A shift toward cloud-based applications is underway, with research firm Gartner predicting that 65% of application workloads will be optimized for cloud delivery by 2027, an increase from 45% in 2022. This trend is driven by the advantages of cloud computing, which offers scalability, flexibility and potentially lower costs.
However, the path to cloud adoption isn't always smooth. Many organizations leverage a hybrid IT approach, utilizing both on-premises infrastructure and cloud services. While this offers a degree of control, it can also lead to complexity. Managing a hybrid environment reduces end-to-end visibility, making it difficult to troubleshoot issues, maintain consistent service levels and ensure optimal performance.
Additionally, supporting a hybrid IT environment is often costly due to the need for specialized expertise and potentially redundant infrastructure. Staffing is also a challenge, as organizations may struggle to find professionals with the skills required to manage on-premises and cloud systems.
The challenges associated with hybrid IT are particularly acute for highly regulated industries, such as financial services and healthcare, or HCLS. These sectors have strict compliance requirements regarding data security, resiliency and privacy.
In an effort to overcome these challenges, Megaport and Aviatrix announced their strategic partnership that will deliver secure, highly resilient hybrid and multicloud connectivity and control.
Megaport is changing how businesses connect their infrastructure, with one smart and simple platform to manage every connection. Build secure, scalable and agile networks in just a few clicks, accessing global endpoints and creating private paths in minutes.
Aviatrix is on a mission to make cloud networking simple so companies stay agile. Their cloud networking platform creates the visibility, security and control needed to adapt with ease and move ahead at speed.
Through this partnership, Megaport and Aviatrix will combine their strengths to offer an improved network and security solution. Megaport's global private network, together with Aviatrix's cloud networking and network security solutions, will provide customers with secure, resilient, high-performance multicloud and hybrid cloud connectivity with a new level of observability and cost reduction.
This will address key market demands, including simplified cloud interconnectivity, increased operational resiliency and regulatory compliance, cost reductions and the need for secure data and application mobility across multi and hybrid cloud environments.
“Through our collaboration with Aviatrix, we are not just responding to the current needs of the market; we are anticipating the future demands of hybrid cloud connectivity,” said Michael Reid, CEO at Megaport. “This partnership embodies our commitment to providing secure, flexible, and efficient solutions for our customers, enabling them to thrive in a multicloud ecosystem.”
Customers can deploy Aviatrix's software on Megaport's Virtual Edge platform, which grants access to Megaport's global network reaching over 850 data centers across 25 countries. Megaport's automated system enables on-demand creation of secure, private connections between data centers and cloud environments. This process minimizes delays and ensures high network availability.
Additionally, Aviatrix's cloud-based networking software seamlessly integrates with Megaport's platform, which offers a user-friendly experience for building secure, high-performance hybrid networks.
“With Aviatrix and Megaport's joint leadership in cloud networking, we are thrilled to offer the most secure, performant, and cost-effective multicloud connectivity surpassing the stringent compliance requirements for regulated industries like financial services and healthcare and life sciences,” said Doug Merritt, CEO at Aviatrix. “This is clearly a breakthrough in hybrid and multicloud management.”Edited by Greg Tavarez
