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Why Secure High-Performance Hybrid Cloud Connectivity Is Critical (and How to Get it Right)
Most organizations connecting data centers to the cloud start with what is fast and familiar, an IPsec tunnel through a next-generation firewall, or a private circuit through a carrier-neutral facility. Both approaches have real value. Both also leave meaningful gaps in security, performance, visibility, or all three. As state-sponsored attacks like Salt Typhoon make the stakes of those gaps increasingly clear, this whitepaper examines each approach honestly and explains what secure, high-performance hybrid cloud connectivity actually requires.
What you'll find inside the whitepaper
Why the NGFW approach is fast to deploy but caps throughput at 1.25 Gbps, limits deep segmentation and BGP capabilities, and creates MTTR problems when ownership of firewalls, connectivity, and troubleshooting is split across teams
Why carrier-neutral facilities are a solid foundation for private cloud connectivity but leave traffic vulnerable at each decryption point, lack advanced NAT and segmentation services, and remove your direct visibility when problems occur
What line-rate encryption, dynamic failover, centralized management, and proactive monitoring look like when they work together as a complete solution rather than separate tools patched together
How Aviatrix Secure High-Performance Datacenter Edge addresses the limitations of both approaches and delivers the security, performance, and visibility that hybrid cloud connectivity actually needs
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