AWS Direct Connect:
Stable, Secure, and Scalable Connectivity Anytime, Anywhere
AWS Direct Connect offers private and secured network connections between on-premises data centers and AWS cloud. For establishing this connection, companies can seek a hosted connection through an AWS Direct Connect Delivery Partner. As a leading application-focused managed cloud services provider and an expert AWS MSP, Cloud4C provides professional acumen and technical capabilities to deliver high-performance, private, and direct connectivity from your IT infrastructure to multiple AWS cloud connections.
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Key Benefits
Popular Use Cases
Supporting Hybrid Cloud Environments
Providing reliable connections between on-premises data centers and AWS cloud services, especially for organizations that rely on a mix of cloud and on-prem landscapes for their operations (hybrid setup) or whose legacy systems are not yet migrated to cloud
Large-scale Data Processing
With a high-bandwidth, low-latency connection, AWS Direct Connect ensures that highly data-intensive tasks are managed efficiently, increasing the speed for data transfer and processing.
Seamless Global Network Expansions
For offices across different locations, AWS Direct Connect facilitates private connections from multiple locations to the AWS cloud or AWS Direct Connect Center, ensuring a unified network across geographies.
Business Continuity
Through a dedicated and reliable network connection, organizations can run business operations, ensuring faster data backups in AWS and minimal downtime.
High Availability Application Hosting
SaaS companies can enable AWS Direct Connect for facilitating reliable network connections for their hosted applications, enhancing user experiences.
Super-fast, Secure Data Transfers
Enabling speedy and secure data transfers between development environments and AWS cloud.
Set Up AWS Direct Connect with Cloud4C
Cloud4C comes with a decade long expertise in building, deploying, and managing private networks to cloud ecosystems, SaaS platforms, and on-prem environments through a software-driven approach. Manage workloads frictionless with seamless connectivity on your hybrid, multi-cloud landscapes with Cloud4C’s Cloud Connect Services.
Uninterrupted Software-defined Connectivity
Through leveraging software-defined connectivity, organizations can spin up and connect to their AWS instances seamlessly, manage bandwidth allocations, and monitor network performance.
Frictionless Global Operations
Building streamlined, high-agility private connections to AWS Cloud across geographical locations, ensuring seamless data flows at low latency.
End-to-end Managed Services
Delivers fully managed services for all workloads stored and run on the connected AWS ecosystem at maximum availability and agility, ensuring full-stack management of your entire multi-cloud architecture.
Optimized Installation Timelines
Creates a Virtual Point of Presence through the Cloud Connect platform in just 3 simple steps within a few minutes or days in case of complex network systems.
Military-grade Security
Installing secure, reliable, and seamless connectivity to the AWS cloud or their as-a-service solutions via intelligent threat management, automated network monitoring and self-healing maintenance services.
Better Governance
Delivering multi-cloud connectivity and networking management in compliance with latest regulations and data laws.
Scale, Grow, and Maximize Returns on AWS
Key Requirements for Establishing AWS Direct Connect
Your network is co-located with an existing AWS Direct Connect location
Auto-negotiation might need to be enabled or disabled for 1 Gbps connections
You are working with an AWS Direct Connect partner who is a member of the AWS Partner Network (APN).
Your device must support Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and BGP MD5 authentication.
Your network must use single-mode fiber with a 1000BASE-LX (1310 nm) transceiver for 1 gigabit Ethernet, a 10GBASE-LR (1310 nm) transceiver for 10 gigabit, or a 100GBASE-LR4 for 100 gigabit Ethernet.
How Cloud4C Implements AWS Direct Connect?
On-prem/Private Cloud to AWS Cloud
Establishes dedicated connections between on-prem datacenters, private cloud to AWS cloud.
Inter-regional Cloud Connectivity
Deploy private connections with high-end security, robust governance, and automated monitoring between AWS Cloud solutions across multiple locations without any disruptions
Cloud4C Differentiators
Expert AWS MSP, 3 AWS Competencies
Dedicated AWS Center of Excellence with 450+ Experts
Successful deployment of AWS in Public, Private, Hybrid, Multi, and Community Cloud models
7 Partner Programs
30+ AWS Customer Launches
1 AWS Service Validations
Member of the AWS Partner Network (APN)
Serving over 4000+ enterprises including 60 of the Fortune 500 companies across 30+ countries
Design a super-fast agile network connection to AWS Cloud platform with Cloud4C
Design a super-fast agile network connection
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FAQs
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What is AWS Direct Connect?
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AWS Direct Connect provides a dedicated network connection between your on-premises infrastructure and the AWS cloud. This service is intended to bypass the public internet and offer a direct, private connection to AWS.
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How Does AWS Direct Connect Work?
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Direct Connect creates Layer 3 network connectivity between your on-premises network and the AWS global network through a connectivity provider partner. Partner offerings include various connectivity types at OSI Layer 1 through Layer 3, including dark fiber, wavelength, metro Ethernet, or MPLS.
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What are the key components of AWS Direct Connect?
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Connections:
Create a connection in an AWS Direct Connect location to establish a network connection from your premises to an AWS RegionVirtual interfaces
Create a virtual interface to enable access to AWS services. A public virtual interface enables access to Amazon S3. A private virtual interface enables access to your VPC.