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AT&T NetBond for Cloud

AT&T NetBond® for Cloud provides an integrated network that brings together your data centers, public clouds, and private clouds in a hybrid environment. A solution from one of our cloud providers (CSPs) (including Amazon Web Services (AWS®), Microsoft® Azure®, and Salesforce®) become a virtual extension of your multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) virtual private network (VPN) from AT&T. These CSPs appear as additional nodes on your network. They’re available to network users by fast, highly secure connections. There are no up-front capital costs, and you’ll have all the controls you need to simplify how you manage your network.

AT&T NetBond for Cloud offers increased efficiency and improved performance with streamlined connections among different clouds. It also reduces the risk of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and other cyber threats that can occur with private Internet connections. You get all this, with no additional infrastructure expenses. Additionally, you can expand your network, with no extra equipment or re-engineering requirements.

The benefits of AT&T NetBond for Cloud include:

  • Quick integration and connection to a number of cloud service providers
  • Highly secure cloud-to-cloud connectivity
  • Next-generation software-defined networking (SDN), with embedded virtual firewalls and virtual Network Address Translation (NAT) routers
  • A self-service portal that simplifies network implementation and bandwidth allocation

For more information, contact us.

 

AT&T NetBond® for Cloud delivers fast and highly secure access to your extended cloud network. The following are some services and features that AT&T NetBond for Cloud provides:

AT&T Network-Based Firewall Service

AT&T Firewall Security – NetworkSM for AT&T NetBond for Cloud provides redundancy, stateful firewall and Unified Threat Management (UTM) functions, automated network activation and setup, and scalability to meet your changing business needs. For more information, check out this video.

Bring Your Own Appliance (BYOA) firewall

The Bring Your Own Appliance (BYOA) firewall feature enables you to insert your own security solution between your users and your cloud services provider (CSP). You can manage security policies according to your corporate security policy guidelines, while still providing private network connections to your CSPs.

Route management options

There are 2 categories of route management options:

  • Route AT&T Virtual Private Network Service (AT&T VPN Service) traffic toward the CSP
  • Route CSP traffic toward the AT&T VPN

Each category provides route management options in the specified direction.

Cloud-to-Cloud

By removing barriers among cloud platforms, AT&T NetBond for Cloud enables intelligent and highly secure connectivity among multiple CSPs, allowing workloads and data to move virtually seamless between public and private clouds, between private clouds, and between hybrid clouds—all on one VPN.

 

Currently there are no optional services available for AT&T NetBond® for Cloud.

With AT&T NetBond® for Cloud, you get quicker, safer access to your cloud. It integrates your virtual private network (VPN) with leading cloud services providers (CSPs) through software-defined networking (SDN) capabilities and proprietary technology. This way, you get a highly secure, flexible, and high-performance connection to all your essential cloud-based applications. The AT&T NetBond for Cloud ecosystem has a number of cloud services providers. This gives customers access to many different cloud solutions.

AT&T NetBond for Cloud delivers clear advantages in terms of security, simplicity, performance, and cost:

  • Bypasses the Internet. This routing reduces the potential for Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and other common cyber threats.
  • Simplifies cloud connectivity. Your IT department has a less complex environment and potentially reduced hardware costs.
  • Virtual network connections. Application performance is better and more predictable than it is with traditional hairpin network configurations.
  • Multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) virtual private network (VPN) from AT&T allows you to leverage your existing investment.

AT&T has the networking and wide area network (WAN) capabilities you need to implement, secure, and manage a fully integrated cloud solution. That’s what sets AT&T NetBond for Cloud apart from the competition.

AT&T NetBond for Cloud provides bandwidth on demand with minimum commitment and dynamic utilization. This pay-as-you go model can result in savings as much as 60% versus traditional private access methods. For more information, contact us.

 

  • What is AT&T NetBond for Cloud, and how can it benefit me?

    Activate rapidly and cost-effectively

    AT&T NetBond® for Cloud provides a network-enabled cloud solution that allows you to extend your multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) virtual private network (VPN) to a cloud services provider (CSP) for the delivery of business applications. With AT&T NetBond for Cloud, the cloud services and your network are pre-integrated to quickly get you up and running. No additional equipment or access lines are needed. Cloud resources become additional nodes on your existing VPN, simplifying management and reducing complexity.

    AT&T NetBond for Cloud also provides a self-service portal that gives you visibility into, and control over, your network and computing resources. On-demand ordering and activation through AT&T Cloud Solutions reduces deployment time from days to minutes. Using AT&T NetBond for Cloud also helps avoid expensive over-provisioning, which can save on network costs. From the portal, you can also scale your network resources as your demands fluctuate, or burst, for greater business agility.

    With AT&T NetBond for Cloud, service fees are based on your minimum bandwidth commitment. This way, you have predictable monthly charges and the flexibility to adjust resources as you need to. Overage charges apply to usage above the selected minimum bandwidth commitment.

