Name: Alibaba Cloud and Aviatrix simplify global connectivity
Start: 2021-08-12T15:00:00Z
End: 2021-08-12T15:00:38.000Z
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Aviatrix® is the cloud networking expert. We’re on a mission to make cloud networking simple so companies stay agile. Trusted by more than 500 of the world’s leading enterprises, our cloud networking platform creates the visibility, security, and control needed to adapt with ease and move ahead at speed. Combined with the Aviatrix Certified Engineer (ACE) Program, the industry’s leading multicloud networking and security certification, Aviatrix empowers the cloud networking community to stay at the forefront of digital transformation. Learn more at www.aviatrix.com.

Azure is decommissioning default egress for new workloads, is your environment prepared for this architecture change?

Internet access can be crucial for workloads, for example to exchange data, integrate with SaaS or download updates. Azure is retiring default outbound access for virtual machines as of September 2025, terminating internet access for new services and forcing organizations to find a new solution.

To avoid breaking systems, cloud architects can either adopt applicable Azure native services, or custom solutions, each are different in several aspects:

- Security posture
- Visibility/Observability
- Availability & scalability
- Pricing components
- Quotas & limitations
- Operational overhead

Aviatrix and CloudNation explore what this architectural change means for you, the different options available to keep your systems and services on-line, and the pros and cons of each.

Is your Azure egress covered?

Starting September 2025, Microsoft is eliminating default outbound internet access for all Azure Virtual Networks (VNets). Organizations must now route outbound traffic through a NAT Gateway, Azure Firewall, or a third-party security solution. If you don’t prepare, your mission-critical applications could experience service disruptions, security vulnerabilities, and compliance failures.

This change is not optional. Will your Azure environment be ready in time?

Hear from Daniel Mauser, Principal Solution Specialist at Microsoft and Azure Global Black Belt (GBB), and Bryan Ashley, VP of Product Marketing at Aviatrix and former Azure GBB, for a critical briefing on what this means for your cloud environment, the risks of inaction, and the best strategies to secure your outbound traffic.

Key Takeaways:

- Microsoft’s Perspective on the Change – Hear directly from Microsoft about why this update is happening, what’s at stake, and what organizations must do to comply.
- Security & Compliance Risks – Understand the potential security blind spots, compliance challenges, and operational disruptions that could arise if you don’t act now.
- How Aviatrix Cloud Perimeter Security Helps – Discover how Aviatrix provides a scalable, enterprise-grade security solution that simplifies outbound access while enhancing performance and compliance.

This information is designed for Azure customers, cloud architects, security teams, and DevOps engineers who are responsible for managing and securing outbound internet connectivity. If your organization runs workloads in Azure, this change WILL impact you.

With the deadline fast approaching, organizations that delay could face costly, last-minute fixes or security vulnerabilities. Don’t wait until September 2025 to figure this out—Act now and get ahead of the change.

Microsoft’s Change Will Disrupt Your Azure Network - Are Your VNets Ready?

Are you fully capturing the business value of your cloud investments? Join Bryan Ashley (VP of Product Marketing) and David Pektas (Director of Business Value) as they explore how FinOps professionals and decision-makers can enhance the value of cloud initiatives to unlock incremental ROI.

In this webinar, you’ll learn:
- How to identify and quantify the key value categories of cloud investments using the Command of the Message framework.
- Practical strategies FinOps practitioners can use to influence cloud investment decisions and align with organizational goals.
- How a proactive, "shift-left" approach in the business value lifecycle ensures cloud investments deliver maximum impact.

Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FinOps expertise and ensure your cloud strategy delivers maximum business value.

Unlocking Cloud Value: Strategies for Shifting Left and Maximizing ROI with FinOps

Are you exposing yourself to massive risk by leveraging insecure outbound methods such as cloud-native NAT gateways?

NAT gateways may give you quick and easy access to OS updates, code repositories, etc. But, left unchecked, they are a major security risk, exposing you to:
• Malicious and non-corporate sites
• Malware command and control
• Data exfiltration mishaps
• Compliance and regulatory issues
• General negative brand impact.

Watch Part 1 of our 3-part webinar series where we investigate how you can address the need for agile and flexible outbound internet access, with security and visibility embedded, at a reduced overall cost with this session focused on embedded security for superior protection.

