XRoads Networks = Unified Bandwidth Management with MSA Bandwidth Bonding

2012-01-13T09:00:00.000-08:00

XRNS Announces Partnership with CVA Mexico

IRVINE, CA. January 11, 2012 - XRoads Networks, the leading developer of unified bandwidth management (UBM) appliances in the world, today announced it has entered into a new distribution agreement that will enable the company to extend its global reach and broadly promote its products in Mexico with CVA, one of the largest technology distributors in the country.

CVA will now be stocking XRoads Networks' products in Mexico for easy delivery and sourcing.
"We see in Mexico a market with great potential for XRoads Networks products. To consolidate our presence in the country, we have sealed this partnership to solidify our channel sales," said Mr. French, vice president of business development. "Our expectation with the partnership matches well with the expansion of broadband usage in the country. This agreement is to elevate the Mexican market to represent a significant part of our global sales."

XRoads Networks UBM product line includes a number of unique features only found in these solutions, including:

- MVP Bandwidth Bonding: The ability to combine two or more broadband connections and accelerate network downloads by utilizing all of the available links at the same time and accelerating the traffic through a number of patent-pending techniques, including multi-server downloads, caching, and compression.

- Dynamic Bandwidth Management: Monitors all active network sessions and controls flows through rate limiting when certain end-users attempt to utilize more than their fair share of the available bandwidth. This equalization of the bandwidth is performed automatically during periods of high utilization, thus ensuring the critical applications like VoIP, CRM, and SSL applications always receive the bandwidth they need and that no single user can "slow down" the network.

- XFlow Reporting: Provides detailed per packet analysis of the traffic patterns within a customer's network. Customers can see in real-time how much bandwidth is being used, by which applications and by whom. Network administrators can obtain granular reporting on a per user or per application basis to see exactly how their network is being used.

"The partnership with XRoads Networks strengthens our network solutions portfolio with products that add true business value and have a strong synergy with the other product lines that we distribute," said Fernando Miranda, CEO and president of CVA. "XRoads Networks" proven networking products will enable us to bring easy to use and easy to deploy network solutions to market very quickly throughout Mexico."

The XRoads Networks solutions are available for sale at the CVA's online store. The website also offers detailed information of the products and their applications. CVA will also be offering training and sales support for its reseller channel. XRoads Networks will provide full installation and remote configuration support for all products sold within Mexico.

2012-01-04T19:33:00.001-08:00

XRoads Networks Provides Its Unique MSA Bandwidth Bonding Solution for Retirement Community.

IRVINE, CA. January 5, 2012 - As the boomers retire, these retirement communities will require reliable and fast Internet access in order to stay connected to the rest of the world. XRoads Networks is a leader in providing fast Internet connectivity for these communities through our MSA Bandwidth Bonding&trade capabilities and Dynamic Bandwidth Management&trade functionality.

MVP Bandwidth Bonding&trade - Combines inexpensive broadband connections in order to dramatically improve network connectivity and accelerate web-downloads, making news and entertainment sites faster and more reliable.

Dynamic Bandwidth Management&trade - Ensures that everyone on the network receives fair and equal access to the Internet. No single user can slow the network down to a crawl. When a group of users is downloading large files, the DBM technology automatically reduces those session flows in order to more equal divide the bandwidth among the other active users thus ensuring that everyone has the fastest possible network connectivity.

Richard Nunez of Mesilla Valley in Las Cruces New Mexico bought an XRoads Networks appliance in order to speed up connectivity for residents and visitors. The WEBaXcel appliance will increase network performance and distribute web-traffic across multiple Internet connections, and with built-in automated failover, their Internet service will not go down in event of a link outage.

Prevent network slowdowns and guarantee uptime with UBM and aXcel appliances from XRoads Networks.

2011-12-30T10:15:00.001-08:00

IRVINE, CA. December 10, 2011 - Transportation and logistics companies like Marten Transportation and Nedlink Logistics are in the business of making sure their customers products get delivered on time and on demand. In order to meet there requirements they chose XRoads Networks UBM appliances in order to ensure that their data is delivered on time and on demand.

