Networking & Content Delivery

Tracking pixel driven web analytics with Amazon CloudFront: Part 2

This post is a continuation of Tracking Pixel driven web analytics with AWS Edge Services. In Part 1 of this series, we discussed the usage of pixel tracking to provide insights into user behavior. A tracking pixel consists of using a 1×1 transparent pixel with a HTML element to leverage the loading call to send […]

Experian: Centralized internet ingress using AWS Gateway Load Balancer and AWS Transit Gateway

This is a guest post co-written with Mike Mosher, Sr Principal Cloud Platform Network Architect, and Daniel Lee, Lead Cloud Platform Engineer, from Experian. Experian is a global technology company that offers credit risk, fraud, targeted marketing, and automated decisioning solutions. We are an AWS early adopter and have embraced the cloud to drive digital […]

Announcing cross-account support for AWS Global Accelerator

AWS Global Accelerator now offers cross-account support that lets you use a single accelerator to route traffic across multiple AWS accounts. With cross-account support for AWS Global Accelerator, you can select application endpoints behind a single accelerator, even when the endpoints are located in different AWS accounts. In this blog, learn the benefits of using […]

Hybrid cloud architectures using AWS Direct Connect gateway

In April 2023, AWS increased several AWS Direct Connect quota limits, as you have asked for increased scale and capacity for hybrid cloud connectivity. With the new limits, you can now create up to four Transit Virtual interfaces (VIFs) per AWS Direct Connect dedicated connection. The maximum number of prefixes has increased to 200 for […]

QoS Observability for OTT Streaming using Amazon CloudFront

About QoS in OTT World and its importance In today’s digital era, the widespread availability of high-speed internet and an expanding range of streaming devices have made over-the-top (OTT) content an integral part of our daily lives. However, making sure of quality of service (QoS) for OTT content is a significant challenge for both content […]

How Motional improved global network performance and lowered costs with AWS Direct Connect SiteLink

Motional — a joint venture between Aptiv and Hyundai Motor Group — is developing and commercializing SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) Level 4 autonomous vehicles (AVs) for autonomous ride-hail and delivery. Motional partners with major ride-hail companies, including Uber, Uber Eats, and Lyft to deploy its AVs on their networks. Motional operates vehicle garages in […]

Elastic Load Balancer: Maximizing Benefits and Keeping Costs Low

This post provides guidance on optimizing Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) cost and performance for your workloads. You can find recommendations for achieving optimal throughput and low latency, implementing efficient connection management, and ensuring performance and reliability during periods of high demand. Organizations building technology solutions on AWS should be well acquainted with the six pillars […]

Build Global SD-WANs with AWS Cloud WAN Tunnel-less Connect

In July 2022, we announced the general availability of AWS Cloud WAN. With that, we launched the AWS Transit Gateway Connect feature, which provides a native way to extend your SD-WAN (Software defined wide area network) infrastructure into AWS using Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunnels. Today, we are announcing Tunnel-less Connect for Cloud WAN. This […]

AWS Verified Access Integration with AWS IAM Identity Center and SAML 2.0 Identity Providers

In this blog post, we will discuss how you can setup VPN-less secure access to your corporate applications if you are using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) based identity providers (IdPs). We will also provide guidance if you have already invested in integrating third-party IdPs with AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS Single Sign-On), […]

A Continuous Improvement Model for Interconnects within AWS Data Centers

This blog post provides a look into some of the technical management and hardware decisions we make when building AWS network infrastructure. Working with network engineers, we wrote this blog to reveal some of the work that goes on behind the scenes to provide AWS services to our customers. In particular, this blog explores the […]