CATO Networks

AUGUST 17, 2021

You probably know what WAN stands for, but what about all of the other acronyms and abbreviations in the networking world? SASE SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) converges network and security functionalities into a single cloud-based solution. According to Gartner that coined the term, SASE is the future of network security.

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Kentik

MARCH 26, 2020

After recently observing the 200% network traffic spikes in North American and Asia ( see data in our 3/6/20 update below ), we wanted to look specifically at the U.S., After recently observing the 200% network traffic spikes in North American and Asia ( see data in our 3/6/20 update below ), we wanted to look specifically at the U.S.,

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Kentik

MAY 24, 2017

This week in networking news, GE, HPE and LinkedIn are just a few of the companies pushing for open data center designs via the launch of a new nonprofit. Meanwhile, researchers are pushing for a way for first responders to have faster internet access during emergency situations. This week’s top story picks from the Kentik team.

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Engineering at Meta

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

We are working toward making Threads compatible with the open, interoperable social networks that we believe can shape the future of the internet – where peoples’ content exists in the fediverse and is platform-agnostic. But you can’t do that today on social media. But Threads is still evolving.

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Kentik

JULY 28, 2017

This week Verizon was dubbed the winner of network speeds. Mitel agreed to buy ShoreTel, while Viacom said it wouldn’t buy Scripps Networks. A feature story explored the workarounds that Cubans go to for internet access, and another feature looked at the cost of IT automation. This week’s top story picks from the Kentik team.

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CloudFaire

JANUARY 2, 2025

So lets talk about Stream Lives design, and how it leverages the distributed nature of Cloudflares network, rather than centralized locations as many other live services do. Ingesting a broadcast Broadcasters generate content in real time, as a series of video and audio frames, and it needs to be transmitted to Cloudflare over the Internet.

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Kentik

JUNE 8, 2021

EdgeUno was founded with a central focus: to improve the availability and quality of internet services in countries with emerging economies. With 20 PoPs and more than 2,500 internetwork connections, if you stream content or look at social media in Latin America today, you’re probably using the EdgeUno network. Reduces MTTR.

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Kentik

MARCH 20, 2017

Digital Business Transformation Makes the Network Indispensable. CIOArena conferences offer C-level, executive, and senior IT leaders from mid- to large-sized enterprises a chance to network, look at key trends, and learn about cutting-edge solutions like Kentik Detect. Digital Business Brings Internet Reliance.

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Global Data

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The subsea cable industry was once led by telecommunication and network carriers sharing ownership of subsea cables. There are concerns that while these developments will improve internet access, greater control by governments is needed to regulate and to protect the critical infrastructure ecosystem.

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CATO Networks

MAY 21, 2018

Todays business lives and depends on the Internet. More and more companies rely on the Internet for voice and video. The public Internet, though, is a challenging environment to deliver business-quality real-time services. That leaves just 130-180 msecs of cushion for the entire transmission network.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 1, 2020

Often, when speaking with network managers responsible for infrastructure within a multinational or global enterprise, I hear first-hand accounts of the impact of sluggish network performance. Similarly, slow networks can lead to painfully slow file transfers for large media files or CAD (computer-aided design).

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NW Kings

JANUARY 14, 2025

Palo Alto Networks offers a variety of cybersecurity solutions that are specifically designed for different environments and requirements. Product Lines Overview The security solution offered by Palo Alto Networks is organized in three main product lines: Strata, Prisma, and Cortex.

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Kentik

AUGUST 22, 2016

The rise of the MP3 marked a transitional phase in which media players covered the dual roles of audio player and portable file storage. Now, from a music point of view, the smartphone or streaming media player is essentially just a network-connected audio converter. From CDs to CDNs.

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Kentik

MAY 8, 2023

Core Concepts Resilience in networking is the ability of a network to withstand and quickly recover from failures or changes in its environment. This includes the ability to: Dynamically adjust to changes in network topology Detect and respond to outages Route around faults in order to maintain connectivity and service levels.

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Kentik

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Today on the episode 4 of the Network AF podcast , host Avi Freedman welcomes his longtime friend Elliot Noss. For 25 years, Elliot has been the CEO of Tucows, the internet services company with the second-largest domain registrar in the world. Cybercrime and the internet as entertainment. The culture of Tucows.

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Rule 11

AUGUST 16, 2024

Beware of Internet FORCES aiming to change your mind or direct your decisions! Enter your name into an internet search engine and the first few results will probably include detailed profiles of you compiled by people-search websites with names like Intelius, PeopleFinders, and Spokeo.

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Kentik

JANUARY 24, 2022

Back in the 1990s, NetFlow was introduced on Cisco routers as a means to collect information about IP network traffic as it enters or exits an interface. Since then, network flows have been one of the best ways to gain insight into traffic. If it’s possible, wouldn’t you like to know? Don’t rely on ports. So, what do you do?

