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.

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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

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Network performance, security, and redundancy all became major issues as AdRoll grew, prompting Dunne to search for a VPN alternative. What struck me most about AdRolls use case was that it was a microcosm for the issues so many enterprises face with VPN. Often, VPNs makes sense at a small scale or for one-off applications.

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Network Engineering

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

"Route-target export" is used to export routes form VRF to mBGP - i need to know the rules which tells which routes will be exported. For example : if VRF-RED have 10 Routes which include static routes, connected routes, OSPF routes and routes it imported from VRF-YELLOW.

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Obkio

MAY 4, 2023

Learn how to monitor QoS performance on your private network, including MPLS, SD-WAN, or VPN, using Obkio's DSCP features. Try Obkio for free to get started!

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 10, 2018

MPLS has been a popular choice for enterprise networks for many years. Despite the relatively high costs, MPLS can deliver SLA-backed performance required for todays applications. Myth 2: The Entire Network Needs to be Built with MPLS Businesses have embraced cloud applications for ease of access and lower costs.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Paysafe decided to replace its mix of MPLS and Internet-based VPN with Cato Cloud to create a single converged network. For a fraction of the price, the Cato Cloud solution improved in performance compared to the Internet VPNs and is on par with MPLS. We operate faster because of Cato.

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The Network DNA

MAY 28, 2024

Cisco SDWAN Control Connections Let's take an example , Lets us suppose we have a requirement which says my TLOC color MPLS create a tunnel with other sites MPLS interfaces but we don't want my MPLS create a control connection with the sdwan controllers. This has been asked many times.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

However, keeping WAN latency in check while using traditional solutions, like MPLS or VPN, with cloud services has become impractical. On the surface, MPLS seems to solve this problem. However, MPLS creates challenges for enterprises because it is notoriously expensive and inefficient at meeting the demands of cloud and mobile.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 14, 2019

MPLS circuits can take weeks even months to provision depending on location. All too often, IT directors have told me they need to explain why MPLS circuit delivery is a holdup for branch office going live. VPN has proven to be a popular solution for site-to-site connectivity. the trombone effect ). the trombone effect ).

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CATO Networks

JUNE 19, 2018

Born alongside the expensive MPLS data service, WAN optimization appliances allowed organizations to squeeze more bandwidth out of thin pipes through compression and deduplication, as well as prioritizing traffic of loss-sensitive applications such as remote desktops. WAN optimization has been with us for a long time.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 23, 2016

This can be achieved in two ways:: Establishing a VPN connection to traffic from each location using an appliance. In addition to the appliance sprawl problems, this option requires the management of a complex VPN policy and configuration. Using an MPLS network and routing the traffic over a reliable network.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 17, 2021

SD-WAN Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) is a virtual WAN architecture offering optimized traffic routing over multiple different media (broadband, MPLS, 5G/LTE, etc.). MPLS Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) routes traffic over telecommunications networks using short path labels instead of longer network addresses.

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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

AUGUST 15, 2023

Its a massive SASE deployment spanning 200+ locations and 25,000 remote users worldwide, replacing a combination of MPLS services, VPN services, SD-WAN devices, remote access VPNs , and security appliances. Carlsberg will be replacing MPLS, VPN, and SD-WAN services with Cato SASE Cloud and Catos global private backbone.

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CATO Networks

JULY 29, 2018

MPLS was not designed for this new reality. They connected and secured traffic between stores with an Internet-based, virtual private network (VPN). Point-of-sale (POS) traffic went across the IPsec VPN to firewalls in the companys Singapore datacenter housing its POS servers. The provider offered only a 1.5

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 2, 2017

SD-WAN Cost Savings Early marketing around SD-WAN technology pointed to the 90 percent cost difference between MPLS and Internet bandwidth costs. Cant Eliminate MPLS All too often, the cost savings of SD-WAN stem from the expectation of eliminating a carriers costly MPLS service. The reality is very different.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 10, 2018

Reduce latency between global locations While most webinar respondents (53 percent) identify MPLS costs as a major challenge, eliminating MPLS completely often remains impossible for SD-WAN solutions, particularly in the case of global networks. Traffic isn’t subject to the erraticness of the global Internet or the costs of MPLS.

