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Why Traditional MPLS Networks are Ill-Suited for UCaaS

CATO Networks

Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) adoption is on the rise in the enterprise and with that comes significant impact for IT managers considering how their MPLS network transformation. The UCaaS challenge for modern WANs For all of its benefits, UCaaS poses significant challenges for traditional enterprise network architectures.

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The business case for SD-WAN: Because MPLS is Not Fit for the Cloud

CATO Networks

That means making sure the wide area network (WAN) that connects branch offices, data centers, cloud services and SaaS applications can handle the connectivity needs of digitally empowered global organizations. Multiprotocol label switching protocol (MPLS) based networks, can no longer answer the business needs of a global enterprise.

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4 Ways to Secure Your Cloud Datacenter

CATO Networks

But before you can unleash the power of Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure , or any other Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering, you need to get to the cloud, and thats a lot harder than it sounds. Continuing to backhaul Internet and cloud traffic adds too much latency and consumes costly MPLS bandwidth. You can read the eBook here.

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

CATO Networks

In its recent Hype Cycle for Enterprise Networking, 2019, Gartner recognized Cato Networks as a Sample Vendor in the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) category. The legacy data center should no longer be considered the center of network architectures. Below is the verbatim text of the SASE section from the Gartner report.

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

CATO Networks

In 2014, Gartner analysts wrote a Foundational Report (G00260732, Communication Hubs Improve WAN Performance) providing guidance to customers on deploying communication hubs, or cloud-based network hubs, outside the enterprise data center. This helps deliver predictable network performance. using secure tunnels. using secure tunnels.

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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. Is SD-WAN another networking technology to be cast off and forgotten in this SASE world, or does SD-WAN continue to play an important role? You cant spot the network indicators of new threats. Lets find out.

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Why a Backbone Is More Than Just a Bunch of PoPs

CATO Networks

Since SASEs introduction, many networking and security vendors have rushed to capitalize on the market by partnering with other providers to include cloud backbones as part of their SASE offerings. But you must consider the architecture of this network. Now you must consider, how do we keep a reliable network between these points?

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