Bypassing the Public Internet: Securing Your Enterprise Cloud with Direct Connectivity
Stop Trusting the Public Internet with Your Critical Cloud Workloads
For years, enterprises have relied on the public internet as the default pathway to the cloud. However, as workloads become increasingly mission-critical, standard IP transit is revealing its fundamental limitations.
The public internet was built for best-effort delivery, not the rigorous demands of modern business. Consequently, standard IP transit can result in high latency, packet loss and limited routing control, directly hindering enterprise cloud adoption and compromising application performance.
The True Cost of Unpredictable Network Performance
When your infrastructure relies on the public internet, your data competes with consumer traffic, streaming services and global network congestion. This unpredictable performance creates direct business challenges, including high latency affecting cloud applications, frustrating user experiences and increased exposure to security threats.
Every time data takes an indirect route across the public internet, it may be exposed to route hijacking, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and data interception. For network architects, cloud engineers and IT security managers, relying entirely on standard public routing is a risk that is becoming increasingly difficult to justify.
Why Secure Cloud Routing Is Superior
The solution lies in shifting from best-effort transit to secure cloud routing. By bypassing the public internet, enterprises can establish dedicated and private pathways directly to their chosen cloud providers.
Direct cloud connectivity transforms enterprise network architecture by offering:
- Predictable performance: High-performance connectivity with lower and more consistent latency.
- Enhanced security: Private connections minimise exposure to public internet threats and can provide protected connectivity, even for lower-bandwidth requirements.
- Granular control: Enterprises regain greater control over traffic routing, supporting compliance, route optimisation and failover redundancy.
Maximising Uptime with Azure Peering Service in Malaysia
For organisations heavily invested in the Microsoft ecosystem, using Azure Peering Service in Malaysia can strengthen connectivity to Microsoft cloud services.
DE-CIX provides direct access to the Microsoft Azure Peering Service (MAPS), delivering reliable and optimised internet connectivity to Microsoft services. It improves the user experience by providing a shorter network path from an organisation’s premises to the nearest Microsoft network edge
Point of Presence (PoP).
By integrating MAPS into your network architecture, your organisation can benefit from
Microsoft-supported service-level agreements, route monitoring and alerts for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) misconfigurations.
Take Control of Your Cloud Ecosystem
Your enterprise cloud is only as strong as the network connecting it. It is time to reduce the unpredictability of the public internet and secure your workloads with carrier-grade interconnection designed for enterprise requirements.
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To learn more about protecting and improving connectivity to Microsoft workloads, explore the Microsoft Azure Peering Service through DE-CIX.
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