Seamless Cloud to Cloud Connectivity with Orixcom

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Modern Enterprises no longer relies on just one cloud provider. Whether it’s Azure for core workloads, AWS for development environments, or Oracle for databases; multi-cloud has become the default. But while cloud adoption has soared, managing traffic between cloud platforms remains a critical challenge. 

Without a secure, high-performance way to connect these platforms, organisations face latency issues, poor user experience, security risks, and operational complexity. Public internet routing is inconsistent, and traditional MPLS setups are costly and inflexible. 

That’s where cloud-to-cloud connectivity becomes essential. 

Orixcom’s cloud connectivity solution bridges this gap. It offers a private, dedicated, and fully managed solution to interconnect cloud services directly, securely, and with complete visibility. Whether you need to route data between Azure and AWS, or replicate between Oracle and Google Cloud, CloudConnect ensures seamless integration without complexity. 

This blog will explore: 

• What is cloud connectivity and why it matters in multi-cloud architectures 
• The common use cases and challenges of inter-cloud traffic 
• How Orixcom CloudConnect simplifies secure, high-performance cloud-to-cloud integration 
• The role of SD-WAN in improving control, performance, and flexibility of CloudConnect 

What Is Cloud-to-Cloud Connectivity? 

Cloud-to-cloud connectivity refers to the ability to route data traffic directly between different public cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, Oracle, Google Cloud without routing it through the public internet. This private, direct connection significantly improves performance, reliability, and security for multi-cloud workloads. 

While most enterprises are familiar with connecting on-premises infrastructure to a cloud provider, cloud-to-cloud traffic typically takes a less optimised route travelling over the internet, often via unpredictable paths and through multiple third-party networks. This introduces latency, inconsistency, and potential vulnerabilities. 

If you're wondering, how do you connect to the cloud securely and efficiently in a multi-cloud setup, the answer lies in building direct, private links between cloud platforms without relying on the public internet. Orixcom CloudConnect enables this through intelligent SD-WAN integration and high-availability routing. 

This can be solved by creating a private, dedicated network path between cloud providers. A solution which integrates these clouds using advanced SD-WAN capabilities, allowing for dynamic routing, application-aware prioritisation, and complete end-to-end visibility. 

At a glance: Cloud-to-Cloud Connectivity vs Internet-Based Routing

Common Use Cases and Challenges in Multi-Cloud Environments  

As more businesses adopt multi-cloud architectures, the need for secure, high-performance cloud-to-cloud integration becomes business-critical. Whether it’s data replication, application stitching, or real-time analytics, each use case demands reliable, direct connectivity between cloud environments. 

Common Use Cases for Cloud-to-Cloud Connectivity 

• Data replication across clouds: 
  Ensures redundancy and compliance by synchronising storage services like AWS S3 and Azure Blob for backup or disaster recovery. 
• Distributed microservices: 
  Allows application components to run on different cloud platforms. For example, Kubernetes in Azure and serverless functions in AWS for better flexibility and performance. 
• Cross-cloud analytics and BI: 
  Transfers large datasets between clouds to unify data for centralised business intelligence or AI model training. 
• Failover and Disaster Recovery (DR): 
  Enables rapid workload failover to alternate cloud regions or providers in case of outages or planned downtime. 
• Hybrid multi-cloud setups: 
  Connects on-premises infrastructure to multiple clouds at once, streamlining access and control across environments. 

However, these use cases also introduce critical challenges when relying on the public internet or legacy MPLS. 

Challenges Faced with Traditional Cloud Integration

• Unpredictable latency: 
  Public internet routing causes delays that disrupt real-time applications like voice, video, or live analytics. 
• Inconsistent security: 
  Without private links, cloud-to-cloud traffic is exposed to vulnerabilities due to a lack of encryption and control. 
• Manual, error-prone routing: 
  Managing static IP routes or multiple VPNs between clouds is complex and increases the risk of misconfigurations. 
• Lack of visibility: 
  IT teams struggle to monitor or troubleshoot issues due to the absence of centralised performance insights. 
• Cost inefficiencies: 
  MPLS and legacy circuits are expensive to scale, especially when dealing with dynamic, high-volume workloads. 

These challenges are exactly what Orixcom CloudConnect is designed to eliminate with a purpose-built network fabric for seamless, secure, and dynamic multi-cloud operations. 

Simplifying Multi-Cloud Connectivity with Orixcom

Orixcom’s CloudConnect is a high-performance cloud-to-cloud connectivity solution that simplifies multi-cloud connectivity by eliminating the complexity of traditional models. Built on a streamlined architecture, it provides a single, secure interface to interconnect leading cloud service providers, enabling direct cloud-to-cloud links over dedicated infrastructure that bypasses the public internet. 

• Direct Cloud-to-Cloud Interconnection: 
  Traditional setups route traffic over the public internet, causing delays and inefficiencies. CloudConnect enables direct, private interconnects between major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and private clouds) through a single port to improve stability, performance, and data flow. 
• Lower Latency and Improved Application Performance: 
  By avoiding the public internet, CloudConnect reduces round-trip times and packet loss ensuring smooth, reliable performance for latency-sensitive workloads like ERP, analytics, VoIP, and video conferencing. Ideal for sectors where milliseconds matter, such as aviation, e-commerce, and finance. 
• Multi-Regional and Inter-Region Cloud Connectivity: 
  Designed for both regional and global cloud deployments, CloudConnect is optimised for multi cloud network connectivity. This supports disaster recovery, active-active architectures, and cross-region data replication without the need to maintain separate infrastructure in each location. 
• Simplified Network Architecture and Management: 
  Through a single, unified interface, CloudConnect simplifies multi-cloud network management. Ongoing operations are streamlined, policies are easier to enforce, and troubleshooting becomes far more efficient. 