XRoads Networks UBM appliances offer unique capabilities not found in other application delivery systems. Our MVP Bandwidth Bonding and Dynamic Bandwidth Management features speed up critical application delivery and ensure 24/7 uptime for mission critical applications. In the event of network congestion, the UBM appliances automatically manage the available bandwidth in order to ensure equal traffic distribution which all but eliminates network slowdowns.

Prevent network slowdowns and guarantee uptime with UBM appliances from XRoads Networks.

2011-12-30T10:14:00.001-08:00

IRVINE, CA. November 15, 2011 - When the City of Knoxville needed to ensure uptime distributed bandwidth distribution for their critical applications, they chose XRoads Networks. Using the LINKaXcel appliance the city was able to ensure high availability for the services they were offering to the community and lower costs by distributing traffic over multiple inexpensive broadband circuits.

By reducing costs and simplifying bandwidth management the LINKaXcel appliance will provide a ROI to the city in less than 8 months. With an average MTBF of over five years, the city will see significant savings over time.

When added to the improve network reliability that the XRoads Networks appliances provide, without complicated protocols like BGP being required or the headache of ISP coordination, the cities management can rest assured that in the event of a network outage that online city services will still be available to its residents.

2011-12-30T10:13:00.000-08:00

IRVINE, CA. September 20, 2011 - XRoads Networks the worldwide leader in MVP Bandwidth Bonding™ has announced partnerships with over ten hotel operators in order to increase Internet network performance. Our link bonding technology combines multiple inexpensive broadband connections in order to accelerate the most common hospitality application, web traffic, in order to provide faster and more reliable web browsing for hotel guests.

By leveraging the growth of broadband connectivity options around the world hotel operators can save a significant amount of money by simply aggregating two or more of these connections, increase reliability in the event one of the links fails, and increase guest satisfaction rates by providing them with more bandwidth than might be possible via standard methods like T1/E1 connectivity.

XRoads Networks MVP Bandwidth Bonding™ is able to take a 5Mbps DSL like and combine it with a 10Mbps cable connection in order to provide over 15Mbps of throughput for hotel guests. Additionally this bandwidth bonding technology also accelerates traffic so web content is quickly delivered to the end-user without prolonged waits, thus increasing guest satisfaction.

When combined with XRoads Networks unique Dynamic Bandwidth Management functionality, specifically optimized for hotel operators, no single guest will ever be able to slow down network access for other guests. The DBM system automatically adjusts bandwidth usage dynamically in order to prevent any single guest from slowing down network access for everyone else.

Hotel operators like Westin, Marriott, Four Seasons, Hilton, Holiday Inn Express, Radisson, Wyndham, and Extended Stay all utilize the XRoads Networks solutions to improve their networks.

2011-03-11T13:47:00.000-08:00

XRNS Announces Improved Warranty Program for our Customers

LAKE FOREST, CA. Feburary 28, 2011 - XRoads Networks, the leader in Unified Bandwidth Management platforms, has announced an update to its hardware warranty program. This new update expands our limited warranty extension program to all of our standard annual support contracts. This change enables customers who have our annual support services to also receive an extension on the limited hardware warranty for every consecutive year that they have annual support. Annual support must be purchased within 60-days from the appliance purchase date and must to continuous in order to be qualified for the extension. In addition, XRoads Networks is updating its spare-in-the-air program to include added benefits. The following detail the changes to the warranty program.
Annual Support Program Contract
• The limited warranty is now included as part of our annual support contract
• Contract provides annual warranty extension up to three years
• For the limited warranty to apply the support contracts MUST be contiguous
• Blown NIC or blown power supply is not covered by the limited warranty
• No advance replacement
• No shipping is covered
• No automatic replacement
Spare-In-The-Air w/Advanced Replacement Contract
• Contract provides annual warranty extension up to three years
• For the enhanced warranty to apply the spare-in-the-air contracts MUST be contiguous
• Advanced replacement
• Full shipping coverage, overnight within the US
• Enhanced warranty which covers the power supply
These updates to our hardware warranty coverage are designed to assist our customers get the support they need when they need it and at the price point which is the most cost effective. Please continue to provide us with your feedback so that we can continually improve our customer service.

