📋 Tender Overview
KPN in collaboration with internet exchange NL-ix is introducing a new service for large business customers with which they can connect directly quickly and securely to applications that are hosted on the public internet and outside the company network. About 95 of all internet traffic of Dutch organizations comes from about 2400 networks affiliated with NL-ix including the big three Cloud Service Providers Microsoft Azure Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud. Due to this direct connection which usually belongs to internet service providers ISPs traffic to and from these applications is shielded from normal internet traffic. This ensures organizations of end-to-end security as well as reliability performance and flexibility.Elastic Interconnectwas developed by KPN together with NL-ix one of the largest internet exchanges in the world and part of KPN. With the new solution organizations gain direct control over their internet traffic through a direct fast and secure connection. In this way they can shield specific traffic from the public internet. This solution offers extra security. Organizations are also assured of good performance and they receive very high reliability guarantees so that their data and applications are and remain easily accessible. In addition the service provides real-time and historical insight into the traffic allowing for faster identification and resolution of any problems.Due to the enormous acceleration that we are seeing in digitization connections to applications running in different locations and networks are becoming increasingly important for large corporate organizations. It is also crucial that these connections are optimally controlled and secure. By adding Elastic Interconnect to our Secure Networking portfolio we are able to enable organizations to use data and applications in an extra secure and controlled way says Jilles Limburg director KPN Grootbedrijven.With Elastic Interconnect we open up 2400 public networks for KPNs business customers. The traditional internet has no ownership and provides no security in performance or security. With Elastic Interconnect that is indeed the case says Jan Hoogenboom director NL-IX. Organizations thus gain insight and control over the traffic flows even if they run outside their own data center or cloud environment.Secure NetworkingSecure Networking is the integrated proposition of connectivity network and security services for KPNs large business customers. It ensures optimum operation of applications is flexible and has a high degree of reliability and security.Elastic InterconnectElastic Interconnect is an integral part of KPNs Secure Networking service and was developed together with KPN subsidiary NL-ix. It offers grip and control over the traffic flows to and from public networks and the internet from an intuitive interface. This allows organizations to divide the Internet into self-defined slices. A private slice to your own cloud environments e.g. Azure or AWS a trusted slice for traffic to and from trusted parties e.g. SaaS suppliers that is shielded from the public internet and a public slice for all other internet traffic.
