, yet manageable, amount of their budget on MPLS. SASE can be adopted gradually and grow incrementally as current MPLS contracts expire.

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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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CATO Networks

MAY 18, 2021

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. Secure Web Gateway (SWG) services in the cloud were used to secure the web traffic. Level 2 sites required one MPLS and one Internet link.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Middle-Mile Network Optimization Techniques: Reducing Latency In the past, MPLS provided enterprises with low-latency, albeit expensive, connectivity between sites. WAN optimization appliances emerged to solve that problem, providing the means to extract the maximum usage out of available MPLS capacity.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 18, 2017

The Cato Cloud replaces your secure web gateways, MPLS backbones, SD-WAN and WAN optimization appliances, Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASBs), and on-premises firewalls, UTM, and VPN appliances. With the Cato Cloud, the network becomes simpler again.

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CATO Networks

JULY 26, 2022

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. It would give us even more more security, better remote access, and faster deployment.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

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.

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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

AUGUST 23, 2016

Using an MPLS network and routing the traffic over a reliable network. The problem with this option is that MPLS is an expensive network that was not designed to carry heavy traffic (designed for mission-critical applications) and the internet traffic consumes a lot of the MPLS expensive bandwidth.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 15, 2018

The MPLS architectures of most enterprise WANs adds far too much latency to Internet- and cloud-destined traffic. Other problems, including extensive deployment times (as much as 90 days) and high bandwidth costs (think double or more their Internet equivalents), make MPLS incompatible with evolving enterprise requirements.

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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

JUNE 19, 2017

These include: MPLS cost reduction through augmentation and replacement, improved global latency and network performance, branch appliances footprint reduction, and the extension of the WAN to cloud datacenters and mobile users. Palo Alto Networks uses a firewall in the cloud, and customers must procure reliable global WAN connectivity.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 15, 2018

For example, if some branch locations are not connected via MPLS , separate firewalls may be required, forcing security administrators to manage separate network security policies. Visibility Solutions such as Secure Web Gateways in the Cloud don’t provide visibility to the WAN.

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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

APRIL 2, 2019

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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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Appliance-based SD-WAN and MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) simply arent designed to address these use cases. MPLS was designed to provide dedicated, reliable, and high-performance connections between two endpoints before cloud and mobile took over the world. Secure Web Gateway (SWG).

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 5, 2021

To put that another way, SSE blends – Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) – Secure web gateway (SWG) – Cloud access security broker (CASB) – Firewall-as-a-service (FWaaS) and more into a single-vendor, cloud-centric, converged service. SASE vs SD-WAN Whats Beyond Security | Download eBook Why Is SSE Important?

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CATO Networks

JULY 19, 2023

Zscaler offered a secure web gateway (SWG) as a service. Enterprises had to maintain their MPLS networks, SD-WANs, and network firewalls and layer on top of them the SWG, CASB, and ZTNA proxies. Lastly, ZTNA used the same approach to access private apps in datacenters. This progression created a multibillion-dollar security company.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

It is easy for an enterprise to fall into a false sense of security because they can view all the traffic traversing MPLS links. The problem is today enterprise WANs are a mix of MPLS, Internet-based VPNs, mobile users, and cloud services. I can even see down to a single person and how much bandwidth (s)he is using.

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Kentik

MAY 16, 2018

Many enterprises are replacing their fixed MPLS wide area networks (WANs) with virtualized software-defined WANs (SD-WANs) to reduce costs. Visibility -- Historically enterprise networks had a router/firewall connected to the WAN as a gateway. 5G and SDN Capabilities Intersect.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

It is the networking equivalent of a killer application that allows companies to use a variety of transport mechanisms besides MPLS and to steer traffic according to business priorities. SD-WAN provides optimal traffic routing over multiple transport media, including MPLS, broadband Ethernet, 4G LTE, DSL, or a combination thereof.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 3, 2018

As pointed out in this post by Cradlepoint , distributed enterprises must be especially vigilant regarding the constant dangers specifically at the Networks Edge, which is particularly vulnerable since it is the gateway into the corporate WAN. And here is where SD-WAN steps in.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 1, 2019

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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CATO Networks

MAY 24, 2021

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. But you must consider the architecture of this network. your sites) connect to the hosting provider.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Customers were looking to move away from their MPLS networks and the backhauling of Internet traffic to a secure internet gateway at the datacenter. The Transformation Starts with the Network Transitioning enterprise networks to the new service, benefited from a key catalyst.

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CATO Networks

JULY 4, 2023

Putting this in traditional product category terms, a Cato SPACE includes the capabilities of global route optimization, WAN and cloud access acceleration, and security as a service with next-generation firewall, secure web gateway , next-gen anti-malware, and IPS.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 5, 2018

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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