Title

AWS re:Invent 2022 - Leaping ahead: The power of cloud network innovation (NET211-L)

Summary

Dave Brown, Vice President of Amazon EC2 AWS, reflects on the evolution of AWS networking over 15 years.
AWS has expanded its global infrastructure with 30 regions, 25 local zones, and more than 440 CloudFront locations.
AWS backbone is a global network with redundant 400 gigabit links, ensuring encrypted and highly available traffic.
AWS has focused on scalability, planning, cost, supply chain, and physical work to expand its global backbone.
AWS introduced innovations like Scalable Reliable Datagram (SRD) and ENA Express for improved network performance.
AWS has increased VPC size to support up to 256,000 in-use IP addresses.
AWS VPC Lattice was announced, allowing service networks within VPCs without requiring networking expertise.
AWS Network Manager and CloudWatch Internet Monitor were introduced for detailed network monitoring and internet weather insights.
AWS Verified Access was announced for zero-trust networking, simplifying operations and increasing mobility.
AWS Cloud WAN was highlighted as a solution for simplifying connections between globally distributed resources.

AWS's continuous innovation in networking is driven by the need to support scalable and secure networks for diverse workloads.
The expansion of AWS's global infrastructure demonstrates its commitment to providing low-latency and highly available services worldwide.
AWS's focus on the global backbone's scalability and redundancy ensures that customer traffic is secure and uninterrupted, even in the event of physical disruptions.
The introduction of SRD and ENA Express indicates AWS's dedication to improving network performance and reducing latency for high-performance computing and storage-intensive applications.
The increase in VPC size reflects AWS's anticipation of customer needs for larger and more scalable network architectures.
AWS VPC Lattice aims to simplify networking for developers and network administrators, indicating a shift towards more user-friendly networking solutions.
AWS Network Manager and CloudWatch Internet Monitor show AWS's efforts to provide customers with comprehensive tools for network visibility and diagnostics.
AWS Verified Access and the move towards zero-trust networking represent a significant shift in security paradigms, focusing on application-level authentication rather than network-level trust.
AWS Cloud WAN's introduction suggests AWS's strategy to integrate on-premise and cloud networks, simplifying global network management for customers.