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AWS Connectivity for the

Transportation & Logistics Industry


Challenge At a Glance
The transportation & logistics industry is undergoing a massive digital transformation as technological
innovations are impacting wide-sweeping operations from autonomous vehicles, AI-powered driver
monitoring, to deep data analytics powering insights into more efficient routing. The transportation &
logistics industry needs a private connectivity solution to protect the increasing amounts of data and
workloads in the cloud tied to digital transformation. 37%
Transportation & logistics organizations require reliable, high-performance connections to Amazon
Web Services (AWS).
• “Everything from augmented and virtual reality, to Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) are working TODAY 2022
towards making the driver experience as data-driven and high-tech as possible to not only increase
performance on the road, but to “gamify” the driver experience to attract and retain a robust driver THE GLOBAL PREDICTIVE
workforce.” 2 MAINTENANCE MARKET IS
EXPECTED TO GROW BY 37%
• “On-board video technology and driver monitoring help increase driver performance and BY 2022 REACHING OVER
experience while driving. It can also predict inclement weather, traffic, or construction slowdowns 10.9 BILLION USD. 1
giving the driver visibility into the most efficient lane possible.” 2
• “Technological innovations like the “sharing economy,” the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, on-
demand logistics, and autonomous and automated equipment solutions will have a great impact
on supply chains around the world in 2019.” 3

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Solution
$1.2
CloudLink by Zayo is an AWS Direct Connect Network Infrastructure Competency partner enabling
the transportation & logistics industry to connect to AWS directly, securely and reliably.

Y
DA
AWS Direct Connect is a cloud service solution that makes it easy to establish a dedicated network BILLION
TO
connection from an enterprise’s premises to AWS. Using AWS Direct Connect, transportation
organizations can establish private connectivity between AWS and their data centers, office THE GLOBAL ROBOTIC
locations or colocation environments. CloudLink combined with AWS Direct Connect reduces PROCESS AUTOMATION
MARKET IS EXPECTED TO
network costs, increases bandwidth throughput and provides a more consistent network
REACH MORE THAN 1.2
experience than internet-based connections. BILLION USD BY 2021. 1

73%
Enterprise

73% OF TRANSPORTATION
Data Center EXECUTIVES IN PCW’S
“2018 DIGITAL IQ SURVEY”
SAID THEY WERE ALREADY
MAKING INVESTMENTS IN THE
INTERNET OF THINGS. 1

SaaS

1. https://www.pwc.pl/en/publikacje/2018/
transport-and-logistics-trends-2019.html
2. https://www.breakthroughfuel.com/blog/
supply-chain-start-up-trends-2019/
3. https://www.supplychain247.com/article/transportation_
supply_chain_predictions_for_2019
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Partnership
Why CloudLink by Zayo for AWS Direct Connect?

Zayo has a presence in CloudLink by Zayo has been Zayo gives customers access
100% of North American connecting customers to AWS via to emerging technology to connect
AWS on-ramp locations— Direct Connect since 2011 and is to AWS.
over 50 in total. an AWS Direct Connect Network
Infrastructure Competency Partner.

AMSTERDAM
LONDON
VANCOUVER
SEATTLE MONTREAL PARIS FRANKFURT
TORONTO
PORTLAND DENVER BOSTON
SANTA CLARA NEW YORK
SAN JOSE LAS VEGAS CHICAGO NEWARK TOKYO
LOS ANGELES DALLAS PHILADELPHIA OSAKA
PHOENIX WASHINGTON
HOUSTON
ATLANTA HONG KONG

SINGAPORE

SAO PAULO

SYDNEY

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Use Cases
Transportation & logistics organizations implement CloudLink to improve
the performance and security of their connection to applications, data and
workloads hosted in AWS, including IoT applications, sensitive supplier data
and mission-critical logistics software.

WORK WITH IMPROVE OPTIMIZE COSTS & SATISFY REGULATORY


LARGE DATA SETS: CONNECTIVITY TO AWS: LOWER EGRESS FEES: REQUIREMENTS:
• Support large-scale, • Prevent delays or lags • Lower monthly egress • Satisfy security and
data-intensive predictive in artificial intelligence bills by about 3x with a regulatory requirements
maintenance efforts software used to gamify dedicated connection by using private
with a direct connection the driver experience • Implement IoT initiatives connectivity to maintain
to AWS control of protected
• Realize lower latency at an optimized cost by
data and cloud-based
• Collect and store data for robotics process lowering data egress fees
applications
from onboard telemetrics automation through • Combine the elasticity &
devices to monitor direct, predictable • Bypass the public
economic benefits of AWS
driver performance and connections internet to avoid threats
with owned infrastructure
alertness of network hijacking on
• Achieve a consistent
sensitive logistics costs
• Maintain data-heavy network experience for
and manufacturing
video footage from automatic biometric
information
drone-powered vehicle identification systems to
supervision measure driver health • Utilize AWS for data
recovery and backup to
ensure vital records are
not lost

ABOUT ZAYO ABOUT AWS


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to serve you. We’re committed to providing you with resilient and customized comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. To learn more about
solutions that meet your needs. AWS, visit https://aws.amazon.com.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT A SECURE CLOUD CONNECTION FROM TRANSPORTATION


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