CATO Networks

MARCH 17, 2022

One of the common drivers for this project is cost savings, specifically the reduction of MPLS connectivity costs. But, what happens when the cost of MPLS is low? Should these customers stay with MPLS? Work from home shifts the Spokes Imagine now, that we suddenly moved to a work-from-home hybrid model.

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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. The core value proposition of SD-WAN is the use of a standard, low-cost Internet link to augment an expensive managed, low-latency and guaranteed capacity MPLS link.

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CATO Networks

MAY 26, 2022

MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) has been an industry-standard in enterprise networking for decades. But with modern enterprises relying more and more on public cloud services like Office 365, Salesforce and SAP Cloud, is MPLS enough? 5 Considerations for Evaluating MPLS and Its Alternatives 1.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Its no secret that the legacy WAN faces many challenges adapting to todays business, the big question is: Whats going to replace MPLS? Legacy WAN architectures based on MPLS services provide predictable performance between offices, but theyre not implemented in a way that easily accommodates the new realities facing IT.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 26, 2019

In one form or another the question: how can SD-WAN deliver the same reliability and redundancy as MPLS when it uses the public Internet? SD-WAN + public Internet alone cant. Catos cloud-native approach to SD-WAN not only matches MPLS reliability across the middle-mile, it offers better redundancy in the last-mile.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 26, 2017

As the company grew, Alewijnse found MPLS connectivity to be increasingly unable meet its business requirements. The Dutch engineering company had built a global wide area network (WAN) out of MPLS and Internet services connecting 17 locations 14 in Europe and 3 in the Asia Pacific with about 800 mobile and field employees.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

In the era of digital transformation, your organization might be looking for a more agile and cloud-friendly alternative to MPLS. But while getting off your MPLS contract might seem daunting due to hefty early termination fees, its actually easier and less expensive than you might think. In most contracts, the latter is the case.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 26, 2017

The Internet is erratic. The Internet is unstable. The Internet is unsecure. But exactly what is wrong with the Internet and can it be fixed? We dove into that question with our co-founder and CTO Gur Shatz in a recent eBook, The Internet is Broken: Why Public Internet Routing Sucks.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 18, 2019

The IT manager at a leading automotive components manufacturer recently shared his experience transitioning his company from MPLS to Cato SD-WAN. Before moving to SD-WAN, the company used an MPLS provider that managed everything. However, they quickly discovered problems with the MPLS solution that were impacting the business.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

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. Internet access remains tightly controlled, with only large, or headquarters facilities having local Internet connectivity. The answer?

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Multiprotocol label switching protocol (MPLS) based networks, can no longer answer the business needs of a global enterprise. Instead, remote locations generate an increasing amount of traffic bypasses the data center and goes directly to the Internet. Software-defined Wide Area Networks ( SD-WAN ) can get the job done. Here is why.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 17, 2017

The Search for Affordable MPLS Alternative Global organizations are looking for SD-WAN services to provide an affordable, MPLS alternative. If you are already using MPLS, you are well aware of its challenges: high costs, rigidity, long time to deploy and incompatibility with the growing demand for direct cloud and internet access.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 5, 2020

1990s – 2000s: MPLS and the Era of Clear Network Boundaries? Dedicated network connectivity, known as MPLS, was the preferred approach for connecting remote locations. Dedicated network connectivity, known as MPLS, was the preferred approach for connecting remote locations. This is easier said than done.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 20, 2022

Its about a year before your MPLS contract expires, and youve been told to cut costs by your CFO. That MPLS too expensive. This couldnt have come at a better time… Employees have been blowing up the helpdesk, complaining about slow internet, laggy Zoom calls and demos that disconnect with prospects. Find an alternative.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Multinational corporations have traditionally needed global MPLS services to build their WAN. By leveraging the power of distributed software, plentiful IP capacity, and off-the-shelf hardware, SD-WAN as a service provides a reliable, flexible, and inexpensive alternative to MPLS. Until recently, there simply was no alternative.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Nick Dell is an IT manager who recently led a network transformation initiative at his company, moving from MPLS to SD-WAN. Dell shared why he made that transition and the lessons he learned along the way in the webinar SD-WAN Confessions: How I migrated from MPLS to SD-WAN. Issues arose about a year into the MPLS contract.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 13, 2020

If you are about to renew your MPLS contract, or if you need to upgrade your capacitySTOP! Dont commit to another year of MPLS until youve had time to consider if its the right technology to carry your business forward. Modern enterprises now have alternatives to MPLS that are more flexible and just as reliable for building a WAN.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 15, 2017

And, by enterprise networking we mean the use of MPLS at the core of enterprise networks. So, to SD-WAN or to MPLS? MPLS Pros and Cons If you are an MPLS customer, you are familiar with the benefits and challenges of the technology. The MPLS architecture and its guarantees are now under pressure.

