Networking & Content Delivery
Category: Customer Solutions
Selecting the Right AWS VPN Solution: A Decision Framework
Introduction This post is intended for networking engineers and architects evaluating AWS VPN options (200-level content). It assumes familiarity with basic AWS networking concepts such as virtual private clouds (VPCs), virtual private gateways (VGWs), and transit gateways (TGWs). If you are new to AWS VPN, the AWS VPN User Guide provides foundational context. Organizations implementing […]
Centralized ingress inspection architecture in AWS Cloud WAN
In this post, we explore architectural patterns for implementing centralized internet ingress with inspection using AWS Cloud WAN. We examine different design considerations and integration strategies with centralized internet egress while walking through practical examples and deployment scenarios. We demonstrate how to use the AWS Cloud WAN core networking capabilities alongside other AWS networking services […]
Automating AWS Application Load Balancer Capacity Unit Reservation
Building resilient and fault-tolerant systems in Amazon Web Services (AWS) is essential for maintaining stable workloads. When designing cloud architecture, the ability to handle sudden traffic surges becomes a critical consideration. Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) serves as the primary entry point for distributing both external and internal traffic efficiently across applications. In this post, we […]
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 […]
Snap Inc. uses Amazon CloudFront Origin Shield to improve download and upload latency
This blog was co-authored by Manchun Yao, Staff Software Engineer at Snap Inc. Snapchat is a popular app used by hundreds of millions of people around the world to communicate with their close friends and family. Snapchat’s focus is on enabling a fast and fun way to communicate by building features such as augmented reality […]
Scaling AWS VPN maintenance with tunnel endpoint lifecycle automation
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Site-to-Site VPN is a fully managed service that can create a secure connection between your data center or branch office and your AWS resources using IP Security (IPSec) tunnels. A Site-to-Site VPN connection consists of two VPN tunnels for redundancy. As a managed service, Site-to-Site VPN periodically applies updates to your […]
How Silverflow modernized network operations by combining AWS Cloud WAN and DevOps
In this post, we dive into how at Silverflow we adopted AWS Cloud WAN and how we used standard DevOps practices, to manage our global network in a compliant and secure way. At Silverflow, our mission to bring payments into the modern era also necessitated that we rethink our network from the ground up. Every […]
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 […]
A Lemongrass success story: Enhancing Multi-Region SD-WAN failover with AWS Cloud WAN
Managing multi-Region network connectivity at scale is a critical challenge for modern enterprises. At Lemongrass Consulting, we enhanced our Amazon Web Services (AWS) network architecture by implementing AWS Cloud WAN. This implementation enabled intent-based routing between multiple AWS Regions while providing seamless on-premises integration through SD-WAN in our multi-Region AWS environment. Throughout this transformation, we […]
Design and build IPv6 internet inspection architectures on AWS
As organizations increasingly adopt IPv6 to address public IPv4 exhaustion, private IPv4 scarcity—especially in large-scale networks—and the need to support IPv6-only clients, securing both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic becomes critical. We can apply consistent traffic inspection for inbound and outbound flows in Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (Amazon VPCs) to maintain security. In this post, we […]