2009-12-31T17:37:00.000-08:00

Deploying Multi-WAN in a Slowing Economy By XRoads Networks

This white paper demonstrates how to reduce costs and improve productivity when budgets get tight. The last thing a network administrator wants to hear in a slow economy is… “the network is down”.

Cost Reductions w/Improved Performance

Utilizing two (or more) inexpensive broadband connections instead of a single T1/Frame link not only delivers improved reliability, but as offers a substantial reduction in reoccurring circuit costs. The reality is that having two broadband connections vs. a single T1 connection delivers:
- More Bandwidth - Lower Overall Cost - Significantly Increased Reliability
More Bandwidth A standard T1 link delivers 1.5Mbps, while the average broadband link (DSL, Cable, and Wireless) delivers around 1Mbps. Thus two average broadband links deliver 1½ times the bandwidth of a T1 link at a lower cost, with similar packet loss and latency as found on the average T1 connection.

Lower Overall Cost The average cost of a T1 circuit is $500-700 per month, while the average business class broadband link is $100-200 per month. Even with two broadband links the cost savings could be $600 per month or $7200 per year; equal to a cost savings of over $20,000 over the course of a three year period.

Significantly Increased Reliability On average a T1 link is down over 8 hours per year and depending on the size of your business that could easily translate to thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars in lost productivity, not to mention the potential for substantial revenue losses. When considering whether to implement a network reliability solution it is important to realize how such a decision could affect the company and those responsible for its network.
A study conducted by Infonetics Research found that 1 in 4 mid-sized organizations were no longer viable as an ongoing concern after a significant network outage occurred which affected daily operations.

When attempting to determine whether the costs justify the deployment of a multi-WAN solution, one must consider that an XRoads Networks’ solution can not only substantially lower operational costs but also significantly improve overall productivity through increased performance.

Additional Benefits

Improved Utilization of Bandwidth

Beyond network reliability and the addition bandwidth provided by our EdgeXOS platform, customers are also able to utilize its built-in traffic shaping and bandwidth management capabilities. Network administrators can improve end-user responsiveness through application prioritization and by throttling heavy network users. All of these capabilities are included in each of the EdgeXOS appliances.

Greater Understanding of the Network

A key factor towards controlling an organizations bandwidth is understanding how that bandwidth is being used. To that end, the EdgeXOS platform includes a number of reporting capabilities which provide detailed reporting as to who and what is utilizing the bandwidth. Our top ten graphs show who the heavy users are and which applications are taking the most network resources.

Peace of Mind

Every network administrator wants to know that their network is solid and that in the event of a failure, that they have taken the proper precautions to ensure that the network stays up and running 24/7.

The EdgeXOS platform helps to provide this assurance through its built-in network redundancy and bandwidth management capabilities. Every feature built-in to the EdgeXOS platform is designed for this purpose and XRoads Networks has a long track record of delivering reliable bandwidth management solution for Fortune 500 companies, educational institutions, as well as small to mid-sized businesses.

Summary

In a slowing economy the one thing you can't afford is network downtime. The EdgeXOS platform helps administrators maintain confidence in the reliability of their network and understand how the network is being utilized.

For more information, please visit http://www.xroadsnetworks.com/

2008-10-28T07:51:00.000-07:00

Increase Performance and Reliability with a Link Load Balancer

If your company relies on the internet to do business, one way to boost performance and reliability is with a link load balancer. A link load balancer is perhaps one of the best ways to enhance a network by increasing reliability and performance of your broadband internet connection. A link load balancer aggregates two or more (usually up to 6) separate broadband internet connections into one single stream. In addition, a link load balancer is extremely easy to implement into any network and extremely cost effective.

