EvolveWAN

EvolveWAN (SD-WAN) is commonly used in various industries and organisations that require secure and reliable connectivity between multiple sites or branch offices. Here are some examples:

• Retail: Retail chains with multiple stores use EvolveWAN to ensure consistent and secure connectivity to their point-of-sale (POS) systems, inventory management systems, and other applications across all locations.
• Healthcare: Healthcare providers with multiple clinics, hospitals, and medical centres rely on EvolveWAN to securely connect medical devices, electronic health record (EHR) systems, and other applications across their network.
• Financial services: Banks and financial institutions use EvolveWAN to securely connect their branches, ATMs, and data centers, enabling fast and secure transactions and data transfers.
• Education: Schools and universities use EvovleWAN to provide secure and reliable connectivity between campuses, classrooms, and other locations, allowing students and faculty to access online resources and applications.
• Manufacturing: Manufacturing companies with multiple factories and distribution centers use EvolveWAN to connect their facilities and control systems, ensuring optimal performance and productivity.

EvolveWAN (SD-WAN) performs path selection by using dynamic algorithms to intelligently route traffic across multiple network paths based on various factors such as application requirements, network performance, and cost.

EvolveWAN (SD-WAN) devices constantly monitor the performance of the available network paths, including broadband internet links, LTE, MPLS, and others, to determine the best path for each application. This process takes into account factors such as latency, packet loss, and bandwidth utilisation.

Path selection in EvolveWAN is typically performed on a per-packet basis, allowing the network to dynamically adapt to changing conditions and provide optimal performance and reliability. SD-WAN devices can also prioritise critical applications, such as voice and video, and steer them towards the best path to ensure high-quality performance. Overall, EvolveWAN path selection is a key feature that enables organisations to optimise network performance and reduce costs.

PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) is a set of security standards for businesses that process, store, or transmit credit card information. To comply, businesses must follow guidelines such as protecting cardholder data, maintaining secure networks, regularly monitoring and testing, keeping software up-to-date, and restricting access to sensitive information. This helps ensure the security of credit card information and prevent potential data breaches. Businesses must regularly assess their compliance with PCI DSS and make any necessary changes to their systems and processes to maintain their compliance status. By following these guidelines, businesses can provide a secure environment for processing financial transactions and protect the sensitive information of their customers.

A WAN (Wide Area Network) is a network that connects devices over a large area, like between cities, while a LAN (Local Area Network) connects devices within a small area, like a building. WANs are useful for organisations with multiple branches in different locations, as they allow employees to communicate and share resources across locations. WANs can also be used for remote access, which allows users to access resources from a different location, such as when working from home or traveling.

SD-WAN is a product of MPLS technology, MPLS technology has powered private and secure connectivity for many years.
MPLS stands for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) and is a transport protocol used in traditional networking to move data packets from different destinations. MPLS is renowned for its reliability and performance, but as businesses make the move towards the cloud, it is important to have a more flexible and cost-effective approach to network connectivity.
SD-WAN is a software-based approach to managing the WAN.  SD-WAN is a new way for businesses to manage the connections between their different locations such as offices, data centres and remote workers.
The key difference between the two is that SD-WAN can use any combination of connections, whereas MPLS requires static, dedicated network connections. In the majority of cases, having a secure SD-WAN connection is the preferred option. In today’s world, comprised of advanced web applications and complex workflows, businesses require a more flexible and dynamic connectivity environment as opposed to traditional static MPLS.

A Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) merges networking and security functions into a unified cloud-delivered service to address evolving cyber security concerns, growing demand for easy remote access and widespread adoption of software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications. As usual, Mako Networks was ahead of the trend, anticipating the security and resilience requirements that have become essential to a modern business network. The Mako System was a SASE solution long before that term was coined. It delivers a powerful combination of PCI-certified security, high availability, flexible SD-WAN scalability and cloud-based control and visibility.

The Mako System is a secure and reliable SASE SD-WAN solution that allows you to construct your network using hardened, tamper-proof network devices that are exclusively managed via the cloud-based Mako CMS. It leverages an array of transport services to connect users and applications safely and dependably. The Mako System reduces complexity and cost while increasing performance and ease of use. Most importantly, security policies can be enforced consistently throughout your organisation, even if you use a franchise model.