Networking & Content Delivery

Anandprasanna Gaitonde

Author: Anandprasanna Gaitonde

As an AWS Solutions Architect, Anandprasanna Gaitonde is responsible for helping customers design and operate Well-Architected solutions to help them adopt AWS cloud successfully. He focuses on AWS Networking & Serverless technologies to design and develop solutions in the cloud across industry verticals. He has Solutions Architect Professional and Advanced Networking certifications and holds a Master of Engineering in Computer Science and post-graduation degree in Software Enterprise Management.

AWS PrivateLink extends cross-region connectivity to AWS services

AWS announced the launch of cross-region PrivateLink (XRPL) connectivity to AWS services. You can now use interface VPC endpoints to privately and securely connect to AWS services in other Regions of the Commercial partition. In this post, we discuss potential use cases, getting started and access control options for cross-region connectivity. Overview AWS PrivateLink provides […]

AWS Verified Access support for non-HTTP resources is now generally available

Connecting securely to RDS databases AWS Verified Access (AVA) now extends beyond HTTP apps to provide VPN-less, secure access to non-HTTP resources like RDS databases, enabling improved security and enhanced user experience for both web applications and database connections. AVA is built based on Zero Trust principles and allows administrators to define fine-grained access policies, […]

Best practices and considerations to migrate from VPC Peering to AWS Transit Gateway

This post presents recommendations and best practices when migrating your existing VPCs from Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Peering to AWS Transit Gateway. It includes a migration walkthrough and considerations that you can address to improve your odds of a seamless migration. This post also details common networking testing and bench-marking tools such as iPerf […]

Connecting VPCs securely and at scale

Connecting VPCs securely and at scale to 3rd party public services in on-premises networks

There are many things to consider when connecting your Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (Amazon VPCs) to third-party applications running in data centers outside AWS. You need connections that are secure and scalable, especially when the third-party vendor uses a multi-tenant architecture. With multi-tenant services, where they have many of their customers sharing the same system, […]

Understanding AWS Direct Connect multi-account pricing

Introduction Many AWS customers use multiple AWS Accounts to make it easier to manage permissions and allocate costs to different groups or departments. When multiple accounts share one AWS Direct Connect interface, customers need to understand how Port-hour and outgoing Data Transfer costs are allocated. These accounts may be independent, or part of the same AWS […]