Networking & Content Delivery

Simplify global hybrid connectivity with AWS Cloud WAN and AWS Direct Connect integration

In this post, we review how you can build hybrid connectivity architectures using the AWS Cloud WAN built-in support for AWS Direct Connect attachments. We share best practices and considerations for designing global hybrid networks on AWS that help you enable seamless connectivity between your on-premises environments and the AWS Cloud. Now, AWS Cloud WAN […]

Charting your AWS Networking journey at re:Invent 2024

It’s that time of the year again! From December 2nd to December 6th, Las Vegas, Nevada will transform into the epicenter of innovation, learning, and networking for cloud professionals and businesses alike. Experience five action-packed days where you can dive deep into the latest AWS technologies, explore groundbreaking solutions, and connect with industry leaders. With […]

Simplify Amazon VPC security groups management with VPC associations and security groups sharing

In this post we explain how you can use Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) security group associations and security group sharing to configure consistent security rules across your workloads in multiple VPCs and accounts on AWS. We outline the steps to configure the two new security group features, their use cases, and best practices for […]

Using cross-zone load balancing with zonal shift

Today, we’re announcing Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC) zonal shift support for Application Load Balancers (ALB) with cross-zone load balancing enabled. This complements the support for Network Load Balancers (NLB) using cross-zone load balancing we announced previously. Now you can use zonal shift with both NLBs and ALBs, with or without cross-zone load balancing configured, […]

Introducing CloudFront Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Origins: Shield your web applications from public internet

Starting today, Amazon CloudFront introduced CloudFront Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Origins, a new feature that allows users to use CloudFront to deliver content from applications hosted in a VPC private subnet. VPC Origins eliminates the need for applications to be exposed on the public internet by restricting access solely through users’ CloudFront distributions. This is […]

Zero-rating and IP address management made easy: CloudFront’s new anycast static IPs explained

Starting today, Amazon CloudFront supports anycast IPs, a set of dedicated IP addresses that the customers can use to access CloudFront POPs for delivery of zero-rated traffic into the network carriers. For end-customers accessing your application, you now can collaborate with network carriers to exempt data charges from your end-customers’ data limits or implement distinct […]

Migrate Amazon ECS service communication to Amazon VPC Lattice

Advanced L7 routing, authentication and authorization using IAM Policies, and deep observability are key capabilities offered by Amazon VPC Lattice. With VPC Lattice now integrated into Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), you can easily migrate service-to-service communication from using internal Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) to VPC Lattice. This allows you to benefit from VPC Lattice […]

Building a global, low-latency NTP services with static IP addresses

Building a global, low-latency NTP service with static IP addresses

As organizations continue to roll out cloud-connected Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications, the need for accurate and reliable time synchronization has become increasingly critical. Although Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides the Amazon Time Sync Service for basic Network Time Protocol (NTP) needs, some IoT scenarios need a custom NTP solution. For example, users want to serve many IoT […]

Securing PartyRock: How we protect Amazon Bedrock endpoints using AWS WAF

PartyRock is an intuitive, hands-on generative AI app-building playground based on Amazon Bedrock. It allows users to experiment with generative AI technologies and build fun applications without coding, such as quiz generators or resume optimizers. Although providing a free generative AI playground online offers immense value to builders, it also presents significant security challenges. In […]