Amazon rolls-out Virtual Private Cloud on AWS

MUMBAI, INDIA: Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com company, announced new capabilities to support security, network management, connectivity, and identity management requirements while deploying applications in cloud.

AWS has extended Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) to all AWS Regions, allowing enterprises to launch Amazon VPC environments in the US East and West Coasts, Europe, Singapore, and Tokyo, and in multiple AWS Availability Zones within each Region. 

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Amazon VPC enables businesses to provision a private section of AWS, where they can then launch AWS resources in a virtual network that they define and control, including selection of IP address range, creation of subnets, and configuration of route tables and network gateways, says the company.

Enterprises can connect to Amazon VPC via a Virtual Private Network (VPN) or through an Internet connection.

Now on, enterprises can connect multiple networks, such as branch offices, to each other as well as to central corporate Amazon VPC environment.

AWS also announced AWS Direct Connect, a new service that enables enterprises to bypass Internet and deliver data to and from AWS via a private network connection. 

With a private connection, enterprises can increase bandwidth throughput, reduce networking latency and costs, and provide a more consistent network experience when moving data between AWS and their data centres.

Moreover, AWS Direct Connect locations are planned for San Francisco Bay Area (San Jose), Los Angeles, London, Tokyo and Singapore in the next several months. 

AWS has also added new functionality for AWS Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM) that enables “identity federation,” or the ability for enterprises to use their existing corporate identities to grant secure and direct access to AWS resources without creating a new AWS identity for those users.

This capability enables enterprises to programmatically request security credentials, with configurable expiration and permissions, that grant their corporate identities access to AWS resources controlled by that enterprise, adds the company. 

“As enterprises make the move to the cloud, many have leveraged Amazon VPC for workloads that they’ve wanted to manage using their existing management and security policies.  With today’s launch of Amazon VPC worldwide, AWS Direct Connect and the new IAM federated identity capabilities, enterprises have even more flexibility and control over deploying their workloads to the cloud,” said Adam Selipsky, VP, Amazon Web Services.