Author: Rizwan Mushtaq

In this post, we examine the ability for Amazon VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM) to automate prefix lists updates with prefix list resolver. This new feature uses the IPAM database to generate groups of IP addresses based on connectivity requirements and automates connectivity configurations by propagating IP addresses to Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources, such […]

AWS Cloud WAN is a managed wide area networking (WAN) service that helps you build, manage, and monitor a unified global network connecting cloud and on-premises resources. In 2024, we launched service insertion, an AWS Cloud WAN feature that streamlines integrating security and inspection services into global networks. Using AWS Network Manager console or JSON policies, […]

Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) offers four types of load balancers, all featuring high availability, automatic scaling, and robust security support for your applications: Application Load Balancer (ALB), Network Load Balancer (NLB), Gateway Load Balancer (GWLB), and Classic Load Balancer (CLB). ELB automatically scales up and down, and scales in and out in response to traffic […]

Update: As of June 11 2024, the Service Insertion feature of AWS Cloud WAN allows users to easily insert firewalls and other security solutions into the traffic flow within a Cloud WAN environment. Rather than manually configuring the underlying routing required to insert these security services, as described in this blog, Service Insertion provides a managed offering that handles this […]

Update: Sep 9, 2024 – Expanded considerations section with clarification on cost dimensions.   Introduction At AWS re:Invent 2021, we launched a public preview of AWS Cloud WAN, a managed service for creating a global network using AWS global network infrastructure. Cloud WAN makes it easy to build and operate global wide area networks (WAN) to […]

Introduction Many organizations use hybrid networks to connect on-premises data centers to the cloud. These networks often use both AWS Direct Connect and private WAN MPLS links to connect data centers to cloud resources and to each other. With multiple connections, organizations need to be able to control the path that network traffic will follow […]

China is an important market for global companies. Both enterprises and startups conducting or expanding business globally are looking for ways to tap into the growing user market in China. To help accelerate the customer cloud journey and help them move quickly into the new markets, AWS China (Beijing) Region was launched in 2016, followed […]