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Sign of the Times: Time to Eliminate Your Dependence on MPLS and Switch to SD-WAN

CATO Networks

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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The 4 Drivers in the Journey to Full WAN Transformation

CATO Networks

This is why enterprises increasingly turn to service providers and the cloud to run compute, storage, networking, and security. It was designed for permanent, static locations connected via expensive, MPLS links. SD-WAN must offer a roadmap for MPLS elimination with a cost-effective MPLS alternative.

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A New Approach to SD-WAN Management

CATO Networks

When moving from MPLS to SD-WAN appliances, each location will now have its own connection to the Internet. Most SD-WAN and network security capabilities move from appliances on the customer premises into the cloud providers core. How will they secure all of the Internet access points created by SD-WAN?

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