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NW Kings

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

BGP is a path vector protocol used to exchange routing information between autonomous systems on the internet. How does MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) improve network performance? MPLS enhances performance by directing data packets along predetermined paths based on labels rather than long network addresses.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 5, 2018

As I discussed in my previous post , real-time traffic has two characteristics that are challenging for the Internet. And, as most real-time conversations last orders of magnitude longer than most other types of internet interactions, the probability of a network incident impacting the packet transmission is dramatically higher.

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CATO Networks

JULY 19, 2017

Lets face it, MPLS for all of its high costs and long deployment times, did one thing right – it worked. You knew that the MPLS provider was going to engineer a network that could reach from Mumbai to Houston and work day-in-and-day-out. The same cant be said though for the public Internet. Watch it now here.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 26, 2016

Anyone with hands-on experience setting up long-haul VPNs over the Internet knows its not a pleasant exercise. Service providers also know this — and make billions on MPLS. It lies at the core of how the Internet was built, its protocols, and how service providers implemented their routing layer.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 29, 2019

One of the big selling points of SD-WAN tools is their ability to use the Internet to deliver private-WAN levels of performance and reliability. Give each site connections to two or three Internet providers and you can run even demanding, performance-sensitive applications with confidence. See Figure 1.)

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Kentik

MARCH 26, 2018

SD-WANs are the confluence of four technology trends: software-defined networking in wide area networks (WANs), commodity hardware for customer premise equipment, Internet connectivity for business applications, and enterprise IT hybrid multi-cloud migration. The benefits of SD-WANs are compelling both economically and operationally.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 10, 2017

So youve decided to get off your MPLS service, but To what? What are the issues to consider when re-evaluating MPLS – and its successor? In this e-book, well talk about the sins of Internet backhaul and why its so damaging to your network. is the question. Think youve mastered SD-WAN? Get thefull details here.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 23, 2025

Integrating SD-WAN for Improved Network Performance Organizations looking to optimize WAN traffic often start with SD-WAN, which enhances application performance while reducing MPLS costs. When delivered as part of a SASE platform, SD-WAN seamlessly integrates with security controls, reducing complexity.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 12, 2020

Most enterprise WANs have historically used MPLS, but with the proliferation of cloud resources and mobile users, organizations are realizing the need to facilitate more flexible connectivity. Usually, one network service is MPLS while the other is typically an Internet connection.

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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. The Problem of MPLS Bandwidth costs remain the most obvious problem facing MPLS services. The Problem of MPLS Bandwidth costs remain the most obvious problem facing MPLS services.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Much has been made about their high costs, long-time to deploy, and poor fit for running Internet and cloud traffic. SD-WAN Cost Savings Early marketing around SD-WAN technology pointed to the 90 percent cost difference between MPLS and Internet bandwidth costs. All of which increases last-mile costs.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 11, 2016

Backhauling is a way a network team is solving a security problem: providing secure internet access for all locations. Backhauling moves the traffic to a datacenter where firewalls are deployed and a secure Internet access is available. As a result, customers always have to use MPLS links to address their low-latency applications.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 25, 2018

Historically, MPLS was the default WAN choice to maximize uptime and ensure predictable network behavior. But, MPLS was expensive and subject to capacity and availability constraints. SD-WAN enables the business to boost overall capacity by aggregating all transports and reduce cost by utilizing affordable Internet services.

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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. The public Internet reorganizes to solve issues without regard for the impact on applications.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 22, 2017

Its not just about cutting the cost of their existing MPLS-based WANs. Todays business has evolved significantly since the adoption of MPLS-based WANs. Per user bandwidth consumption has likely grown significantly since your organization adopted an MPLS-based WAN. Mobile users and the cloud are ignored by MPLS.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 4, 2017

For SD-WAN s, the Internet has been their weakness. As a result, SD-WAN adopters have remained chained to their MPLS services, paying exorbitant bandwidth fees just to deliver these core applications. The MPLS Problem To understand the value of UberNet, we need to understand why MPLS service pricing is so expensive.

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CATO Networks

MAY 14, 2018

Scarred by slow, rigid and complex technologies, like MPLS, and complex command line interfaces, networking professionals are turning to SD-WAN to usher in an era of automated and intelligent networks. Many organizations procure MPLS services to maximize the availability and uptime of the network.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 17, 2018

MPLS networks have been the backbone of enterprise networks for years. Although MPLS circuits are considerably more expensive than general Internet circuits, businesses have relied on MPLS networks for their dependability. Reliability at a Price MPLS services remain significantly more expensive than Internet services.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 21, 2017

There are three major options global MPLS , the public Internet and cloud networks. The Public Internet The Internet is the default backbone. If the Internet underperforms occasionally, we accept it is as a fact of life. Enterprises that could not afford global MPLS had to use Internet-based services.

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