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Akins IT

MARCH 13, 2023

The Increasing Cybersecurity Risks for Schools and How to Overcome Them As schools adopt new learning initiatives such as online learning, cloud based systems, and integrate mobile and IoT devices into their networks, cybersecurity risks are also increasing.

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Kentik

MAY 15, 2023

Kentik’s own Doug Madory, head of internet analysis , recently joined Mattias Friström, VP and chief evangelist at Arelion, and Sonia Missul, IP transit product manager at Orange International Carriers, as panelists on two webinars hosted by Fierce Telecom and Capacity Media respectively.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

We had our PDAs for our contact lists and appointments, digital cameras to take photos, mobile phones to place calls, handheld GPS to find our way to places, and portable media players for music. We had SD-WAN and networking. However, VPNs bring risk to an enterprise due to the lack of granular control over network access.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 9, 2017

TMC, a global, integrated media company, has awarded Cato Cloud a 2017 Internet Telephony SD-WAN Excellence Award. The award is given to companies that demonstrate the innovation, vision, and execution to deliver software-based networking tools to support different and unique communities of interest.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

These solutions rely on the Internet, MPLS, or some other third-party network for connecting locations. These solutions can use MPLS in hybrid configurations, but they also bring a private interconnect their own network of Points of Presence (POPs) that manages the traffic flow across the middle-mile.

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Kentik

MAY 3, 2017

Lastly, listen to Pandora’s head of network operations and engineering talk about how the music-streaming company is getting better network performance for better customer experience. Watch how they’ve added network visibility in this video. A typo in one of its transatlantic internet backbone links caused the issue.

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Kentik

AUGUST 22, 2017

Analyzing the Eclipse’s Impact on Internet Traffic. With so many people away from their desktops, we had to wonder… What happened to network traffic in the US? As our fellow citizens ventured outside to watch the sun take second place, were enough of them off of the Internet to create a true digital eclipse? As many as 7.4

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CATO Networks

MARCH 29, 2024

Numerous use cases, such as streaming media, internet gaming, complex data analytics, and real-time collaboration, require we go beyond todays connectivity trends to define new ones. This demand dictates optimized networking and capacity that scales with the business as non-negotiable requirements for the future of digital business.

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Akins IT

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

What is a Virtual Private Network? A VPN is a Virtual Private Network. A VP N creates a virtualized network between two physically separate networks. One of the core reasons that people use VPN's is to secure their network, while increasing their privacy. Do You Need Secure Access to Your Home Network?

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Every network needs the protection of an IPS. Network-based threats have become more widespread and an IPS is the right defensive mechanism to stop them. Even then the security team needs more time to first test the signature to see if it generates false positives before deploying it on live network.

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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. Bandwidth: Bandwidth limitations are addressed by minimizing the amount of data passed across the network. The technologies are similar.

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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. With the evolution of the cloud, networks directly affect our access to business critical applications, data, social media services, video conferences and more.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Firewalls – the foundation of an organizations network security strategy – filters network traffic and can enforce an organizations security rules. By limiting the traffic that enters and leaves or enters an organizations network, a firewall can dramatically reduce its vulnerability to data breaches and other cyberattacks.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 4, 2024

Threat actors and cybercriminals have always been early adapters of new technology: from cryptocurrencies to anonymization tools to using the Internet itself. First, this is a known threat actor that has already sold credentials and access to US government entities, banks, mobile networks, and other victims. Why is this significant?

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Kentik

JANUARY 19, 2018

This week Verizon invested in an Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) platinum membership. Here are those headlines and more: Verizon joins ONAP (SDxCentral) Verizon is the newest platnium member of the Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP). This week’s top story picks from the Kentik team. Carnegie Mellon is home to a $27.5M

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NW Kings

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Understanding TCP ports is essential for managing network traffic and ensuring effective communication. This blog will delve into what a TCP port is, how it works, its significance in networking, and the different types of ports, including well-known and dynamic ports. An endpoint uniquely identifies a service on a network.

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Kentik

JUNE 4, 2019

By the end of this post you should have a pretty good idea of how True Origin helps network operations and engineering, particularly for Internet Service Providers. The content comes into the ISP network from various sources via various paths with varying cost and performance. What is True Origin?

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Akins IT

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

With the advent of the Cloud, mobile applications, social media, the Internet of Things, and the latest and greatest emerging technologies, it can be challenging to find the correct entry point to better security. AkinsIT leverages the many components necessary to ensure a successful, accurate, and comprehensive network-wide audit.

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Kentik

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Last week’s big story in the networking space was the route leak at major backbone provider Level 3 Communications, which triggered disruptions to Internet service nationwide. One of kprobe’s major advantages is that it can measure performance characteristics — retransmits, network latency, application latency, etc.

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Rule 11

MAY 31, 2024

In this episode of the RIPE Labs podcast, three Internet pioneers talk about how they helped grow the Internet out of its early infancy, back when its purpose – and much of the excitement around its development – lay in the promise of connecting researchers from around the world.

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