    Extend multi-layered security into cloud platforms

    Intelligent, centralized routing-control technology isolates your company's traffic from other cloud traffic. This provides enterprise-grade network security for your workloads. Security risks, such as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are minimized when you use your multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) virtual private network (VPN) from AT&T.

    AT&T NetBond for Cloud enables you to use your AT&T Virtual Private Network Service (AT&T VPN Service) to access cloud resources from almost any site using almost any device. Linking your cloud services providers to your multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) virtual private network (VPN) from AT&T provides the comprehensive network security that your business requires, with the flexibility to scale to other cloud platforms you use.

    Gain enterprise-grade performance and scalability

    AT&T NetBond for Cloud is built on a robust and scalable technology platform to provide the availability and performance your enterprise applications and transactional workloads demand. Compared to cloud connectivity over a traditional Internet connection, AT&T NetBond for Cloud can reduce your latency significantly.

    With on-demand bandwidth, supported by service-level agreements, AT&T NetBond for Cloud delivers the reliability and end-to-end availability that your organization and users demand.

  • How does it work?

    When you establish an AT&T NetBond® for Cloud connection on your company’s virtual private network (VPN) to a cloud services provider’s (CSP) platform, that CSP platform appears like any other endpoint on the VPN.

  • How can I order AT&T NetBond® for Cloud?

    To purchase AT&T NetBond® for Cloud, contact your AT&T representative.

  • Do I need to commit to a contract?

    Clients who purchase AT&T NetBond® for Cloud have the option to choose month-to-month, or set up a contract for the service for 1 or more years.

  • Can I order the service outside the US?

    Yes. AT&T NetBond® for Cloud is available in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.

  • How is this service different from other methods of private connectivity to public cloud services?

    Other methods often require you to purchase equipment along with network access. Plus, you may have to figure out—and pay for—your maximum bandwidth needs before you know how much you’ll use. In addition, you’ll probably have to manually establish routing and make sure that it correctly propagates. Because bandwidth is static in these scenarios, traffic may hairpin. This can cause latency on your network and interfere with critical business processes.

    With AT&T NetBond® for Cloud, you don’t have to buy any additional equipment. You can also dynamically configure your virtual connections, giving you real-time network elasticity. AT&T NetBond for Cloud avoids the complexity and added expenses of an IPsec tunnel or private-line solution, and minimizes the work your IT staff needs to do to maintain your cloud.

  • What are the AT&T NetBond for Cloud prerequisites?

    Before you order and activate AT&T NetBond® for Cloud, you need the following:

    • A contract with AT&T for AT&T NetBond for Cloud service.

    Your AT&T Account Manager can help with any contract questions.

    • An activated AT&T Cloud Solutions account in AT&T Cloud Solutions.

    After the contract is signed by AT&T and your account is set up in AT&T Cloud Solutions, we’ll send you an email about how to activate your AT&T Cloud Solutions account.

    • AT&T multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) Virtual Private Network Service.
    • An account set up with a cloud services provider (CSP) in the AT&T NetBond for Cloud ecosystem.
  • Does this service offer the ability to reserve capacity?

    No. When you set up AT&T NetBond® for Cloud, you agree to a tiered pricing plan, based on your minimum bandwidth needs. If you go over your capacity, you’ll be charged for the overage. When you know you’ll need more bandwidth, you can go into the portal and change your minimum bandwidth commitment to avoid overage charges.

  • How do I know which options I need?

    At the start of your contract, we can help you design your first cloud integration with the cloud services provider (CSP) of your choice in our cloud ecosystem. We’ll help you choose data centers, minimum bandwidth commitments, and other options. AT&T also has many resources to help you build an overall cloud strategy and evaluate the different cloud migration options. AT&T can also provide tools and expertise to help with return-on-investment (ROI) metrics.

  • How do I configure private networking?

    AT&T NetBond® for Cloud is available only by private networking. No Internet access is available with this service. Currently, clients need to have AT&T Virtual Private Network Service (AT&T VPN Service) networking to access the platform. Configuration happens during setup.

  • What kind of reporting is available?

    AT&T NetBond® for Cloud provides a monthly usage report you can access from AT&T Cloud Solutions. Click My account, and then click Reports. You can use this report to help choose the right amount of bandwidth to best meet your business needs.

    AT&T NetBond for Cloud also provides usage-based notifications to alert you before you go over your allotted bandwidth.

  • How do I configure private networking?

    AT&T NetBond® for Cloud is currently available only by private networking through AT&T Virtual Private Network Service (AT&T VPN Service) networking. We’ll schedule a call with you to explain the signup and setup process to implement AT&T NetBond for Cloud.

    When it’s time to turn on your service, we’ll schedule another call with you. We’ll walk you through the setup and activation process. During the setup process, AT&T Cloud Solutions handles all the routing and configuration work for you.