What is Cloud Networking: Definition, Strategy and Types

What is cloud networking?

Cloud networking allows for connectivity between workloads and applications across cloud services, on-premises data centers, and edge networks. It is essential for the performance, security, management, and efficiency of hybrid cloud and multi-cloud environments.

Why should you care about cloud networking?

Cloud networking is the new enterprise core. Most applications interact with or leave an organization’s network. Companies that use public cloud services need to design, deploy, and maintain a cloud network for efficiency, agility, security, performance, and security.

What IT teams are responsible for cloud networking?

Collaboration is required across many IT operations teams (compute, networking and security), applications teams, cloud architects, and business stakeholders.

• NetOps: Creates and maintains network architectures for different teams. This helps to ensure that users have access to the right applications and offers consistent user experiences.
• Data center teams and compute infrastructure teams: Implements application-aware policies to ensure that the network extends between on-premises environments and public clouds.
• SecOps: Protects users and their access to applications and data across multiple networks
• Application teams and DevOps: Uses network architectures and resources in order to deploy applications and improve performance
• Cloud architects: Contributes towards the design of a common strategy for multi-cloud networking

Originally published on The Tech Trend