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Data Movement and Optimization Across Complex Ecosystems
Overview
- Data is the key to value for many enterprises, whether for regular workloads or emerging technologies like generative AI.
- Proper network connectivity and data governance are crucial for leveraging data effectively.
- AWS has over 30 regions globally, allowing customers to store data in locations that meet their requirements.
- Direct Connect provides private connectivity from 50Mbps to 400Gbps, enabling secure data movement to AWS.
Console Connect's Mission and Approach
- Console Connect's mission is to make it easy for organizations to access and move data securely and efficiently.
- Data is increasingly seen as a competitive asset, driving the need for improved data movement capabilities.
- Key trends driving the need for network optimization:
- Exponential data growth
- Requirements for real-time data processing
- Acceleration of cloud migration and modernization
- Increased focus on compliance and security
Challenges with Data Movement
- Key challenges faced by customers:
- Legacy systems
- Hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure complexity
- Data standardization and integration issues
- Technical limitations and bottlenecks
- Manual processes and unrealistic expectations
- Data security and governance concerns
Console Connect's Platform and Capabilities
- Console Connect provides an on-demand, automated platform for secure and easy data movement.
- Key principles:
- Freedom to move data across the ecosystem
- Robust, high-performance infrastructure
- API-driven platform
- AI-ready capabilities
- Console Connect's coverage includes 30 AWS cities and 38 data centers, as well as other major cloud providers and over 1,000 data centers globally.
Use Cases and Customer Challenges
- Multi-cloud data transfers: Enabling data movement between clouds cost-effectively and efficiently.
- Data synchronization: Ensuring real-time data availability for critical workloads across on-premises and cloud environments.
- Complex hybrid IT landscape: Connecting disparate cloud, on-premises, and acquired environments into a unified, secure network.
- IoT data movement: Securely connecting IoT edge devices to cloud environments for processing and analysis.
Automation and API-driven Networking
- The importance of network automation to manage the complexity of multi-cloud, hybrid environments.
- Console Connect's utilization of open standards, such as MEF's Sonata API, to provide programmable wide-area networking capabilities.
- The role of APIs in bridging proprietary networking interfaces and open standards to enable enterprise-wide data movement optimization.