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Cato allows customers to transform their WAN to support digital business. Cato SASE Cloud, a global converged cloud native service, securely and optimally connects all branches and datacenters, people, clouds, and clouds. Cato can be deployed gradually to replace or augment existing network services and security points. Gartner has introduced Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), a new category of enterprise networking. SASE combines SD-WAN and network security points solutions (FWaaS. CASB. SWG. and ZTNA) into a single, cloud-native service. Network access was previously implemented using point solutions that were expensive and complicated. This hampered IT agility. SASE allows enterprises to reduce the time it takes to develop new products, get them to market and adapt to changing business conditions or the competitive environment.

Riverbed SteelFusion is a patented technology that provides a modern, cloud-like experience for IT organizations that manage increasingly complex, mission-critical ROBO locations. SteelFusion is the first and only Software-Defined Edge (SD-Edge) solution that delivers local performance while enabling data convergence, instant provisioning/recovery and lower TCO for distributed organizations. SteelFusion software or a dedicated appliance installed on specified 3rd party servers. This unique integration of server, storage, network, and virtualization allows local ROBO applications to run without the need for additional branch infrastructure. For additional flexibility, a storage delivery controller interfaces with SAN and NAS storage arrays in a data center or public cloud storage. Riverbed-patented integrated storage delivery technology. This unique technology centralizes data in the Datacenter and projects a working set to your branch.