Networking & Content Delivery

Building on the recent announcement of Gateway API support in AWS Load Balancer Controller, in this post we demonstrate a practical architecture that uses both controllers through a single API specification. This approach simplifies operations while maintaining the flexibility to choose the right AWS service for each networking requirement. Managing application networking in Kubernetes has […]

Written by Andrew DeVore, Vice President & Associate General Counsel, AWS. Since we pioneered cloud computing in 2006, AWS has been committed to giving customers the freedom to choose the technologies that best meet their needs. Whether that means using AWS services exclusively, combining multiple cloud providers, or moving workloads to on-premises infrastructure, we believe customers […]

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 […]

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.

The Kubernetes SIG Network and Security Response Committee has announced that Ingress NGINX will be retired in March 2026. If your organization runs workloads on Kubernetes — whether on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS), self-managed clusters on EC2, or hybrid environments — this upcoming change requires immediate planning and attention. This change impacts approximately […]

Managing security configurations across hundreds or thousands of Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts present significant challenges for enterprise organizations. Without centralized control, you face manual configuration across accounts, inconsistent security posture, and ongoing maintenance overhead when new accounts are created. When Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) introduced VPC Block Public Access (BPA) in November […]

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 […]

In November 2025, we launched flat-rate pricing plans for Amazon CloudFront. Since launch, customers have shared feedback and we’ve been adding new capabilities. This post covers what’s new: support for Lambda@Edge, CAPTCHA, mutual TLS (mTLS), and an AI activity dashboard for visibility into AI bot and agent traffic. We’ve also clarified how plans handle traffic […]

Introduction This post demonstrates how to migrate your Amazon CloudFront public origins to Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) origins using different strategies. You can also use VPC origins with cross-accounts to support security-first architectures. When designing network architecture for CloudFront workloads, organizations must choose between centralized or distributed models. In a centralized architecture, a […]

In this post, we walk you through how to identify and analyze the newly separated intra-region VPC Peering charges using Amazon Web Services (AWS) Billing and Cost Management console tools including AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Data Exports (Standard data export and Legacy AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR) export) and AWS Bills, showing you the […]