How Does a Link Load Balancer Boost Performance?
A link load balancer can easily boost performance of your network by simply aggregating several broadband internet connections into one. Your business can now utilize all the bandwidth from all connections- not just one, single connection. This helps your business achieve both gains in speed and performance. A link load balancer also offers software that makes managing your data simple and convenient. It should be noted that besides boosting performance, reliability is generally increased giving you uptime at or near 99.999%.

How to Reduce Costs with a Link Load Balancer?
A link load balancer can help reduce costs for your business by giving you the option to place less critical data on lower cost broadband internet connections, while keeping critical data on a top tier broadband internet connection. In addition, since a link load balancer can switch from a connection that is offline or experiencing drop outs instantly and automatically to another carrier that is offering reliable service, you can easily save on what normally would be downtime and a loss of productivity.

For more information on how a link load balancer can increase reliability and performance, visit us at our main website at the following link: http://xroadsnetworks.com

2008-10-21T07:51:00.000-07:00

Link Load Balancer: Maximize Network Performance

A link load balancer is perhaps one of the best ways to boost broadband internet reliability. A link load balancer offers businesses the ability to provide a single internet connection from multiple providers. If your business depends on a stable, high performing broadband internet connection, a link load balancer can definitely help. Here is how.

Boost Performance with a Link Load Balancer
With a link load balancer you can have more than one broadband internet supplier adding redundancy and ultimately raising reliability. In fact, using a link load balancer your business can achieve uptime in the neighborhood of 99.999%. Aggregating several types of broadband internet connections into one is simple and cost effective. It should also be noted that you can utilize almost any type of broadband connection with a link load balancer including: DSL, T1, ISDN, DS3, cable, satellite, etc.

A Link Load Balancer Can Help Reduce Costs
One of the ways that a link load balancer can help reduce costs for running your networks is by allowing you to run non-critical data and applications on broadband connections that are lower cost, while keeping your critical data running smoothly on top tier broadband connections. And if ever one of your connections fails, a link load balancer can switch you over to a functioning connection automatically and instantly.

For more information on how a link load balancer can maximize your network performance, please visit our main website at: http://xroadsnetworks.com

2008-10-14T07:50:00.000-07:00

Internet Load Balancing: The Reliable Solution

For businesses that require maximum reliability and uptime from their broadband internet connection, one way to achieve this goal is with internet load balancing. Simply put, internet load balancing is an easy and cost effective way to aggregate several broadband connections into one. This solution not only ensures that if one connection fails, you have other providers that you can fall back on, but it also can increase overall internet connection performance. Here are just a few ways internet load balancing can help your business.

Maximize Performance with Internet Load Balancing
With internet load balancing you not only increase reliability, but you can also maximize performance. For most businesses, you can easily balance your incoming requests across multiple WAN links serving traffic between broadband connections that offer the best paths available. In most cases, this can be done by simply implementing an active DNS module.

Manage Your Network’s Routing with Internet Load Balancing
With internet load balancing, you can maximize productivity and your network by efficiently managing your data. Internet load balancing offers solutions for advanced routing capabilities. For instance, you can easily place less critical network traffic on a lower cost broadband supplier, while your critical traffic remains safe and reliable with your top tier broadband supplier. If service drops out or is offline from one provider, internet load balancing can automatically and instantly switch to another provider keeping you up and running at all times.

For more information on how internet load balancing can maximize performance and reliability for your organization, please visit us at our main website: http://xroadsnetworks.com

2008-10-07T07:48:00.000-07:00

An Internet Load Balancer Can Help Provide Your Business a Reliable Internet Connection

An internet load balancer is a great way to provide one, single internet connection from several broadband internet providers. Today, many businesses have the opportunity of choosing more than one broadband internet provider (e.g. cable, DSL, satellite, ISDN, etc). Utilizing several broadband internet providers to create one single stream not only maximizes reliability, but can also boost performance.

Benefits of an Internet Load Balancer
There are many advantages of using an internet load balancer for your network. First off, if your business offers 24/7 support or relies on the internet for critical applications, you can achieve maximum uptime reliability (99.999%). In fact, if one network ever goes down, an internet load balancer instantly switches from one provider to another so you experience no loss in connection. In addition, since you now have more than one provider, you can easily boost productivity with the enhanced performance your network now offers you.

