Mako Networks’ patented Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) technology decouples WAN control from hardware and firmware and moves it to a cloud-based software application: the Mako CMS. By defining and managing flexible WAN paths using software instead of hardware, you can easily introduce layers of redundancy to eliminate failure points in your network. The Mako System’s SD-WAN technology encompasses many of our high availability features, including Mako VPN Cloud, Fast Failover and Seamless Voice.
Mako VPN Cloud is WAN connectivity designed for the distributed enterprise, which makes it easy to securely and reliably connect thousands of remote locations or key personnel to your central enterprise and trusted third-party service providers. A Mako VPN Cloud creates highly resilient encrypted private connections over the public Internet reducing risk, cost and complexity while enhancing security, availability and performance. Redundancy is scalable for each cloud to a level appropriate for your business requirements. Traffic is intelligently routed to any available Mako VPN concentrator in a Mako VPN Cloud, either physical (hosted on-prem) or virtual (hosted in GCP, AWS or Azure); perfect for businesses migrating services to the Cloud. Far from a one-size-fits-all solution, you can customize which traffic flows over your Mako VPN Clouds and which traffic is routed directly to the Internet.
Mako’s Fast Failover automatically switches traffic across your remote sites’ available Internet connections (including Ethernet, cable, SFP, fiber, xDSL and cellular) for the level of resiliency and redundancy best suited to your needs. You can choose how each connection is used, set priority for each circuit, configure failover patterns and load balance across multiple circuits. While conservative failover configurations can reduce cellular data usage, Fast Failover configurations deliver seamless performance that will not drop a single packet. When pairing Fast Failover with our Mako Voice VoIP option, Seamless Voice mirrors voice packets over two or more circuits, so a failover event will not interrupt an active call.
Mako Networks has been connecting and protecting distributed enterprise organizations like yours for more than 20 years. Choosing our SD-WAN technology will future-proof and secure your business network, enabling you to keep your focus on serving your customers.