Alibaba Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN)
Alibaba Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN) is a global network service that provides highly available, secure, and high-performance connectivity between Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) across different regions and accounts, as well as on-premises data centers. It acts as a unified network backbone,…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2017
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Alibaba Cloud Enterprise Network was created to solve the growing complexity and operational overhead associated with connecting distributed cloud resources and hybrid environments across disparate Alibaba Cloud regions, accounts, and on-premises data centers. Before CEN, organizations relied on a patchwork of individual VPC peering connections, VPNs, or dedicated network lines, which became unwieldy, difficult to scale, and challenging to manage as cloud footprints expanded globally.
- Platforms
- Alibaba Cloud
Related technologies
Notable users
- Global enterprises utilizing Alibaba Cloud for multi-region deployments
- Organizations implementing hybrid cloud strategies with Alibaba Cloud
- Businesses with complex inter-VPC communication requirements across accounts
- Any large-scale Alibaba Cloud customer requiring streamlined global network management