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Top 5 Cloud and Networking Announcements From Cisco Live 2024

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Amidst the dazzle of Las Vegas, Cisco Live 2024 was a whirlwind of innovation, technology, and camaraderie. Held from June 2-6, this year’s event hosted over 20,000 in-person attendees and nearly one million online viewers, numbers anyone would call a massive success.

AWS PrivateLink, Explained

• Networking , AWS , Partners

When it comes to AWS connectivity, there is no shortage of options available to customers. Some of these are fairly common, like Virtual Gateway (VGW) , Transit Gateway (TGW) , VPC (virtual private cloud) Peering , and Direct Connect (DX) .

How Megaport and Wasabi Are Simplifying Cloud Storage

• Partners , Tech

With the rapid growth of cloud-native applications, businesses are increasingly seeking reliable and efficient cloud storage solutions. However, relying solely on major hyperscale cloud providers can often lead to complexity and high costs. This is where independent cloud storage platforms like Wasabi come into play, offering simplicity and affordability without compromising on performance.

High Availability With Palo Alto Networks and Megaport

• Partners , Networking

Architecting a network without operational resiliency would be like building a skyscraper without proper scaffolding. It might seem fine at first, but how will it survive over time or if there’s a severe weather event?

Your 2024 Tech Predictions From AWS re:Invent 2023

• Partners , AWS

With more than 52,000 attendees and 250 sessions, the energy in Las Vegas for AWS re:Invent 2023 was electric. The Megaport booth was busier than ever as we showcased our latest and greatest – standouts for the crowd were our automation, APIs, and showing you how to connect from any location on the Megaport network to AWS in a minute (yes, literally 60 seconds).

Cross-Cloud Connectivity Made Easy with Oracle and Megaport

• Cloud , Partners

In Flexera’s 2022 State of the Cloud Report , 89% of respondents reported having a multicloud strategy. And, according to a 2022 HashiCorp survey , 90% of businesses that have adopted a multicloud strategy say it’s working for them. With its slew of benefits , multicloud has made itself an intrinsic part of the business world, and for good reason – but it comes with new challenges of its own.

What’s New With Megaport’s Services

• Networking , Updates , Partners

From improving security to adding new Megaport Virtual Edge (MVE) functionality, Megaport has been hard at work enhancing our services and making them easier to use. Here are some recent changes that might affect you.

MetTel and Megaport Enable High Performance Applications in the Cloud

• Cloud , Partners

Founded in 1996, MetTel started with a mission to broaden the variety of choice to optimized, end-to-end connectivity available to enterprises through partnering with the world’s leading telecommunications carriers and application providers.

Megaport Simplifies AWS Outposts Networking

• AWS , Partners

Combining AWS Outposts Rack with Direct Connect optimizes performance for demanding enterprise workloads. Megaport’s Outposts Ready Direct Connect solution simplifies the networking side.

3DS OUTSCALE uses Megaport to Unlock Cloud Potential

• Cloud , Partners

3DS OUTSCALE, a strategic partner and subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes, was established to provide a local alternative to the major US-based cloud service providers.

How to Connect Your AWS and Microsoft Azure Environments: A Complete Guide

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Hybrid cloud and multicloud architectures have become common for enterprise IT departments seeking greater network reliability, security, and cost-efficiency in support of optimal application performance.

AWS VGW vs DGW vs TGW

• Cloud , Networking , Partners

In November 2018, AWS launched the newest version of its native network routing service: Transit Gateway (TGW) . This cloud-based network gateway allows customers to connect Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) across different accounts in a hub and spoke topology, and is the third evolution in this feature set. The release was preceded by Direct Connect Gateway (DGW) , which was announced in 2017, and prior to that, Virtual Private Gateway (VGW) .

Cloud-Driven Innovations in Mexico and Latin America

• Cloud , Partners

We’ve written about the state of the cloud in Mexico before. (Spoiler alert: It’s growing, and growing fast.) We’ve also written about key verticals where cloud computing is playing an increasingly important role. In our third and final blog about Mexico, we’ll look at some of the innovations establishing the country and the greater region of Latin America as an international hub for cloud-driven IT.

