Cato Networks has bolstered its play in the SD-WAN market with a converged SD-WAN, security and a global backbone cloud service.
Alon Alter, Vice President of Business Operations, said: "There are a lot of misunderstandings around the scope of SD-WAN and what it actually covers. For example, how SD-WANs address global networking, network security, cloud and mobile requirements."
Cato Networks' solutions have increasingly replaced the MPLS connections which have been used for connecting branch offices and data centres, he says. Hence the push for wider and stronger channels.
"The problem we address is that legacy networking and security solutions were built for the static networks of the past, not for today's cloud and mobile focused businesses," added Alter.
"What we see today is that the channel is looking for answers when global customers want to rapidly deploy a new branch. A new location in a remote location can take three months with MPLS, with a Cato solution it is almost immediate.
"So the channel not only gets to provide an incentive and solution but it gives them access to a security budget that they may not have been able to reach before."