Technology

XRoads Networks is the inventor of next generation "link balancing" and bandwidth management via our Broadbond, Adaptiband, Site2Site, XFlow and ActiveDNS technologies. XRoads Networks developed the first Unified Bandwidth Management™ products based on these technologies. UBM by design provides an excellent platform for Internet and cloud connectivity which incorporates a number of core bandiwdth management and network optimization capabilities. The following are some of the key functions built-in to the EdgeXOS platforms:

	Internet Bandwidth Bonding (MSA) Bond multiple ISP connections
	Dynamic Bandwidth Management (DBM) Equalize bandwidth distribution
	VPN Virtualization (S2S) Bond multiple tunnels to increase speed and reliability
	Active Inbound Load Balancing (ActiveDNS) Server link balancing w/redundancy
	Active Network Redundancy (ActiveHA) Route failover and network monitoring
	Server Load Balancing (SLB) Application distribution and failover
	MultiWAN Link Load Balancing (MVP) Advanced application routing
	Real-Time Network Reporting (XFlow) Detailed application reporting
	Application QoS/Throttling (ATS) Policy-based application & end-user shaping
	Stateful Cloud Firewall w/Cloud5ecure (SCF) Network security services
	MultiWAN Web Content Filtering (MWF) URL filtering and web management
	Comprehensive LAN Router (CLR) VLANs, Bridging, SNAT/PAT, Bypass

XRoads Networks has also partnered with a number of best of breed companies to deliver additional security, reporting, and acceleration features to ensure reliable, secure, and responsive connectivity to cloud (Internet/Intranet) applications like remote CRM, Email, SSL, VoIP and other mission critical systems.

XRoads Networks utilizes a combination of both Open Source as well as custom developed firmware for its XRoads Operating System (XOS). We utilize unmodified versions of the Linux Kernel, OpenVPN, IPRoute and several other open source technologies to which we have been a donor and strong supporter of over the years. We have also built our own proxy technology used to perform our balance and bonding capabilities.

It is important to note that our methods are unique and unlike other competing solutions at no time does our technology modify SYN packets in a way that changes and/or includes a physical router address. It is equally important to note that at no time does XRoads Networks provide the ability to aggregate or bond two or more tunnels together which use different levels of security and/or encryption. This distinction means that our products provide more consistant latency and jitter across all available Site2Site tunnels.