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Comparing Generative AI Offerings From Major Cloud Providers

• Cloud

In the last two years, generative AI offerings have exploded in the cloud space (and everywhere else). Major Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) are perfectly positioned to lead these efforts thanks to the fact that they offer the very resources they require to build these models, and their customers are naturally early adopters and heavy users of AI.

How Green Is Your Network?

From cost savings to improved Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), there are several reasons you might be wondering how you can make your organization’s network more energy-efficient. But where do you start?

AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud: The Big Three Compared

• Cloud

For any modern business, it’s no longer a question of whether you should investigate moving your high availability IT services to the cloud; rather, it’s a matter of which clouds you should be using, which service offerings, and how to strategically deploy them to accomplish your business goals. From scalable storage of data to the compute power needed to analyze and transform data, the cloud has become a core component in the way enterprises run their business with competitive advantage in mind.

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 AWS Direct Connect and Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute

• Networking

In 2022, having a secure and reliable network for your business isn’t just a nice thing to have: It’s a necessity. As speed, bandwidth, and accessibility needs have increased alongside businesses’ remote expansion, we’ve also seen a surge in multicloud adoption – with a predicted 94% of organizations having a multicloud network by 2024 , many are realizing the benefits of using multiple clouds to support their business-critical applications.

How to Fix Poor AWS Latency

• Cloud , Networking

In the modern business world, AWS is everywhere. An estimated 93 percent of businesses rely on AWS to some degree, while small- to mid-sized businesses claim to run 41 percent of significant workloads on the leading cloud platform.

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

• Partners

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) .

Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP Aims to Make Cloud Migrations Easier

• Cloud

As one of the first cloud computing services, enterprise storage continues to be one of the most popular reasons to utilize the public cloud. Fifteen years ago, AWS S3 started the storage-as-a-service movement and has since grown into a multibillion-dollar business. It’s estimated that enterprise storage accounts to 15 to 20% of AWS’s annual revenue , nearing $10 billion USD a year .

The Enterprise’s Guide to AWS Direct Connect and Transit Gateway

• Networking , Tech

How AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Peering Options Have Evolved

Ever since AWS Direct Connect launched in 2012, organisations have been embracing dedicated connections to their cloud services—they gained the ability to improve their overall data transfers, increase their network performance, and enhance their data privacy when connecting to AWS. With the introduction of an array of new service features and enhancements, the options for peering with AWS have certainly evolved. Let’s take a look at how this has developed and how you can take advantage of some of the features available.

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.

Understanding Private Connection SLAs for AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud

• Cloud

High availability solutions are a top priority when deploying network connectivity to resources critical to business success. With cloud deployments expected to continue to grow rapidly, understanding service-level agreements (SLAs) provided by the CSPs can help guide deployment decisions.

Comparing Private Connectivity of AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud

• Cloud

With the fast growing adoption of multicloud strategies, understanding the private connectivity models to these hyperscalers becomes increasingly important. Private connectivity can, in many cases, increase bandwidth throughput, reduce overall network costs, and provide a more predictable and stable network experience when compared to internet connections. So, whether it is time to spin up private connectivity to a new cloud service provider (CSP), or get rid of your ol’ internet VPN, this article can lend a helping hand in understanding the different connectivity models, vernacular, and components of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) private connectivity offerings.

AWS Hosted Connection Webinar Series Wrap Up and Q and A

• Partners

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).

AWS re:Invent 2019 Recap – Product Announcements and Insights

• News

With another AWS re:Invent on the books, it’s a great time to recap on how far this conference experience has come, and what it means to us, our customers, and our partners as we close out 2019.

Achieving Network Redundancy with an Active/Active AWS Direct Connect Connection

• Tech

Your enterprise business probably operates all day, every day, so continuity and constant uptime are crucial for keeping everything running smoothly. Risking your business on a single link design could mean losing data, customers, and even revenue if your connection goes down.