Reduce Costs with Internet Load Balancing
For businesses looking to reduce costs, implementing internet load balancing has its advantages. First off, internet load balancing works with lots of broadband connections including: T1, DS3, Cable, ISDN, DSL, etc. Since you can have multiple sources of broadband, you can easily place less vital applications on low cost broadband options while critical apps remain on the more reliable connections ultimately saving you lots of money.

For more information on how an internet load balancer can maximize performance and reliability for your organization, please visit our main website at the following link: http://xroadsnetworks.com

2008-10-01T07:47:00.000-07:00

WAN Load Balancing for All Types of Businesses

If your business relies on a stable broadband internet connection then one way to reduce the risk of drop outs and loss of service is with WAN load balancing. WAN load balancing is perhaps the most effective way to ensure your broadband internet connection uptime is as high as possible. In fact, with WAN load balancing you can achieve 99.999% uptime. Here is how.

WAN Load Balancing Helps to Aggregate Several Internet Links
WAN load balancing can aggregate two or more separate broadband internet links creating one single broadband stream for maximum performance. Many businesses have the opportunity of connecting to the internet in a variety of ways including cable, T1, ISDN, DSL, satellite, etc. By combining more than one method into a single stream, you can easily cut costs and achieve reliability and redundancy to ensure your network is up and running at all times. Besides the gains of reliability, most businesses also achieve higher performance.

WAN Load Balancing Offers Plenty of Features
With WAN load balancing you not only increase reliability, but you can maximize your internet connection’s performance. WAN load balancing offers businesses a great way to ensure that email, large file transfers and general data transfers are managed efficiently. And since WAN load balancing is cost effective, it is the perfect solution for almost any size or type of business.

For more information on how WAN Load Balancing can maximize performance and reliability in your organization or to purchase a WAN load balancing solution today, please visit our main website at the following link: http://xroadsnetworks.com

2008-09-24T07:46:00.000-07:00

Boost Productivity & Reliability with WAN Load Balancing

A dependable broadband internet connection is extremely vital to most businesses that rely on the internet for email, VOIP and access to web servers. However, even with innovations in technology drop outs and the loss of an internet connection can be commonplace. For many businesses looking to achieve ultimate reliability, one method is to implement WAN load balancing. WAN load balancing is one of the most cost effective and least complex ways to enhance the reliability of your business’s internet connection.

Increase Reliability with WAN Load Balancing
It’s actually quite simple and cost effective to increase reliability and boost internet performance with WAN load balancing. WAN load balancing gives you the ability to aggregate two or more broadband internet connection into one. In some cases you can have up to 6 separate broadband links aggregated into one single, reliable connection. With this capability, you can easily achieve a boost in performance, redundancy and limit the risk of your internet connection going down or dropping out.

Features of WAN Load Balancing
WAN load balancing can offer reliability that approaches 99.999% uptime. In addition, WAN load balancing gives you the tools and resources needed to boost your networks performance- easily increasing the speeds for uploading files, web access and the management of data.

For more information on how WAN Load Balancing can help your organization or to purchase this solution today, please visit our main website at the following link: http://xroadsnetworks.com

2008-09-17T07:45:00.000-07:00

Enhance Your Network’s Reliability with a WAN Load Balancer

For many businesses a solid reliable broadband internet connection is vital to conducting everyday business including tasks such as sending and receiving email, updating web servers and using VOIP technology. Unfortunately, broadband internet connections are still not 100% reliable and can go down from time to time or experience drop outs. For businesses that require reliable broadband internet one of the best solutions available is a WAN load balancer. Here are some of the ways in which a WAN load balance can increase reliability and performance cost effectively.

Enhanced Reliability with a WAN Load Balancer
You can achieve productivity gains simply with the help of a WAN load balancer. A WAN load balancer gives your organization the ability to aggregate two or more broadband internet connections (and in some case up to 6 broadband links) into one, single connection assisting your organization to achieve maximum performance and limiting the risk of downtime and drop outs.

