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News in Networking: Security-Defined Networking, SD-WAN, and Container Strategies

Kentik

Meanwhile, containers are a big part of AT&T’s network strategy. Not everything is suited for virtual machines,” said the telecom giant’s CTO. Not everything is suited for virtual machines,” Fuetsch told SDxCentral. SD-WAN is still hogging the spotlight, but CenturyLink says it’s “no quick fix.”

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The Carrier Cloud Needs a New Fabric, Not a Patched Cloth

CATO Networks

Over the past two decades, carriers have built massive global networking platforms that are faithfully serving many enterprises. MPLS-based services are under pressure from emerging Internet-based solutions. This strategy is attempting to patch the carrier MPLS cash cow and slow its decline. At a premium cost. What a headache.

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Cloud Native, COVID-19, and True Secure Access Service Edge – What The 2020 Gartner Hype Cycles Taught Us

CATO Networks

For the second year in a row, Cato Networks was recognized as a Sample Vendor in the Secure Access Service Edge ( SASE ) category in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Enterprise Networking, 2020. To learn more, read the Gartner Hype Cycle for Network Security, 2020 , for a limited time.

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SSE: It’s SASE without the “A”

CATO Networks

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. The argument of SSE is much of the same as for SASE.

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

CATO Networks

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’s 5 Gbps SASE Speed Record is Good News for Multicloud and Hybrid Cloud Deployments

CATO Networks

By contrast, competitors SASE solutions implemented as virtual machines in the cloud or modified web proxies remain limited to under 1 Gbps of throughput for a single encrypted tunnel, particularly when inspections are enabled. Its just an added layer of complexity and risk that doesnt exist in Catos solution.

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Integrated vs. Converged SASE: Which One Ensures an Optimal Security Posture?

CATO Networks

This is unlike cloud-delivered solutions that are virtual machines based on appliance-based products that are deployed in public cloud provider data centers, No Hybrid or On-Premises Deployments – SASE was defined by Gartner as being delivered from a cloud-native platform.

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