XipLink, a leading Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) provider, was searching for a solution that could power the XH-1, a new addition to their industrial-class XipLink Hardware (XH) platform range, dedicated to providing scalable SD-WAN applications for the wireless service provider market. XipLink’s hardware platforms are multifaceted, and carefully selected to offer wireless service providers the flexibility and utility to have their networking operations function at the edge, the network core, or the cloud edge.
Given the product’s precise operational scope, XipLink needed a partner capable of tailoring a barebone system that could run XipLink and third-party Virtualized Network Functions (VNF) via Universal Customer Premises Equipment (uCPE). The XH-1 supports multiple key feature sets including enhancing User Experience (UX) through protocol acceleration, traffic steering across hybrid SD-WAN networks, and securing critical communications through optional IPsec VPN.