Achieving Unrivalled Cost Efficiency, Visibility and Security: Tactical Approach to NAT Gateway Replacement

At AWS re:Invent 2024, we shared how you can unlock the potential of generative AI on Amazon Bedrock using secure, high-volume data transfers to Amazon S3 for RAG. If you couldn’t join us live or simply wish to revisit the insights, access the on-demand recording now.

You will:
- Explore optimized networking strategies for populating your Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases to improve AI outcomes with rich context using your data
- Learn to design and implement secure, high-performance connectivity solutions that move massive datasets across hybrid and multicloud environments
- Discover how Aviatrix ensures private and secure prompt delivery and response, safeguarding your sensitive AI interactions

Ready to position yourself as a leader of your organization's AI ambitions in complex cloud landscapes? Watch this session now.

RAG and Route: Enhancing Networks to Support Amazon Bedrock

Join an exclusive conversion featuring Aviatrix CEO—Doug Merritt, former AWS VP (Engineering, Control Services, Migration Tools and Marketplace) /Owner, McCann Advisory—David McCann, former Aon CTO/CIO—Rajeev Khanna, and AWS Global Partner Leader—Vinit Anshuman. Together, they’ll dive into why cloud networking has become mission-critical in today’s enterprise landscape, where applications and workloads increasingly rely on seamless, secure cloud connectivity.

This session will explore:
- Perspectives on Cloud Networking: We’ll discuss why companies must prioritize cloud networking to drive business resilience, optimize costs, and ensure operational efficiency and share insights on how a robust cloud network architecture can support these goals.
- Cloud Networking Trends and Industry Challenges: We’ll cover specific challenges facing different industries and offer strategies for overcoming them. Gain practical advice on improving security, network visibility, and performance across various verticals.
- Supporting AI Workloads in the Cloud: Explore the complexities of migrating and supporting AI workloads in the cloud, along with solutions to meet the demands of high-performance networking, scalability, and robust data security.
- The Power of Partnerships in Cloud Connectivity: Learn why partnerships are essential for ensuring seamless connectivity and operational agility, and how strategic collaborations enhance the ability to build resilient, secure, and scalable enterprise cloud networks.

This session is ideal for IT leaders and cloud strategists looking to deepen their understanding of cloud networking and gain actionable strategies for optimizing resilience, security, and performance in an evolving digital landscape. Don’t miss the opportunity to connect with industry executives and stay ahead of the latest advancements shaping the future of cloud technology.

Master Your Cloud Networking: Expert Panel on Optimization, Security, and Future Trends

In this 2-part series, we’ll be joined by Dhanil Parwani, AWS’s Sr. Partner Solutions Architect for Networking & Security, to explore how AWS Cloud WAN and Aviatrix enable global networking at scale and unlock cutting-edge features like multicloud support, network traffic visibility, and robust security measures.

Join us for Part 2 as we dive into Aviatrix’s integration with AWS Cloud WAN Service Insertion. You will learn how this integration allows customers to achieve centralized east-west and internet-egress inspection, secure multicloud connectivity, encrypted on-premises connectivity, secure connectivity to AWS partitions like AWS China and AWS GovCloud, and B2B connectivity with partners. Depending on the customer’s preference, this can be achieved with either Aviatrix’s native firewall capability or with a third-party NGFW.

From Visibility to Security: Enhancing AWS CloudWAN with Advanced Networking Capabilities [Part 2]

In this 2-part series, we’ll be joined by Dhanil Parwani, AWS’s Sr. Partner Solutions Architect for Networking & Security, to explore how AWS Cloud WAN and Aviatrix enables global networking at scale and unlocks the full potential with cutting-edge features like multicloud support, network traffic visibility, and robust security measures.

Join us on for Part 1 as we cover Aviatrix’s AWS Cloud WAN Connector — your bridge to extending network segments. You will learn how to extend Cloud WAN network segments across multiple clouds and private data centers while maintaining unique security zones. Aviatrix’s Cloud WAN Connector also enables automated orchestration of the multicloud extension gateways to replicate segment information.

Part 2 will dive into Aviatrix’s integration with AWS Cloud WAN Service Insertion — elevating AWS networking and security.

Discover how this powerful combination enhances network security, visibility, and scalability on a global scale with AWS and Aviatrix and register for Part 1 today.

