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Cloud datacenter integration
Bring cloud and data-centre workloads onto the same fabric and policy as your branches.
Cloud datacenter integration connects cloud and data-centre workloads to your SD-WAN and security fabric. Nexapp puts those workloads under the same routing, encryption and policy as your branches and users, managed from one console.
What it does
Applications are spread across your own data centre, a DR site and one or more clouds. Each connection is often built by hand, with its own tunnels, routing and firewall rules. Branches reach the cloud through the data centre, which adds delay, and policy differs from place to place. Cloud datacenter integration treats cloud and data-centre workloads as part of one fabric. Branches and users reach them over encrypted paths chosen by policy, routing is shared, and the same security rules apply wherever the workload runs.
How it works in Nexapp
One fabric
Data centres and cloud networks join the same hub-and-spoke or full-mesh fabric as your branches, built in the Nexapp Controller.
Shared routing and segmentation
BGP, OSPF, static routes and VRF carry reachability between sites, data centres and clouds, and keep segments separate end to end.
Direct paths to the cloud
App-aware steering can send cloud traffic straight from the branch instead of hauling it through the data centre.
Post-quantum encryption
Links between sites, data centres and clouds use hybrid ML-KEM key exchange (FIPS 203) with ML-DSA (FIPS 204) authentication.
Where teams use it
Primary and DR data centres
A bank keeps its primary and DR data centres in one fabric, so branches can reach either under the same policy.
Hybrid applications in retail
A retailer runs its online store in the cloud and its ERP on premises, and stores reach both over one overlay.
Field sites to a cloud platform
Remote sites on 4G send data straight to a cloud platform over encrypted tunnels, not through head office.
Frequently asked questions
Does branch traffic to the cloud have to go through the data centre?
No. App-aware steering can send cloud traffic directly from the branch, while data-centre traffic stays on the overlay.
Can we keep network segments separate across clouds?
Yes. VRF keeps segments apart, so a payments network and a guest network stay separate from branch to cloud.
How is cloud traffic secured?
Tunnels use hybrid classical + ML-KEM key exchange with ML-DSA authentication, and traffic follows the same firewall and inspection policy as the rest of the platform.
Related capabilities
- Secured SD-WANBond every link into one encrypted WAN with SLA steering, sub-second failover and built-in security.
- Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS)One firewall policy for every branch and remote user, delivered from the cloud.
- Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)Give users access to applications, not to the network, and check the device every time.
- All capabilitiesEvery capability in the Nexapp SASE platform.
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