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Darling Ingredients Replaces Three Security and Networking Vendors with Cato Networks, Adopts SASE Platform
Cato Networks, the SASE leader, today announced that Darling Ingredients has selected Cato as its preferred SASE provider to consolidate a fragmented vendor environment, reduce complexity and costs, and modernize global connectivity and security.
About this update from Darling Ingredients Inc.
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