Networking & Content Delivery
Tag: Networking
Designing for global scale: XM Cyber’s 22-Region AWS Cloud WAN implementation
Note: This post is published in collaboration with Liav Arnon, DevSecOps Engineer at XM Cyber | on Sep, 17th 2025 in Networking & Content Delivery, Advanced (300) XM Cyber is a leader in Exposure Management, helping enterprises identify and remediate attack vectors before they can be exploited. Providing context-driven exposure insights across the entire attack […]
Network Load Balancers now support Weighted Target Groups
Today Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching weighted target groups for Network Load Balancers (NLB). This feature allows users to configure static weights among multiple NLB target groups. Weighted target groups enable you to easily perform blue/green or canary deployment strategies with zero downtime and without the need of multiple load balancers. This feature is […]
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 […]
Introducing security group referencing and enhanced DNS support for AWS Cloud WAN
In this post we cover the recently launched feature of security group referencing and enhanced DNS support on AWS Cloud WAN. This new feature allows you to create inbound security rules referencing security groups defined in other Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (Amazon VPCs) attached to an AWS Cloud WAN within the same AWS Region and […]
Performance and metrics enhancements for AWS Transit Gateway and AWS Cloud WAN
In late 2024 we launched several enhancements to AWS Transit Gateway and AWS Cloud WAN services: Path MTU Discovery (PMTUD) support for Transit Gateway and AWS Cloud WAN Appliance Mode Routing Enhancement for improved Availability Zone (AZ) awareness Per-AZ Amazon CloudWatch Metrics AWS Cloud WAN: Service Insertion Operational Enhancement In this post, we explain how […]
How Northwestern Mutual optimized and improved efficiency with Amazon Route 53 Profiles
Managing DNS configurations across multiple Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (Amazon VPCs) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts can be a daunting task for network administrators, especially in complex environments with numerous Private Hosted Zones (PHZs) and Amazon Route 53 Resolver rules. Traditionally, they relied on outbound and inbound Route 53 Resolver endpoints to transport DNS […]
Accelerate IPv6 application migration with AWS PrivateLink and dual stack Network Load Balancers UDP support
This post was co-authored by: Ashish Kumar, Senior Product Manager; Blayze Stefaniak, Senior Solutions Architect; Natti Swaminathan, Senior Solutions Architect; and Yogesh Patel, Senior Solutions Architect In this post, we review how you can leverage AWS PrivateLink support for User Datagram Protocol (UDP) services, and accelerate Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) migrations with UDP support […]
Introducing NLB TCP configurable idle timeout
Update: Sep 17, 2024 – Clarification added on supported listener types This post guides you through configuring AWS Network Load Balancer (NLB) idle timeouts for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) flows. NLB is part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Load Balancing family, operating at Layer 4 of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. […]
Networking best practices for generative AI on AWS
Introduction As generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) continues to evolve, the demand for more powerful and efficient computing resources grows, along with the need to manage exponentially increasing amounts of data. Datasets used for training generative AI models are typically measured in terabytes (TB), orders of magnitude bigger than traditional machine learning (ML) datasets whose […]
Monitoring surveillance camera feeds on AWS with multicast technology
As governments seek to improve security and safety in public places, video surveillance in the public sector is a rapidly growing technology. Video surveillance is increasingly being used in public places such as airports, train stations, public transportation, schools, and government buildings. Governments all over the world aim to put in place various measures to […]