From Visibility to Security: Enhancing AWS CloudWAN with Advanced Networking Capabilities [Part 1]

Join us for an insightful webinar in which Megaport and Aviatrix unveil their strategic partnership to revolutionize hybrid and multi-cloud network connectivity. This collaboration addresses the increasing complexity and fragmented architectures enterprises operating in hybrid cloud environments face. Discover how the combined strengths of Megaport’s global private network and Aviatrix's cloud networking and security solutions offer unprecedented security, resilience, and compliance.

What you'll learn:
- Enhanced Security and Resilience: Learn how the integrated solutions provide secure, resilient, and high-performance multi and hybrid cloud connectivity, meeting the stringent compliance needs of regulated industries such as healthcare and finance. 
- Cost Reduction and Simplification: Explore how the partnership simplifies connectivity and reduces costs, offering a seamless, cloud-like experience for building resilient, encrypted hybrid network environments.
- Future-Ready Solutions: Understand the future demands of hybrid cloud connectivity and how this partnership anticipates and addresses these needs.

Simplifying Hybrid and Multicloud Network Connectivity with Megaport and Aviatrix®

Join us for an insightful interview between international cloud influencer, David Linthicum, and Aviatrix CEO, Doug Merritt. They will explore groundbreaking strategies in cloud networking and AI data management. This engaging discussion, also streamed on X and YouTube, will highlight how Aviatrix is innovating in cloud networking by providing services-as-a-network to enhance performance, security, and transparency across multiple clouds. Learn how these strategies can significantly reduce costs for multicloud customers.

Doug will also share the success of the Aviatrix Certified Engineer (ACE) program, which has transformed the careers of over 20K+ participants by fostering a unified vision and orchestration framework. Discover future plans for a self-service model incorporating AI, set to revolutionize the industry in 2025.

The conversation will emphasize the importance of architectural optimization, AI integration, and managing increasing data complexity. Doug will offer insights into the need for abstraction layers to manage complexity efficiently, ensuring businesses maintain a competitive edge.

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable perspectives from Doug and David. This event promises actionable insights and strategic vision for anyone navigating the dynamic landscape of cloud technology and AI.

Navigating the Future of Cloud Networking:  Strategy, Innovation, and AI Integration

As cloud networking becomes increasingly complex, overcoming these challenges is no longer just an IT concern; it's a strategic imperative for businesses seeking growth and innovation. Join us on this webinar as we dive into two specific network use cases with pain points including performance issues, security vulnerabilities, increasing cloud costs, and scalability concerns. More importantly, we will demonstrate how these challenges can be re-framed into opportunities that propel business forward.

Key discussions:
- Optimizing Data Center-to-Cloud Connectivity: Explore techniques to enhance your connectivity architecture from data centers to cloud environments.
- Implementing Strong Cloud Perimeter Security: Protect sensitive data, comply with regulations, and mitigate risks.

This session is not just about addressing these challenges but equipping you with the knowledge, tools, and proven best practices to turn these challenges into strategic advantages that contribute to substantial business growth.

Transforming Network Challenges into Strategic Business Opportunities

Aviatrix recently published research from its 2024 Secure Cloud Networking Field Report, stating that more than twice as many cloud network outages were caused by firewalls than by cyber-attacks last year. 

These escalating outages are strongly driving a trend among enterprises to unite cloud networking and cloud security under one roof, with the goal of bolstering network security across the board.

Join this Fireside Chat, recorded at the RSA Conference, to hear Enterprise Strategy Group Principal Analyst, Network Security & Web Application Security, John Grady and CEO of Aviatrix Doug Merritt discuss how and why cloud security and cloud networks are converging in 2024. Key takeaways include:

• Analysis of Aviatrix’s Distributed Cloud Firewall, which provides uncompromising cloud security by distributing inspection and enforcement, scalability, and agility
• How GenAI will impact cloud operational challenges and the ever-evolving onslaught of cyber-attacks 
• Why enterprises are realizing they must consolidate cloud networking & security teams

Cloud Security & Network Convergence Strengthens Attack Response

Achieving network resilience is not just a matter of having the latest ransomware software or firewall technology. Building sustainability, environmental management and green technology into a network infrastructure can help ensure its survival and resilience. 

