Networking & Content Delivery

Category: AWS Direct Connect

LexisNexis Risk Solutions success story: Enhancing global connectivity with AWS Cloud WAN

In this post, we review how LexisNexis Risk Solutions modernized their Amazon Web Services (AWS) network by migrating from a legacy Transit Virtual Private Cloud (Transit VPC) architecture to a highly resilient global backbone network built with AWS Cloud WAN. We also dive deep into how AWS Cloud WAN helped LexisNexis Risk Solutions achieve streamlined […]

Introducing CloudWatch Metrics for AWS Direct Connect Virtual Interface BGP Health and Prefix Count

AWS Direct Connect announces three new CloudWatch metrics for monitoring virtual interface BGP session health and prefix counts. Learn how to use VirtualInterfaceBgpStatus, VirtualInterfaceBgpPrefixesReceived, and VirtualInterfaceBgpPrefixesAdvertised to detect BGP failures, prevent prefix limit violations, and validate disaster recovery architectures without custom Lambda functions or API polling.

Building a modern network for your VMware workloads using Amazon Elastic VMware Service

As organizations look to accelerate their cloud migration journey, many customers are seeking ways to lift and shift their existing VMware workloads to Amazon Web Services (AWS) without the overhead of refactoring applications or retraining staff. You can use Amazon Elastic VMware service (Amazon EVS) to run VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) directly within your Amazon […]

How Betsson Services Limited elevated AWS hybrid connectivity to new heights with AWS Cloud WAN

How Betsson Services Limited elevated AWS hybrid connectivity to new heights with AWS Cloud WAN

Betsson Services Limited (or Betsson Group) is a leading global sports betting and gaming operator, delivering entertainment to millions of players through more than 20 award-winning brands, including its flagship brand, Betsson. With a proprietary technology stack and a diverse product offering, Betsson serves customers both directly (B2C) and indirectly (B2B). At Betsson, our vision […]

Building a high-performance exchange market data broadcasting platform on AWS

This is a joint post co-authored with Abhishek Chawla, Chief Product and Technology Officer; Kartik Manimuthu, Director of Cloud Engineering; and Digvijay, Director of Application Engineering at SMC Global Securities Ltd. SMC Global Securities Ltd. (SMC), established in 1990, is a leading Indian financial services company providing trading, wealth advisory, and financial product distribution services […]

Best Practices to Optimize Failover Times for Overlay Tunnels on AWS Direct Connect

Introduction Optimized failover times in hybrid connectivity are critical for meeting availability Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in modern enterprise workloads. This is particularly important when implementing overlay tunnels over Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect, such as AWS Site-to-Site VPN using IPSec tunnels, or Connect Attachments using Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunnels. Proper configuration can […]

Accelerate your Cloud Strategy with Megaport’s 25 Gbps Hosted AWS Direct Connect

This post is published in collaboration with Chris Cabel, Senior Director, Global Cloud Solutions at Megaport. As enterprises migrate mission-critical workloads to the cloud, network performance has become a fundamental business requirement. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect provides dedicated network connections between on-premises data centers and AWS. This bypasses the public internet to deliver […]

AWS Direct Connect Layer 1 Explained: From Data Centers to Cloud Connectivity

In today’s cloud-first world, resilient connectivity between your on-premises infrastructure and AWS, along with a deep understanding of its implementation, is critical for your business success. For many organizations, AWS Direct Connect serves as their primary connectivity solution. Starting at the physical layer (Layer 1), it operates across the first three layers of the Open […]

How Salesforce Business Technology uses AWS Direct Connect SiteLink for reliable global connectivity

Note: This post is published in collaboration with Georgi Stoev, Senior Technical Architect at Salesforce, and Ravi Patel, Senior Engineering Manager at Salesforce  In this post, we review how Salesforce Business Technology uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect SiteLink to build resilient hybrid architectures, facilitating global expansion and accelerating AWS Cloud migrations. We also […]

Simplify hybrid inspection using AWS Cloud WAN service insertion

Simplify hybrid inspection using AWS Cloud WAN service insertion

Organizations face the complex challenge when managing and securing networks across multiple AWS Regions, cloud environments, and on-premises locations. AWS Cloud WAN helps users manage distributed networks through a unified approach. The service streamlines network management by providing a single network policy framework, segmentation capabilities, dynamic route propagation, and monitoring through a centralized dashboard. AWS […]