Category: AWS Cloud WAN

AWS Cloud WAN is a managed service used to build wide area networks that connect data centers, branch offices, and Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) using AWS global infrastructure. When building with Cloud WAN, many organizations employ next-generation firewalls (NGFW) and intrusion prevention systems (IPS) to inspect network traffic as part of a defense-in-depth strategy. […]

AWS Cloud WAN helps you build a unified network that connects your cloud and on-premises environments. To help secure these networks, organizations use next-generation firewalls (NGFW) and intrusion prevention systems (IPS) as part of a defense in depth strategy. In this post, we describe architectural patterns for centrally managing and inspecting outbound network traffic from […]

In June 2022, we announced AWS Cloud WAN in general availability, a managed wide area networking (WAN) service that makes it easy for you to build, manage, and monitor a global network connecting your resources across your AWS Regions and on-premises environments. With Cloud WAN, you have a central place to create and manage your […]

Introduction Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers are continuously increasing the number of applications and workloads they run on AWS, driven by accelerated cloud adoption and environment expansion. An environment can be considered “Hyperscale” once it supports thousands of application endpoints and tens or hundreds of gigabits of traffic per second. Hyperscale environments on AWS favor […]

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 connect your data centers, branch offices, and Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs). Cloud […]

Happy 2022 AWS Networking & Content Delivery enthusiasts! In December 2021, AWS hosted its 10th annual re:Invent conference. The Networking & Content Delivery team had 14 unique breakout sessions that were recorded and can be found on this playlist. In addition to these sessions, the Networking team had a leadership session presented by David Brown, […]

Update 7/12/22: AWS Cloud WAN is now generally available. Today, AWS announced the preview release of a new networking service, AWS Cloud WAN. Cloud WAN is a managed wide area networking (WAN) service that makes it easy for you to build, manage, and monitor a global network that connects resources running across your cloud and […]