Plenty of Great Features with a WAN Load Balancer
Not only can a WAN load balancer help you reduce downtime, but since it adds redundancy, it can help you achieve reliability within the 5 9’s (99.999%). A WAN load balancer can also help you boost your network’s performance, boosting speed for uploading files, web access and the ability to easily manage the data of emails. And because a WAN Load Balancer is cost effective, you no longer have to rely on other more expensive and complicated options.

For information regarding a WAN load balancer or to purchase one for your organization today, please visit our main website at the following link: http://xroadsnetworks.com

2008-09-10T07:42:00.000-07:00

Achieve Reliability & Performance with a WAN Load Balancer

A WAN load balancer is perhaps one of the best ways to achieve high reliability and network performance. A WAN load balancer is a device that can easily aggregate two or more broadband connections, not only increasing redundancy to maximize reliability, but boosting performance- all at an extremely low cost. For businesses that rely on the their broadband internet connection to conduct business a WAN load balancer is one of the best ways to achieve uptime in the range of 99.999% Here are just a few reasons a WAN load balancer should be implemented into almost every business that relies on a broadband internet connection.

It’s Easy to Boost Productivity and Reliability with a WAN Load Balancer
Achieving productivity and reliability gains is simple with a WAN load balancer, because it is able to aggregate two or more broadband connections (some models are able to aggregate up to 6 broadband links) into one single connection. Since broadband internet service is critical for email and network functionality, by having a second internet supplier (e.g. cable, T1, DS3, ISDN, DSL, satellite, etc) available, you can not only boost speed and performance, but reduce downtime cost effectively. In fact, you can achieve 99.999% uptime with the ease and efficiency of a WAN load balancer- ensuring that your network will stay up & running and ready for business.

For more information regarding a WAN load balancer or to make a purchase for your organization today, please visit our main website at the following link: http://xroadsnetworks.com

2008-06-04T13:24:00.000-07:00

Enhance the Reliability of Your Network with Dual WAN Routers

If your business is looking for an extremely reliable broadband internet connection, one of the best solutions available are dual WAN routers. Dual WAN routers are perhaps the easiest and most cost effective way to add redundancy, reliability and boost performance to your broadband internet connection. Here are just some of the reasons why every business should implement dual WAN routers for their network.

Add Reliability to Your Network at an Extremely Low Cost
For practically all companies internet broadband connection is vital to doing business. All it takes is for your broadband connection to be down for a couple of hours and you can lose sales and reduce productivity. However, with dual WAN routers, you can subscribe to two broadband internet connections simultaneously increasing reliability, redundancy and boosting overall speed performance and productivity. In most markets there are many internet broadband choices for a company, such as cable, ISDN, T1, DSL and satellite. Dual WAN routers make it cost effective and convenient to utilize more than one service provider to ensure that your network is always connected to the internet.

Dual WAN Routers are Feature Rich
While reliability and cost effective are two great reasons to implement dual WAN routers, it should also be noted that dual WAN routers come packed with lots of features. Some of the most common features include: management of both outbound and inbound data, QOS (Quality of Service) a technology that ensures critical data arrives at its destination in a timely manner, spam protection, intrusion detection, web filtering and support for VPN.

For information regarding implementing dual WAN routers or to purchase one today, please visit our main website at: http://xroadsnetworks.com

2008-05-29T16:19:00.000-07:00

Dual WAN Routers: Add Reliability to Your Business’s Internet Connection

Practically every company today relies on an internet connection to conduct business and if an internet connection is lost (even for a couple of hours) your business could lose sales and productivity. One of the best solutions to reduce the risk of internet connection drop outs and loss of service is having dual WAN Routers.

Dual WAN Routers: The Effective Way to Increase Reliability & Redundancy
One of the best ways to increase reliability and redundancy of your internet connection is to have more than one. With dual WAN routers, you can implement more than one broadband internet connection simultaneously to increase performance, boost productivity and reduce possible interruptions from a carrier dropping out or going down. Today, most businesses have access to more than one broadband internet connection, being either DSL, T1, ISDN, cable, satellite, etc- you can now take advantage of an extra connection with dual WAN routers.

