Global Network Solution

Alibaba Cloud's global infrastructure and cloud-native SD-WAN technology-based solution can help you build a dedicated global network to connect core businesses across peripherals worldwide with high elasticity, enterprise-level data privacy, and high-quality networking.

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Why Us

Typically, multinational enterprises face three major challenges with cross-border networking, namely: public network cannot assure the level of network security and reliability required for their business, legacy network (physical leased line) is complex to deploy and manage, and finally, enterprises need to continually secure their cloud service endpoints while making them accessible worldwide.

Alibaba Cloud Global Network solution can help our customers substantially solve above challenges. Our solution provides E2E data transmission encryption, global network coverage and ultra-low latency to eliminate enterprises' security and reliability concerns. Meanwhile minute level deployment and centralized maintenance and operation (M&O) platform simplify the network initial set up and ongoing management. In addition, our smart routing mechanism and enterprise grade reliability can enable your cloud service endpoints seamlessly access worldwide.

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Solution Highlights

  • Minute-Level Deployment

    This out-of-the-box solution simplifies your global network deployment from weeks to minutes. Alibaba Cloud’s global network and SD-WAN technology save time and cost through multi-party coordination and operations.

  • High-Reliability Global Network

    Alibaba Cloud’s global infrastructure, the multilayer networks using a redundancy-based resolution, automatic routing management, and intelligent operation and maintenance capabilities ensure high reliability.

  • Multiterminal Secure Network

    This solution leverages Alibaba Cloud hybrid cloud architecture and SD-WAN technologies to support all mainstream cloud networking across PCs, smart devices, and other terminals with enterprise-level security.

  • Cloud Acceleration

    The Alibaba Cloud global infrastructure guarantees smooth, secure, and quick cloud migrations and provides a one-stop solution for cloud application acceleration.

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How It Works

Your Challenges

Building a private global network requires high financial costs and O&M. Traditional global networks are not scalable during unexpected business changes, affecting business consistency and user experience.

Our Solution

  • Alibaba Cloud Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN) provides private network interconnection capabilities on and off the cloud. You can access the exclusive hybrid cloud network in all scenarios through Alibaba Cloud Smart Access Gateway (SAG), high-speed channels, and VPN gateway products.

    Key Features:
    • Flexible networking capabilities that support fast deployment in minutes
    • Automatic optimization for global networks with multilayer networks using a redundancy-based resolution
    • Support on private networks and 4G across mobile devices and PCs

Your Challenges

Enterprises face many challenges while building global networks between headquarters and branches, such as the high cost and time requirements of building a private network, O&M, and concerns on network security and reliability.

Our Solution

  • Smart Access Gateway (SAG) allows you to access Alibaba Cloud's POP servers nearby to build your dedicated network globally for headquarters and branches. For cross-border scenarios, Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN) provides multi-regional high-speed connections. The Alibaba Cloud console provides end-to-end visual monitoring and management capabilities over the entire global network, which simplifies daily operation and maintenance tasks.

    Key Features:
    • High reliability supported by multi-level disaster recovery design of devices, links, and access
    • Multiple deployment methods supported by SAG, including hardware, images, and apps
    • Elastic bandwidth of SAG and CEN can adapt to business needs to maximize network efficiency

Your Challenges

Enterprises need a global network solution to allow remote workers to purchase and start network services flexibly and log on to the enterprise’s internal networks quickly and safely.

Our Solution

  • This one-stop solution supports encrypted dial-up connections to the enterprise’s internal networks from PCs or smartphones through the SAG app and VPN gateway products, which is suitable for remote working and remote operation and maintenance. The SAG app and VPN gateway can also link the Identity as a Service (IDaaS) to automatically sync your enterprise accounts, so you can directly log on to the Alibaba Cloud network client and connect to the enterprise intranet for data and application access.

    Key Features:
    • Support on mainstream PC and mobile operating systems
    • One-click log-on to the enterprise’s internal network on the SAG app
    • The elastic bandwidth of the SAG App is based on business needs to maximize network efficiency.

Featured Products

Cloud Enterprise Network

Connect business systems located in different regions around the world

Smart Access Gateway

Connect your company network through a variety of intelligent access modes

Express Connect

Connect through a reliable, high-bandwidth network of leased lines and VPCs

VPN Gateway

Securely connect your on-premises data center to a VPN

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Security and Compliance

We are committed to providing stable, reliable, secure, and compliant cloud computing infrastructure services across major jurisdictions around the world.
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  • SOC2 Type II Report
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  • MLPS 2.0
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Customer Success Stories

See how companies are leveraging Alibaba Cloud network solutions to grow and improve their business in China and globally.

