Direct Peering
Direct Peering of Cloud Services
For businesses who are Cloud Services users Blaze offer Direct Peering connectivity to all of the major cloud service and hosting providers (and to a vast number of less common ones).
Blaze support private interconnections into major cloud providers like Microsoft, AWS, Equinix, Salesforce, and IBM so that private virtual local area networks (VLANs) can be connected all the way from your cloud service directly into your network.
Advantages of Direct Peering
With the increasing adoption of cloud services such as Microsoft Azure, Office 365, and Amazon AWS, businesses sometimes make sub-optimal network choices which introduce security vulnerabilities and impact performance (for example, connecting to a cloud service via the public internet).
Connectivity considerations should not be overlooked when investing in a cloud service on which you will build your business. These include:
- Should your business-critical data be shipped back and forth over the public internet?
- Is the latency between you and the cloud service acceptable, and how will this latency be guaranteed if you require it to be at a certain level for things like SQL replication?
- Do you have regulatory or compliancy requirements that force your data to be maintained privately in the UK?
- Do you need a contract that covers the cloud connection service end-to-end (covering service level agreements for service uptime and latency)?
- What if something goes wrong in between the ISP and the cloud service provider, potentially something outside of your ISP’s control? (Most ISPs do not have direct peering arrangements into the cloud service providers’ networks, even if the ISP has a relationship with your chosen cloud service provider).
In each of these situations, Direct Peering offers substantial advantages.
Direct Peering Connection through the Blaze Private Core Network
Offered in connection with our Ethernet product range, Direct Peering connects your sites (using Blaze’s Ethernet connectivity products) though the Blaze Private Core Network and on into your cloud service provider’s network using the private interconnects which Blaze has established with leading cloud service providers. Your data is no longer routed over the public internet and, most importantly, you will have end to end service level agreements from Blaze.
As an MSP, Blaze Networks provides connectivity with full support services. We take care of those things you should not need to worry about, and our UK-based customer service team proactivity monitor your connections from the Blaze Networks Operations Centre in Macclesfield, Cheshire. (We aim to discover and be resolving any issues before your users tell you).
We should be talking: contact Blaze today to discuss how Blaze Connectivity Services can simplify communications and reduce cost for your business.
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In doing so, Blaze have access to a vast array of products that allow us to overcome our customers’ business challenges and requirements.
Microsoft
Blaze is a Microsoft Solutions Partner and Tier 1 Microsoft CSP Partner. We specialise in Microsoft 365 (including Teams and Teams Phone System), in Microsoft On-Premise and Hosted / Cloud Infrastructure (including Azure), and enable businesses to continue their digital evolution by fully exploiting the latest capabilities of Microsoft products as they evolve.
As a Microsoft Solutions Partner for Modern Work, Blaze has demonstrated a broad capability to help customers boost productivity and make the shift to hybrid work using Microsoft 365.
Fortinet
Blaze is an Expert Partner of Fortinet, a global industry leader in the supply of secure networking infrastructure systems. Fortinet are our technology partner of choice when building customer-specific Private SD-WANs, and Blaze is one of only a handful of Fortinet SD-WAN Specialization Partners in the UK and a Fortinet top-level Expert Partner. Blaze is also a Fortinet-accredited Managed Secure Solutions Provider (MSSP) and Integrator Fortinet partner. A Leader in several of Gartner’s Magic Quadrants, the Fortinet platform combines excellent performance with advanced security features, superb manageability, and excellent Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) per Mbps.
Veeam
Veeam is a highly respected leader in cloud-based backup and recovery software, data protection and advanced monitoring in the data centre.
Blaze is a Veeam Cloud and Service Provider Silver Partner and we have combined Veeam technology with our highly secure Blaze Cloud™ infrastructure to produce BlazeVault™, a highly dependable, secure, and resource-efficient solution which will keep downtime to an absolute minimum in the event of data loss in operational systems or ransomware attack.
Bitdefender
Blaze is a Bitdefender Gold MSP Partner. Bitdefender is a global cybersecurity leader protecting over 500 million systems through OEM technology partnerships, including with many global IT companies. Tests show it is unmatched in Attack Prevention. Based on Bitdefender technology, Blaze Endpoint Protection hardens endpoints to prevent malware and malicious attacks, and it provides the investigation and remediation capabilities needed to dynamically respond to security incidents when they evade protection controls. Blaze Managed EDR keeps your organisation safe with 24×7 security monitoring, advanced attack prevention, detection and remediation.
Cisco
Cisco has long been the world’s pre-eminent network systems vendor, particularly for technology used at the core of major corporate networks and the internet. In addition to using Cisco equipment within our customers’ private networks, Blaze incorporates Cisco technology into the heart of our own network operations; the Blaze Private Core Network is built utilising Enterprise-class CISCO core routing equipment.