Cloud Connectivity

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Cloud Connect & SaaS Connect

Organisations all around the world are increasingly dependent on cloud-based applications. The way most organisations connect with these SaaS-applications won’t come as a surprise: by using the public Internet. The Internet is a well-proven way to reach any application, regardless of where it runs. It almost always works, and it has almost unlimited capacities.

However, the Internet is "Best Effort" and comes with risks and dangers, like unexpectedly high latencies, unpredictable routes, and cyber-attacks, undermining performance and making organisations that depend on the Internet vulnerable.

This is why, for mission-critical applications or applications carrying sensitive data, it is necessary to create a dedicated route that bypasses the Internet.

Cloud Connect

Azure, AWS, Oracle and Google environments essentially extend a company's internal network into the cloud, necessitating the same standards of security and performance.

While VPNs provide a secure tunnel over the public Internet, they introduce significant latency due to encryption and decryption processes. This latency often hampers performance, particularly for applications sensitive to delays. Cloud Connect solutions, on the other hand, establish direct paths with guaranteed bandwidth, offering improved performance and reduced latency.

SaaS Connect

For providers of software solutions that handle critical processes or sensitive data—such as insurers, healthcare providers, or financial institutions—customers frequently request direct connections for secure data exchange.

This need for direct physical connections, however, presents a challenge: Managing multiple customer connections can become complex and resource-intensive.

SaaS Connect offers a solution to these challenges and enables users to establish private, secure connections without numerous individual links.

	Cloud Connect	SaaS Connect
Type of Cloud	Workload in datacenter	Software-as-a-Service
Cloud Location	Single geographical location	Geographically dispersed
Dedicated transport VLAN	Yes	Yes
Bypasses public Internet	Yes	Yes
Dedicated path	Yes	Yes