SaaS Connect

Applications that handle privacy-sensitive data or essential processes and are accessed via the public Internet requires an encrypted VPN tunnel to saveguard security, which increases data size and bandwidth needs. Encryption adds processing steps, causing latency and delaying data delivery. Moreover, the route to the private application is uncertain over the public Internet, as the path cannot be controlled.

SaaS Connect offers a direct private connection that minimizes latency, guarantees stable performance, and enhances data privacy. It shields the network from potential risks, facilitating resilience for crucial applications, and accommodates scalability as demands increase.

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. However, accommodating these requests often leads to a proliferation of point-to-point connections that must be documented and managed.

SaaS Connect consolidates these individual connections into a streamlined solution that still enables users to establish private, secure connections but without requiring the software provider to manage numerous individual links. This also enables both the software supplier as well as the end-user to easily change datacenter in case required.

A Cloud Connect is a 1:1 connection towards the the Azure, AWS, Oracle or Google instances hosted in their datacenters. SaaS Connect offers a 1:N environment for SaaS Suppliers and their end-users to establish private, secure connections without numerous individual links. Read more

There are a couple of design options within SaaS Connect:

Public versus private environment.
For public applications users might demand direct connections in order to safeguard privacy-sensitive data and essential processes. However, other users might still reach the application via VPN over the public Internet. In order to accommodate this, it is possible to add Transit to the same port. That way, end-users can decide how they want to reach the application: either via a private connection that bypasses the public Internet, or via public Internet.

For private applications it is possible to create a completely private environment that is not accessible via the public Internet and with restricted access.

End-users can optionally see each other
By default, the different end-users connected to SaaS Connect cannot see each other, it is however possible to allow them to see each other.

At NL-ix we hold 20 years of experience with building an exchange. This knowledge and technic we now use to build a private exchange for your SaaS-application. We provide you IP addresses to connect to the Route Servers and setup BGP sessions.

Yes, SaaS Connect is designed in such a way that it works in combination with applications hosted on-prem or in Cloud services such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, Oracle or Google.

End-users are able to connect in any of the >100 NL-ix datacenter PoPs. Because of our large footprint, we are probably already present in the same datacenter, or very nearby. NL-ix is datacenter-neutral and works with a wide variety of datacenter operators, making it easy to switch datacenters in case required.

Next to SaaS Connect, it is possible to add other services on the same port. These can be services to connect with private clouds, other SaaS providers or advanced Internet services such as Peering and Transit. Configuring multiple services on a single port saves on monthly patch and port costs.

If you have placed an order at the NL-ix you will receive an 'order confirmation' mail. After the order confirmation has been send, the NL-ix provisioning team gets to work to deliver your order.

When the order has been delivered, for normal products usually within 10 working days after the order confirmation, the provisioning team will send an ‘order delivery’ email. This email contains all details you need to setup your connection. The delivery date is aso the start date of invoicing.

You can find more information in regards the Onboarding and Configuration proces at Support