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MPLS, SD-WAN and Network Security

CATO Networks

In both cases, the customers wanted to extend an MPLS-only WAN into a hybrid WAN based on a combined MPLS and Internet connectivity. Is MPLS Secure? MPLS security is based on the fact that it is a private network vs. the public Internet. Does SD-WAN improve on MPLS security?

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

CATO Networks

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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IT Managers: Read This Before Leaving Your MPLS Provider

CATO Networks

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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Internet Underlay Visibility is Critical for SD-WAN Overlays

Kentik

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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What is SD-WAN?

CATO Networks

Work is done in more places and the Internet has become central to how business is conducted. With SD-WAN, organizations can deliver more responsive, more predictable applications at lower cost in less time than the managed MPLS services traditionally used by the enterprise. The way in which organizations work is changing.

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Choosing an SD-WAN Architecture for Real-Time Communications

CATO Networks

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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SD-WAN and Cloud Security

CATO Networks

Companies needing to connect their users to the services in the cloud, who have been using a wide-area network (WAN) with MPLS for security, are seeing the benefits of using a software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) for connectivity. Bandwidth-intensive traffic, bound for the Internet and cloud, are backhauled across the MPLS WAN.

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