Cisco strengthens AWS integration to speed troubleshooting in multicloud environments [Video]

Now, new integration between Isovalent Enterprise (a Cisco offering with added networking, observability and security capabilities) and AWS pushes networking telemetry directly to Amazon CloudWatch Network Monitoring, which is an AWS service that offers visibility into the hybrid network connections between AWS resources and on-premises infrastructure.

With these integrations, workload data can be correlated to actual network performance metrics in AWS environments, according to a blog about the news by Tom Gillis, senior vice president and general manager of Cisco’s Security Business Group.

“These insights can also flow into Splunk, where network teams can create unified dashboards that combine metrics from on-premises networks, cloud networks and application performance, and security teams can leverage this data for threat detection and policy enforcement,” Gillis wrote. “Enriching workload visibility data with AWS network performance and making it available to Splunk enables real-time visibility into the entire AWS network fabric, giving network teams the level …