AWS service that creates a dedicated, private network connection from your office or data center directly to AWS. Like having a private highway built just for your company's traffic, bypassing the public internet entirely.
A financial firm uses Direct Connect to transfer sensitive trading data between their data center and AWS with guaranteed bandwidth and security.
All four services provide private, dedicated connectivity from on-premises networks to the cloud, typically via a telecom/colocation partner. They reduce reliance on the public internet and can improve bandwidth consistency and latency, but they differ in port speeds, locations, routing options, and pricing models.