Improve Reliability and Enhance Functionality with Dual Wan Routers
Besides being a great way to add redundancy to any network, dual WAN routers also offer a cost effective way to boost performance. Dual WAN routers come with various features that can enhance any network including: the ability to manage performance of both inbound and outbound data, QOS (Quality of Service) a technology that ensures critical data arrives at its destination in a timely manner, intrusion detection, virus protection, support for VPN and the ability to filter the web for your network.

For information regarding implementing dual WAN routers or to purchase one today, please visit our main website at: http://xroadsnetworks.com

2008-05-23T10:53:00.000-07:00

A Dual WAN Router Offers Reliability and Performance

A high quality, reliable internet connection is vital for businesses today. It can be difficult to run a business without email, VOIP and a working internet connection even for a few hours. While broadband internet service providers have grown more reliable over the past few years, drop outs and a loss of connection is still a common occurrence. For those looking to reduce the amount of drop outs and loss of connection, one of the best solutions available is a dual WAN router.

A Dual Wan Router Increases Reliability & Redundancy of Your Connection
A dual WAN router is one of the best ways to increase reliability and redundancy of your broadband internet connection. Today, many businesses have access to more than one broadband internet service provider (e.g. cable, DSL, ISDN, satellite) and by using a dual WAN router, you can now simultaneously connect to more than one broadband internet connection ultimately increasing reliability and ensuring redundancy in the case that one provider is having difficulties.

A Dual WAN Router Offers Many Features
A dual WAN router is one of the best ways to enhance the reliability of your internet connection. Not only are you ensuring redundancy if a provider goes down, but a dual WAN router usually offers a boost in speed and performance due to the fact that you are utilizing more than one connection for your network. It should also be noted that a dual WAN router is perfect for any size or type business and is extremely cost effective. A dual WAN router also offer a wide range of benefits including the ability to manage your incoming and outgoing data, web filtering, virus protection, intrusion detection, QOS and more.

2008-05-15T15:14:00.000-07:00

A Dual WAN Router for Exceptional Reliability
Businesses today rely on broadband internet. It seems close to impossible to conduct meaningful business without this technology. While broadband internet for the most part is reliable, many businesses may sometimes experience a loss of connection or drop outs with can severely disrupt a business- even if it is only for a short time. A dual WAN router is one way to increase the reliability of your internet connection and keep your business productive.

A Dual Wan Router Offers Redundancy and Reliability
With broadband internet being a priority for most businesses and having more than one broadband internet supplier now being an option in most markets, a dual WAN router offers the ability to simultaneously connect to more than one broadband internet connection. With a dual WAN router, your business can now subscribe to a variety of broadband options (DSL, T1, ISDN, cable, satellite) helping your business to achieve a reliable and redundant solution to drop outs and lost connections.

A Dual WAN Router Is Cost Effective and Feature Rich
Implementing a dual WAN router is extremely cost effective for practically any business. Set up of a dual WAN router is a breeze and since you now have two broadband internet carriers, you will most likely see a boost in internet performance and speed. A dual WAN router is easy to set up and maintain and usually come with a variety of features including: outbound and inbound load balancing (helps to manage performance), QOS (Quality of Service) a technology that ensures critical data arrives at its destination in a timely manner) virus protection and intrusion detection, support for VPN and web filtering features.

For more information regarding a dual WAN router, please visit our main website at: http://xroadsnetworks.com

2008-02-04T17:20:00.000-08:00

IT Pros: Stop by our Booth at Interop Las Vegas ‘08

Are you heading to Las Vegas for the big Interop Conference and Expo in April? If so, stop by Booth 367 April 29-May 1 and meet some of the XRoads Networks team. We’d love to share some of the exciting ways IT organizations are using our products and services. Plus we’ll give you a chance to a FREE T-Shirt or see our Managed Platforms offerings and/or new EdgeXL appliances.