As a leading hospitality company, IHG has always been the pioneer in digital change to keep its pole position in an increasingly technology-driven and interconnected world. In this digital era, we are fully devoted to providing the best guest experience in a sustainable and global manner.

Steven Zhong | VP, Hotel and Owner Solutions, IHG Greater China

By partnering with Alibaba Cloud network, IHG has enabled more than 350 hotels in China to deploy secure, fast connection between each other and with headquarter in the United States. The simple and flexible deployment method greatly shortens the launching phase of their business, reduces the network cost by more than 50%, and enables the rapid expansion of IHG business in China.

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On the basis of Alibaba Cloud global hybrid network solution, we could easily set up and scale up our cross-region business platform as we are rapidly developing Asia Pacific markets. Working hand in hand with partner like Alibaba Cloud, we continue to create an even more extensive global platform with lower costs but greater network quality.

Storm Wang | IT director in Rosenberger Asia Pacific Electric Co., Ltd

The network solution of Alibaba Cloud helps Rosenberger migrate key business applications to the cloud. Through the Cloud Enterprise Network, they quickly built transnational networks covering mainland China, China (Hong Kong), India, Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia. Users in different regions can enjoy 12 times faster access to the business system on the Cloud.

ThyssenKrupp is a diversified industrial group from Germany with more than 162,000 employees in 78 countries and regions worldwide. The ThyssenKrupp Group's business areas cover a wide range of industries including machine component technology, elevator technology, industrial solutions, material services, and steel.

By adopting Alibaba Cloud’s SD-WAN network solution, ThyssenKrupp quickly built up the network of most of ThyssenKrupp's plants and branches in China, and the network quality was well improved, further ensuring business stability and significantly reducing IT operation and maintenance costs.

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Resources

Whitepaper

Cloud Networking with Alibaba Cloud

This whitepaper is a complete guide to the technologies, architecture, and solutions of the Alibaba Cloud Networking.

Whitepaper

Networking: Start-up to Scale-up

The ebook discusses the challenges that SmartEntry tackles as it grows its network and identifies cloud-based solutions from Alibaba Cloud’s suite of products and services.

Whitepaper

Breaking Barriers with the Hybrid Cloud

This whitepaper assesses the market need for hybrid cloud solutions, and analyzes the advantages and shortcomings of both public and private cloud solutions.

Webinar

Alibaba Cloud Network Solution Intro

Alibaba Cloud ACtivate is a free, online conference that will help leaders develop their strategic roadmap to drive impact and take advantage of the rapidly-evolving opportunities of technology. It also provides a step-by-step introduction to Alibaba Cloud's core products and solutions to help you jump-start your digital transformation.

Webinar

Networking: Build Superior Networks on Alibaba Cloud

Today, customers have grown accustomed to high speeds and reliable connectivity. One second of network delay when accessing a website, mobile app, or application service can increase your bounce rate.

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Build a Cross-region Hybrid Enterprise Network

Success of cross-region business relies heavily on integration of different offices and branches for multinational enterprises and multi-regional companies.

CEN

Get Started with CEN to Create a Global Network

Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN) allows you to create a global network for rapidly building a distributed business system with a hybrid cloud computing solution.

CEN

Connect Network Instances in Different Regions

This tutorial guides you how to use CEN to connect the networks in different regions of different accounts.

CEN

Cloud Enterprise Network Migration with Express Connect

Alibaba Cloud Express Connect offers point-to-point connectivity between networks. To ensure communication, a peering connection (VRouter interface) must be established between two network instances, and a static route must then be configured.

Blog

How to Build a Transit VPC on Alibaba Cloud

This article shows you how you can connect multiple VPCs all together without the need of managing the complexity of a full mesh network by using a transit VPC.

Blog

How China Is Different (Part 2) – Cloud Infrastructure Networking

This article provides a brief insight into doing business in China and discusses how you should adapt to the unique networking infrastructure.

Blog

Building Hybrid Global Networks with Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN) and VPN Gateway

This article outlines the necessary steps when enabling Alibaba Cloud's CEN service to support VPN Gateways routes to either connect to an IDC or another VPC.

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