Comparing the SD-WAN Licensing Needs of Major Vendors

• Partners , SD-WAN

As Megaport launches and expands our global SD-WAN coverage with Megaport Virtual Edge (MVE), SD-WAN vendor support is a key requirement and understanding the relevant licensing needs per vendor and per customer use case becomes very important to fully realizing the benefits of MVE, which can include better network performance and security, reduced operating costs, and simplified network management.

VMware SD-WAN Now Available on Megaport Virtual Edge

• Partners , SD-WAN

Today we’re thrilled to announce the integration of VMware SD-WAN on MVE , our fifth global market-leading SD-WAN technology partner in our quest to transform the network edge. Our customers will be able to host virtual instances of their VMware SD-WAN edge routers on MVE, and deploy Megaport Virtual Edges directly from VMware SD-WAN Orchestrator to improve network connectivity at the edge in 24 metros worldwide.

Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Now Available on Megaport Virtual Edge

• Partners , SD-WAN

Today we’re happy to announce the integration of Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform on Megaport Virtual Edge (MVE). Aruba Networks is the latest global market-leading SD-WAN technology partner in our quest to transform and modernise edge networking. Our customers will be able to instantiate virtual Aruba EdgeConnect instances on MVE, and extend Aruba’s SD-WAN fabric to the very edge of Megaport’s global, private Software Defined Network (SDN), improving network performance in 22 metros worldwide.

A Guide to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning with Oracle Cloud

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Processing and analyzing data have become far easier for businesses since Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) became more widely available thanks to the cloud. No longer necessarily classed as “emerging technologies”, AI and ML have become core solutions in enabling organizations to thrive in this digital era.

Build Multicloud Networks for Business Continuity Using Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) Part 3

• Networking , Partners

Originally published on the Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture blog.

A Guide to Multicloud with Google Cloud Platform

• Networking , Partners

Google Cloud is the chosen Cloud Service Provider (CSP) by global enterprises that belong to many diverse industries from award-winning creative studios to groundbreaking travel tech companies .

Build Multicloud Networks for Business Continuity Using Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) Part 2

• Networking , Partners

Originally published on the Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture blog.

Build Multicloud Networks for Business Continuity Using Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA)

• Networking , Partners

Originally published in Oracle’s Maximum Availability Architecture Blogs .

No matter what size your business and no matter the industry, planning for unforeseen business interruptions is a must. Customer-impacting outages can result in significant revenue loss, regulatory penalties, and a tarnished brand image.

Launching Megaport Virtual Edge with Cisco SD-WAN Cloud Interconnect

• Partners , SD-WAN

In August of last year, we announced the development of Megaport Virtual Edge (MVE) , our on-demand, vendor-neutral NFV hosting service, in collaboration with Cisco to enable MVE’s interoperability with Cisco SD-WAN ’s secure, cloud-scale architecture. Today, Cisco announced that MVE is now available on our global Software Defined Network (SDN), easily accessible via our portal , providing immediate support for branch-to-cloud and branch-to-branch connectivity to customers of Cisco SD-WAN and Megaport.

AWS re:Invent 2020 Recap – Announcements and Insights

• News , Partners

If there’s anything 2020 has taught us, it’s that it’s important to adapt to change. With remote working and changes to travel, as well as our interactions with each other at major events now virtual, AWS held nothing back by developing a multi-week jam-packed re:Invent 2020 conference held entirely online.

AWS Hosted Connection Webinar Series Wrap Up and Q and A

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We recently presented a webinar series on Megaport’s capabilities connecting to Amazon Web Services. This series focused on AWS Hosted Connection (HC), which can facilitate 1:1, diverse, uncontended capacity into AWS regions worldwide, including support for the new Transit Virtual Interface (VIF) type for native connection to AWS Transit Gateways (TGW).