Amazon expands direct-to-cloud links

Grazed from IT News.  Author: Juha Saarinen.

Amazon Web Services customers will now have further options of connecting directly to the cloud computing provider’s data centres via its Direct Connect service, instead of going over the public internet.  Direct Connect is now available at the Seattle Equinix data centre, and also to the AWS GovCloud in the US, which is a region designed for specific regulatory and compliance requirements of controlled, unclassified information.

The main benefit of using a private network connection to the AWS is lower cost, Amazon claims, as well as improved bandwidth and more consistent experience and performance. Direct Connection doesn’t however provide onward connectivity to the public internet…

Once the connection is active, Amazon charges for AWS Direct Connect by the hour and port. The cost for a 1Gbps port at the Equinix data centre in Sydney is US$0.30 per hour; a 10Gbps port costs US$2.25 per hour.   Data transfer charges to and from Sydney cost US0.045 per gigabyte for outbound traffic. Incoming traffic is zero-rated however and there are no limits as to how much data can be sent and received, nor are there set up charges or cancellation fees…

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