Networking & Content Delivery
Category: AWS Transit Gateway
Unlock self-service, enterprise-grade VPC capabilities with seamless integrations
Introduction Defining and provisioning standardized virtual private cloud (VPC) patterns across an enterprise poses several challenges for many customers. These challenges include ensuring self-service capabilities, meeting security and compliance requirements, and maintaining adherence to those requirements. Traditionally, when an application team wants to provision a VPC in their workload account, it is requested through a […]
Introducing security group referencing for AWS Transit Gateway
Today, we are introducing support for security group referencing on AWS Transit Gateway. This new feature allows you to create inbound security rules that reference security groups defined in other Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (Amazon VPCs) attached to a transit gateway within the same Amazon Web Services (AWS) Region. Outbound security rules referencing over Transit […]
Enabling global expansion and reduced operational overhead at Comcast with AWS Transit Gateway
This blog post is co-written by David Hocky from Comcast Corporation. This post explains how Comcast achieved faster time-to-market for new product launches, increased resiliency, and reduced operational overhead by using Amazon Web Services (AWS) Transit Gateway and AWS Direct Connect. Comcast is a global media and technology company. From the connectivity and platforms, to […]
Integrating MPLS connectivity to the AWS Cloud
Many Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers look to extend their Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) networks into the cloud. MPLS networks offer reliable and performance-optimized routes for data, making them a preferred choice for enterprise connectivity. AWS Direct Connect further enhances this by providing a dedicated network link from an organization’s on-premises networks to AWS. This […]
Optimizing Amazon S3 data transfers over Direct Connect
In today’s data-driven landscape, the efficient transfer of large datasets to and from Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is a critical piece of an enterprise’s cloud strategy. Common business use cases that need frequent transferring of large data sets include cloud-based data lakes that depend on receiving data from various sources. These sources often […]
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 […]
Satellite communication on AWS: Thales cloudifies in-flight WiFi service
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has found widespread adoption in the satellite communication and aerospace sectors, serving not only as a platform for modernizing their overall IT infrastructure but also for delivering network connectivity solutions. One prominent example showcases how a leading satellite and aerospace company, Thales Avionics, used AWS to build a virtual data center […]
Monitor BGP status on AWS Direct Connect VIFs and track prefix count advertised over Transit VIF
As businesses transition to cloud-based infrastructure, establishing reliable connectivity between on-premises and cloud environments becomes a critical requirement. AWS Direct Connect provides a dedicated network link that extends a corporate data center network into the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud. At the core of this connection is the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), a dynamic routing […]
How to seamlessly migrate traffic between Direct Connect gateways
In this blog post, we explore a scenario in which Goldman Sachs, wanted to transfer ownership of several of its key network components between teams in a controlled and seamless manner. Specifically, we take a deep dive on migrating traffic between Direct Connect gateways while maintaining end-to-end connectivity. As a multinational investment bank and financial […]
Using connection tracking improvements to increase network performance
Connection tracking (conntrack) is a networking concept where a networking device, like a firewall, router, or NAT device, needs to track and maintain information about the state of IP traffic going through it. The AWS Nitro System that underlies AWS networking does connection tracking for some types of network traffic to implement the stateful nature […]