Forvis Mazars Transforms Network with Cato and Accelerates Customer Innovation 

Baltimore Aircoil Replaces MPLS with Cato, Improving Voice Quality, Enabling Video Conferencing, and Increasing Agility Frank Keessen, CIO of the Forvis Mazars Group, transformed the company’s traditional network infrastructure with firewalls, MPLS connections, and data centers into a secure plug-and-play network delivered 'as a Service' by Cato Networks and its partner, IPknowledge.   By doing so, Keessen can now focus on his main task: advancing digital solutions and innovation for Forvis Mazars' clients together with his IT team while safeguarding the continuity of all digital aspects of the Forvis Mazars business. He can also have a good night's sleep with his network running on Cato SASE Cloud while IPknowledge monitors and supports him 24/7.  Forvis Mazars delivers audit, tax, and advisory services across the globe to prepare its clients for the challenges of tomorrow.  As its clients' most trusted advisors,  Forvis Mazars takes good care of their data and ensures they handle it in a reliable and secure manner.  “We used to work with different vendors and solutions to build global connectivity. It proved to be complex to manage our network because each vendor has its own policies and procedures and uses different technologies,” says Keessen. “This makes it difficult to manage global security and to solve issues. To handle this, we had to acquire know-how and technology for each vendor to manage it. Doing this ourselves takes time, attention, and resources and is prone to errors. When an issue arises, the time it takes to pinpoint and solve the problem can be extensive, with an immediate effect on the customer experience and thus the business.”   Moreover, the world of network security has changed a lot. “With more people using the cloud and working from anywhere, we face new security challenges. For example, there is a growing number of user devices we have to connect and protect,” he says  Security is not just about the IT department anymore; it requires a much more integrated approach that has to be addressed company wide.  “So, we need to get ready and make sure we can keep our data safe in the future,” he says.   Forvis Mazars turned to its trusted partner, IPknowledge. The IPknowledge team introduced its Secure Network as a Service concept based on the Cato SASE Cloud Platform.  The team created a test environment by isolating part of the Forvis Mazars’ network. A parallel connection was established to facilitate communication with the Cato SASE Cloud Platform powering Secure Network as a Service.  “The solution from Cato Networks turned out to be easy to use while offering all the functionalities we need,” says Robert Reijerkerk, technical engineer at Forvis Mazars. “In the past, setting up an MPLS connection, for example, was very complex and required extensive network knowledge. Moreover, connecting routers to each other was time-consuming. SASE SD-WAN has simplified this to installing a standard Socket that establishes a secure connection with Azure.”   Read this case study to learn more about Forvis Mazars’ experience and lessons learned while deploying Cato and working with IPknowledge. 

CIAL Dun & Bradstreet Improves Networking and Security in Latin American with Cato Frank Keessen, CIO of the Forvis Mazars Group, transformed the company’s traditional network infrastructure with firewalls, MPLS connections, and data centers into a secure plug-and-play network delivered 'as a Service' by Cato Networks and its partner, IPknowledge.   By doing so, Keessen can now focus on his main task: advancing digital solutions and innovation for Forvis Mazars' clients together with his IT team while safeguarding the continuity of all digital aspects of the Forvis Mazars business. He can also have a good night's sleep with his network running on Cato SASE Cloud while IPknowledge monitors and supports him 24/7.  Forvis Mazars delivers audit, tax, and advisory services across the globe to prepare its clients for the challenges of tomorrow.  As its clients' most trusted advisors,  Forvis Mazars takes good care of their data and ensures they handle it in a reliable and secure manner.  “We used to work with different vendors and solutions to build global connectivity. It proved to be complex to manage our network because each vendor has its own policies and procedures and uses different technologies,” says Keessen. “This makes it difficult to manage global security and to solve issues. To handle this, we had to acquire know-how and technology for each vendor to manage it. Doing this ourselves takes time, attention, and resources and is prone to errors. When an issue arises, the time it takes to pinpoint and solve the problem can be extensive, with an immediate effect on the customer experience and thus the business.”   Moreover, the world of network security has changed a lot. “With more people using the cloud and working from anywhere, we face new security challenges. For example, there is a growing number of user devices we have to connect and protect,” he says  Security is not just about the IT department anymore; it requires a much more integrated approach that has to be addressed company wide.  “So, we need to get ready and make sure we can keep our data safe in the future,” he says.   Forvis Mazars turned to its trusted partner, IPknowledge. The IPknowledge team introduced its Secure Network as a Service concept based on the Cato SASE Cloud Platform.  The team created a test environment by isolating part of the Forvis Mazars’ network. A parallel connection was established to facilitate communication with the Cato SASE Cloud Platform powering Secure Network as a Service.  “The solution from Cato Networks turned out to be easy to use while offering all the functionalities we need,” says Robert Reijerkerk, technical engineer at Forvis Mazars. “In the past, setting up an MPLS connection, for example, was very complex and required extensive network knowledge. Moreover, connecting routers to each other was time-consuming. SASE SD-WAN has simplified this to installing a standard Socket that establishes a secure connection with Azure.”   Read this case study to learn more about Forvis Mazars’ experience and lessons learned while deploying Cato and working with IPknowledge. 

Diamond Braces Uses Cato to Boost WAN Security, Performance, and Reliability Frank Keessen, CIO of the Forvis Mazars Group, transformed the company’s traditional network infrastructure with firewalls, MPLS connections, and data centers into a secure plug-and-play network delivered 'as a Service' by Cato Networks and its partner, IPknowledge.   By doing so, Keessen can now focus on his main task: advancing digital solutions and innovation for Forvis Mazars' clients together with his IT team while safeguarding the continuity of all digital aspects of the Forvis Mazars business. He can also have a good night's sleep with his network running on Cato SASE Cloud while IPknowledge monitors and supports him 24/7.  Forvis Mazars delivers audit, tax, and advisory services across the globe to prepare its clients for the challenges of tomorrow.  As its clients' most trusted advisors,  Forvis Mazars takes good care of their data and ensures they handle it in a reliable and secure manner.  “We used to work with different vendors and solutions to build global connectivity. It proved to be complex to manage our network because each vendor has its own policies and procedures and uses different technologies,” says Keessen. “This makes it difficult to manage global security and to solve issues. To handle this, we had to acquire know-how and technology for each vendor to manage it. Doing this ourselves takes time, attention, and resources and is prone to errors. When an issue arises, the time it takes to pinpoint and solve the problem can be extensive, with an immediate effect on the customer experience and thus the business.”   Moreover, the world of network security has changed a lot. “With more people using the cloud and working from anywhere, we face new security challenges. For example, there is a growing number of user devices we have to connect and protect,” he says  Security is not just about the IT department anymore; it requires a much more integrated approach that has to be addressed company wide.  “So, we need to get ready and make sure we can keep our data safe in the future,” he says.   Forvis Mazars turned to its trusted partner, IPknowledge. The IPknowledge team introduced its Secure Network as a Service concept based on the Cato SASE Cloud Platform.  The team created a test environment by isolating part of the Forvis Mazars’ network. A parallel connection was established to facilitate communication with the Cato SASE Cloud Platform powering Secure Network as a Service.  “The solution from Cato Networks turned out to be easy to use while offering all the functionalities we need,” says Robert Reijerkerk, technical engineer at Forvis Mazars. “In the past, setting up an MPLS connection, for example, was very complex and required extensive network knowledge. Moreover, connecting routers to each other was time-consuming. SASE SD-WAN has simplified this to installing a standard Socket that establishes a secure connection with Azure.”   Read this case study to learn more about Forvis Mazars’ experience and lessons learned while deploying Cato and working with IPknowledge.