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Cisco SD-WAN on AWS

Challenges
Need greater management, automation, and security at scale for site to cloud connectivity
Organizations supporting global users require seamless connectivity and security between branch offices, applications and
workloads hosted in the cloud. They are also looking to reduce their WAN cost by leveraging cloud as a backbone for their multi-
regional networks. Many WAN solutions are far too rigid in design, complicated to configure, and expensive to maintain. Adding to
this complexity, is the accelerated growth of IoT adoption, which is increasing the number of network devices and advanced
applications that need to be managed and safeguarded against sophisticated security threats.

As customers migrate workloads into cloud, extending secure connectivity can be a manual, time consuming process. They are
looking to extend the common policy, segmentation, and security of their WAN environments at scale and in an operationally
efficient manner.

The Cisco Solution

Cisco SD-WAN and AWS Transit Gateway
Whether an organization is just beginning to migrate their workloads to the cloud – or a business is already running applications on
AWS and using Cisco technologies – Cisco SD-WAN and AWS Transit Gateway offer customers more flexibility, security, and efficiency
for hybrid networks than ever before. Cisco Networking extends its SD-WAN technology to manage and automate connectivity
between branch offices and AWS via AWS Transit Gateway.

This combined solution enables native branch to cloud, and branch to branch connectivity leveraging the AWS Backbone. In addition,
Cisco and AWS are sharing network management information to provide a consistent view through both Cisco vManage and AWS
Transit Gateway Network Manager. Customers can connect their Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) and their on-premises
networks through a single management pane. Network operators can create end-to-end connectivity between users and cloud-
hosted apps, while applying network segmentation and security policies to traffic flows. Customers can lower their operational cost by
leveraging the Cisco SD-WAN solution on AWS.

Benefits
Cisco SD-WAN and AWS make it easier for network administrators to simply deploy, manage, and secure workloads moving to the cloud.

Optimized user experience Faster automated management

Improves availability and end-to-end Saves valuable admin time with simple
connectivity between users and cloud- management and automated connectivity
hosted applications. from branch to branch, and branch to AWS
through Cisco Cloud OnRamp.

Reduced security risks moving to cloud Lower total cost of ownership

Network segmentation and security policies Lowers operational costs with VPCs and
reduce risks as customers extend workloads transit gateways managed and monitored
into the cloud. from a single interface.

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Cisco SD-WAN and AWS Transit Gateway

Cisco and AWS make it easy to automate seamlessly and view end-to-end connectivity through a single, unified, automated interface. This
combined solution offers ease of management, and increased security through network segmentation.

Features
Strengthen your security posture
Cisco SD-WAN provides a secure cloud scale architecture to support advanced application optimization,
multi-layered security, and AWS integration. Cisco SD-WAN and AWS Transit Gateway connects any
user to any application so they can deploy cloud-based applications without compromising on security
or user experience.

Automate branch connectivity

The Cisco SD-WAN and AWS Transit Gateway solution saves time by offering simplified management
and automated connectivity from branches to AWS. IT teams can make changes to all connectivity
settings in a matter of minutes. By managing and monitoring VPCs and transit gateways from a single
interface, the solution helps reduce time to deploy and operational expense.

Cisco SD-WAN and AWS Transit Gateway Use Case

Challenges Solution Results

Headquartered in France, ENGIE is a
global reference in low-carbon energy
that employs more than 150,000
employees worldwide. Their networking
team needed to provide connectivity for
its global branch offices, which adhered
to different regulatory and compliance
standards. ENGIE also had different
firewall standards for its own sites and
external users.
ENIGE deployed the Cisco SD-WAN and
AWS Transit Gateway solution, which
enabled them to create end-to-end
connectivity between users and cloud-
hosted apps and apply consistent
network segmentation and data
security policies to traffic flows across
all AWS Regions.
Moving from a managed-service model
to in-house network management,
ENGIE was able to increase their overall
network visibility and control. By
deploying Cisco SD-WAN and AWS
Transit Gateway they were able to
accelerate new site connectivity in just
15 days time.
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