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Kentik

APRIL 15, 2020

Visualize all transport (MPLS, internet, LTE, etc.) Viptela: VPN Identifier, and Silver Peak: Application, Business Intent Overlay). MPLS, internet, etc.) Best practices include: Visualization of SD-WAN fabric, including both underlay and transports. Intent verification by auditing traffic against SD-WAN policies.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Pet Lovers had already connected and secured traffic between stores with an Internet-based, virtual private network (VPN). Routers at every store directed point-of-sale (POS) traffic across the IPsec VPN to firewalls in the company’s Singapore datacenter housing its POS servers.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 4, 2018

Normally, such an objective would be mission impossible for a network built on MPLS and firewall appliances. The existing locations had firewall appliances connected by 100 Mbits/s, layer-2, MPLS connections. The company spent $10,000 per month for the 100 Mbits/s MPLS service and connections were still choking out, McNeill says.

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Akins IT

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Performance MPLS was the top dog in enterprise WAN before cloud-computing and mobile smart devices exploded in popularity. Once cloud and mobile became mainstream, a fundamental flaw in MPLS was exposed. With MPLS, enterprises have to deal with the trombone effect . Bottom line - MPLS bandwidth is expensive.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Middle-Mile Network Optimization Techniques: Reducing Latency In the past, MPLS provided enterprises with low-latency, albeit expensive, connectivity between sites. WAN optimization appliances emerged to solve that problem, providing the means to extract the maximum usage out of available MPLS capacity.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

About 90 mobile users were configured with VPN clients to access those firewall appliances; There were 300 users in total accessing the companys network. We could spend a few days just configuring the VPN for a new location, he says. It was about 1.5 hours of work per tunnel per site.

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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

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Yet, the traditional network architecture (MPLS connectivity, VPN servers, etc.) When a branch office is down, users work from remote, connecting back via the Internet to the VPN in the data center. wasnt built with cloud services and remote users in mind. The same is true for cloud connections.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 19, 2021

The migration to SASE will enable enterprises to successfully address the current and future network ing and security challenges : Shift ing to cloud-delivered security to protect anywhere, anytime access to digital capabilities Simplify ing security management that has become complex due to multiple vendors, policies , and appliances Reduc (..)

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CATO Networks

JUNE 6, 2018

For example, an MPLS connection and an Internet connection. Although its expensive, organizations often use MPLS to backhaul branch traffic to their corporate data centers to secure traffic and enforce policies. MPLS (Multiprotocol Logical Switching) a technology for moving traffic between locations.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 22, 2022

Rising MPLS Bandwidth Costs MPLS is expensive and eats up a large portion of IT spend. But, ensuring performance, security and user experience for WFA users with traditional remote-access VPN is mission impossible for IT teams. Stage 1 businesses are those that spend a significant, yet manageable, amount of their budget on MPLS.

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CATO Networks

MAY 16, 2018

Our 2018 survey included over 700 respondents from IT enterprises that currently run MPLS backbones. Forty-two percent said it reduced the cost of MPLS service. Anyone managing an MPLS network knows what a costly endeavor it is, and many are looking to SD-WAN to reduce the high monthly overhead MPLS presents.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 4, 2020

The infrastructure needed to support these remote users, virtual private network (VPN) solutions, was built for the brave few and not for the masses. During the first wave of COVID-19, IT had to throw money and hardware at the problem, stacking up legacy VPN servers all over the world to catch up with the demand.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 18, 2017

The Cato Cloud replaces your secure web gateways, MPLS backbones, SD-WAN and WAN optimization appliances, Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASBs), and on-premises firewalls, UTM, and VPN appliances. With the Cato Cloud, the network becomes simpler again.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Organizations are vulnerable, and IT teams are frustrated and overwhelmed dealing with: Appliance sprawl Compromised user experience Expensive MPLS networks with limited bandwidth High-latency VPN access for mobile users Multi-policy management Cato customer Leslie W.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 9, 2017

It was designed for permanent, static locations connected via expensive, MPLS links. Here are some of the ways an SD-WAN can meet these mega drivers: Make the WAN more agile: SD-WAN enables IT to be more agile, deploying new locations and accommodating new business requests far faster than was possible with MPLS.

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Kentik

JULY 6, 2017

Carrier MPLS services are really expensive bandwidth. But the reality is that within most providers both MPLS VPN services and public Internet services ride on the same shared network infrastructure. Last week at Cisco Live was no exception; Cisco’s $610M acquisition of Viptela in May made for a lot of SD-WAN buzz.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

When it comes to SD-WAN, he concedes: Theres a huge business case that SD-WAN products are aiming to solve: replacing traditional MPLS/VPN networks with encrypted transport over public Internet.Internet access is often orders of magnitude cheaper than traditional circuits.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 2, 2022

But whats particularly interesting for anyone moving away from a global MPLS network or otherwise looking at WAN transformation is the impact NaaS will have on evolving the enterprise backbone. Only by converging SASE with NaaS can companies eliminate costly, legacy MPLS services. But SASE alone cant replace MPLS.

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