Interop is always a great show with over 500 exhibitors showing off all kinds of IT solutions. If you're going and looking for a free Expo Pass, here's a priority code you can use: CMCLNL01

Be sure to stop by Booth 367. We’re looking forward to meeting you!

XRoads Networks Marketing Team

2007-08-21T12:07:00.000-07:00

So what is the difference between Vector Routing w/Best Path Routing and generic wan load balancing?

With our patent pending Vector Routing technology the EdgeXL platform provides the most secure, robust and reliable non-BGP multi-WAN connectivity solutions on the market. Our appliances link two or more wide-area network connections from one or more diverse network providers without the need for complex protocols like BGP or other expensive equipment. Beyond the additional bandwidth provided through the joining of multiple WAN links, the EdgeXL is able to deliver 99.999% network reliablity in the event of a WAN outage.

Some of our unique capabilities include:

• Best Path Routing: By de!ning critical networks the EdgeXL is able to automatically and continuously monitor these networks and manipulate the routing tables in order to always take advanatage of the most e"ective and responsive network path (SLA reporting is provided as a added bene!t).

• Multi-Level Outage Detection: Our patent pending outage detection module uses the most advance outage detection methedology available on the market today (with Virtual Technician)

• ActiveDNS: Provides the ability to actively update Internet domain name resolution in order to maximize inbound network sessions and instantly failover in the event of an outage.

2007-08-21T11:50:00.000-07:00

What is divese link routing?

Disverse Link Routing is essentially another name or wan load balancing, or internet load balancing. This is also sometimes called network load balancing or multihoming.

Whatever the term used, it all means the same thing... connecting two or more links (generally from the Internet) so that the LAN and communicate faster, more reliabily, and generally at a lower cost, without using expensive equipment or complex protocols like BGP (Border Gateway Protocol).

BGP is a very differnt protocol to configure and generally requires an AS number which can take a very long time to aquire. Coordination with each different ISP is also required, and it may also require expensive equipment and engineers to configure.

Diverse Link Routing has none of these requirements. In fact for most environments DLR can be configured in as little as 15 minutes. Once the wan load balancing is setup, end-users will immmediately see an improvement in both speed and reliability. Many users test out the redundancy capabilities by simply unplugging the primary WAN link and are happy to see that they continue to surf the Internet without any problems.

DLR is clearly a superior method for enhancing connectivity between the LAN and WAN. While there are many products out there that perform WAN optimization and traffic shaping, none provide a low cost method for adding both additional bandwidth and redundancy at the same time.

2007-08-21T11:47:00.000-07:00

Fluent Energy

XRoads Networks boosts productivity and reduces costs
for leading energy consulting company

About This Customer
This customer is an energy procurement consulting and technical services company that assists large corporate, industrial, and municipal entities in purchasing wholesale electricity and natural gas.

The Challenge
This year Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) were required to communicate with public energy utilities via an electronic data interchange (EDI) protocol. Since a loss of Internet connectivity in this environment can cost our company thousands of dollars in lost time and effort, it is essential to minimize any connectivity interruptions in a cost effective manner.

The Solution
After an analysis of several possible solutions, the company selected the XRoads Edge. This solution used two independent service providers connected to an XRoads Edge router. The Edge router allowed them to combine different link technologies such as DSL and T1 to optimize bandwidth, redundancy, and expense. The XRoads Edge router also provides a highly configurable set of features that helps unload LAN server functions, allowing them to configure their servers to provide highly available and redundant file serving and email functionality.

The Quote
“In addition to providing us with a highly flexible and cost effective solution, the level of technical support and service from XRoads Networks has been exceptional. Their support department assisted in evaluating our needs prior to purchase, and worked closely with us to ensure that initial installation was successful.”
Michael Mastroianni – President, Fluent Energy

2007-08-21T11:46:00.000-07:00

We wanted to share some of our latest solutions with this community, so from time to time we will post customer feedback and case studies to see how our solutions are being used in the real world.

2007-08-21T11:44:00.000-07:00

After a long intermission, the blog is back online.