AWS improves SD-WAN-to-cloud connectivity with Cisco, Aruba, Arista and others
Cisco taps into AWS Transit Gateway Connect with SD-WAN, ACI integration Credit: Dreamstime
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has rolled out a new, more native way to connect SD-WAN infrastructures with AWS resources.
Introduced at its re:Invent virtual event, AWS Transit Gateway Connect promises a simpler, faster, and more secure way for customers to tie cloud-based resources back to data centres, remote office workers or other distributed access points as needed.
Thirteen networking vendors including Cisco, Aruba, Arista, Alkira, Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Versa announced support for the technology, which offers higher throughput and increased security for distributed cloud workloads.
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Updated / Thursday, 10 Dec 2020
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