This session will examine strategies and technologies that not only bolster your network’s green attributes but also enhance its resilience. You’ll also be better prepared for network audits that examine the use of green technology.

Can Sustainability & Green Tech Help You Achieve Network Resilience? Of Course!

In this session, our experts will dive into the unique advantages Aviatrix offers for enterprise cloud network engineers and architects. We will share how Aviatrix, the leader in secure cloud networking, reduces cloud costs, improves security, and simplifies operations.  
 
In this webinar, you’ll discover how to:  
- Simplify network operations by visualizing everything like never before.  
- Reduce MTTR from hours to minutes by quickly detecting cloud network issues.
- Improve cyber resiliency with distributed inspection, policy enforcement, and micro segmentation.
- Easily integrate your Palo Alto, Checkpoint and Fortinet firewalls in multiple clouds.
- Maximize secure connectivity performance in hybrid environments with up to 100 Gbps IPsec.
- Eliminate NAT data processing charges to reduce costs and enable secure egress controls.
- Modernize cloud networking and security to support multicloud infrastructure as code automation.

Unlock the Power of Cloud Networking: 7 Benefits Only Aviatrix Provides

A recent Futuriom survey report, “Secure Multicloud Networking” revealed that multicloud and hybrid cloud strategies have emerged as key elements of a new adaptive and agile IT strategy to deliver on digital transformation. Of those surveyed, 80% are using at least two clouds and 81% expect multicloud networking to help simplify or accelerate multicloud or hybrid cloud adoption, which they view as critical infrastructure. However, respondents identified a major gap in networking technology, indicating that they don’t see traditional networking tools as real, programmable, cloud-native solutions for managing diverse infrastructure.
 
Join Futuriom’s founder and chief analyst, Scott Raynovich, and Aviatrix host Rod Stuhlmuller as they discuss the key research findings, including controlling escalating cloud costs, and other important networking trends in 2023 and beyond.

Essential Multicloud Networking Strategies for 2023

According to a recent survey by Flexera, the top cloud initiative for 2022 is cost savings. Making sense of and accounting for shared resources in your cloud invoice can be daunting, and it doesn’t have to be. Join Jamie Pope (Sr. Solutions Marketing Specialist) and Wesley Edwards (Principal Solutions Architect) with Aviatrix to explore Aviatrix's newest offering, CostIQ. Aviatrix CostIQ™ is an intelligent chargeback, showback, and cost optimization module for Aviatrix CoPilot™, delivered by the Aviatrix Intelligent Cloud Networking™ platform.

CostIQ: Bringing Cloud Cost into Focus

Global brewing enterprise, HEINEKEN International, faced several challenges, including the need to reduce both the complexity and staff required to deploy, operate and troubleshoot the multicloud network their global SAP applications require to support multiple global business units. Cloud networking complexity and skills gap created a real risk of project delays that would directly impact business critical applications Heineken depends on.

Hosted by Aviatrix’s Rod Stuhlmuller and Dennis Hagens, this webinar will feature special guest Henk Giesbertz, 15-year cloud network consultant at HEINEKEN International.  Learn how Heineken’s team leveraged an intelligent cloud networking platform to deliver consistent networking, security, automation and operational visibility that simplifies both initial deployments and ongoing day-two operations to both maximizes SAP application uptime and minimizes SAP project costs.

How Heineken Simplifies their Business-Critical  SAP Migration

Security threats in the cloud are increasing in severity. While application owners have successfully adopted the new operating model of cloud, the existing approach to micro-segmentation lacks the scale and intelligence required to keep pace with this new model. This leaves businesses exposed to increased risk. 
In this TechTalk, we’ll cover how enterprises can gain the agility, flexibility, and visibility they need to protect their applications against the emerging threat landscape of cloud.

How to Build a Zero-Trust Framework in the Cloud

Aviatrix platform, helps enterprises leverage a Multi-Cloud Network Architecture (MCNA) to easily solve challenges and offers additional layers of security, to global enterprises with a seamless connectivity options across the globe, including mainland China. In this tech talk we will have Solution Architects from Alibaba Cloud and Aviatrix talk about the best solution for the global network, including mainland China, leveraging Alibaba Cloud's private connectivity and Aviatrix MCNA for a seamless experience.

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