Amazon Web Services has launched Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) in the European Union (EU), which enables enterprises to connect their existing infrastructure to a set of isolated AWS compute resources via a virtual private network (VPN) connection,
The company said that Amazon VPC allows enterprises to extend their existing management capabilities such as security services, firewalls, and intrusion detection systems to include their AWS resources.
Using a few simple API calls, users can create their isolated network, specify the IP address range of their own choosing, and then launch Amazon EC2 instances into that network. Users can then create a secure VPN to bridge those AWS resources to their existing IT infrastructure, the company said.
With Amazon VPC, customers can access their resources running in the AWS cloud as if these assets were running within their existing IT infrastructure, Amazon said.
Adam Selipsky, vice president of Amazon Web Services, said: “Since the launch of Amazon VPC in the U.S. last fall, European customers have been requesting this same capability in Europe.
“We’re excited to announce Amazon VPC arrival in Europe as it gives enterprises the attractive combination of being able to further isolate their AWS resources, use all the same security and management tools they normally use, yet still take advantage of the most powerful benefits of the cloud.”