With SLA-backed reliability, flexible bandwidth options, and scalable architecture, Orixcom CloudConnect transforms how organisations build, operate, and scale multi-cloud networks bringing control and performance back into the hands of IT teams. 

One Interface, Many Clouds: How Orixcom CloudConnect Ensures Seamless Cloud-to-Cloud Connectivity 

Microsoft Azure: Seamless Integration via ExpressRoute 

Orixcom extends direct access to Microsoft Azure through the ExpressRoute circuit, enabling customers to privately connect to IaaS, PaaS and SaaS resources hosted in the cloud. This not only reduces latency but also eliminates the need for complex IP-based routing or VPN overlays. 

What it enables:

• Direct, policy-driven access to Azure workloads for app-to-app communication with other clouds.
• Enhanced uptime with dual SD-WAN devices and broadband resilience.
• Encrypted traffic routing with built-in QoS and granular path control.

With Orixcom managing the setup end-to-end, your Azure traffic benefits from consistent performance and secure, cloud-native integration with AWS, Oracle, or any other connected service. 

Enterprise Which Benefitted – Al Ghandi Auto Group (Dubai, UAE) 

Al Ghandi Auto Group replaced its traditional MPLS infrastructure with Orixcom Managed SD‑WAN and CloudConnect to move on-premises ERP to Microsoft Azure. This transition enabled secure, high-speed Azure connectivity with an 80% reduction in MPLS network cost. Use of CloudConnect reduced cloud connectivity costs by approximately 90% and deployed in under a week, compared to months typically needed for MPLS provisioning. 

Amazon Web Services (AWS): Dedicated Links through Direct Connect 

For enterprises relying heavily on AWS, Orixcom integrates Direct Connect into its CloudConnect platform, providing a high-throughput private connection into your AWS environment and across to other cloud providers. 

What it enables: 

• Low-latency access to AWS VPCs, ideal for cross-cloud data movement or distributed app architectures. 
• Multi-path failover using Etisalat, du or mobile broadband, ensuring constant connectivity. 
• Centralised routing policies for inter-cloud traffic, managed from a single SD-WAN controller. 

By removing the bottlenecks of internet-based connectivity, Orixcom simplifies how AWS workloads interact with services hosted elsewhere—streamlining your entire cloud network topology. 

Enterprise Which Benefitted – Majid Al Futtaim (Dubai, UAE) 

Majid Al Futtaim faced challenges connecting applications deployed on AWS and Azure in Europe due to conventional providers requiring traffic to return to UAE data centres. Orixcom’s CloudConnect allows MAF to establish dedicated private links directly between AWS and Azure, bypassing backhaul to the UAE. This resulted in 90% savings on MPLS costs, consistently high availability, and significantly improved cloud-to-cloud performance. 

Oracle Cloud: FastConnect for Mission-Critical Systems

Orixcom also supports direct connections to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) using FastConnect, ensuring your critical ERP, database, and financial workloads remain performant and protected when interacting with other platforms. This integration allows organisations to treat Oracle as a fully embedded part of their multi-cloud environment, not a siloed or isolated system.

What it enables: 

• Stable, private connectivity from on-prem or other clouds into Oracle—ideal for data replication, hybrid workloads, or compliance-driven use cases. 
• Lower total cost of ownership versus legacy MPLS links, with predictable pricing (e.g. USD 1,000/month for 100 Mbps). 
• Flexible Layer 3 routing and full traffic visibility between Oracle and your other cloud services. 

The Bigger Picture: One Interface, Many Clouds 

Orixcom CloudConnect acts as a point-to-multipoint overlay, allowing enterprises to interconnect multiple cloud platforms through a single service layer. With scalable bandwidth options from 1GE to 100GE, dynamic routing, and encrypted tunnels by default, the platform delivers the agility to adapt to evolving cloud architectures while keeping operations simple and compliant. 

Whether you’re moving data between AWS and Azure, running cross-platform analytics, or connecting Oracle-based apps to Google Cloud services, CloudConnect ensures everything works as one cohesive network securely, visibly, and without complexity. 

The Tech Behind the Simplicity – Why SD-WAN Matters

Orixcom CloudConnect is powered by advanced SD-WAN technology, which enables intelligent, secure, and scalable cloud-to-cloud connectivity without the limitations of legacy MPLS or public internet paths. 

Unlike traditional routing, SD-WAN provides application-aware traffic engineering, built-in encryption, and automated failover, making it ideal for dynamic multi-cloud environments. 

Why SD-WAN Makes a Difference: 

• Security by Design: 
  All cloud-to-cloud traffic is encrypted with dynamic, meshed VPNs—ensuring data is secure at every point of the journey. 
• Performance Optimisation: 
  Traffic is routed based on real-time conditions such as latency, jitter, and packet loss, ensuring consistently high-quality application performance. 
• End-to-End Network Visibility: 
  With Orixcom’s customer portal, IT teams get real-time insights into network performance across all cloud connections. 
• Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP): 
  Branch sites can be connected in hours, not days, with plug-and-play SD-WAN devices and automated configuration. 
• Multi-Link Redundancy: 
  Combines multiple internet connections (broadband, 4G/5G) for uptime assurance even in remote or secondary locations. 
• Dynamic Path Selection: 
  SD-WAN intelligently chooses the best available path for each application, reducing reliance on static routing or manual intervention. 

This SD-WAN foundation enables Orixcom to deliver cloud-to-cloud integration with superior agility, resilience, and operational simplicity, making it a strategic fit for any enterprise running critical workloads across multiple cloud providers. 

Conclusion

Cloud adoption is no longer a linear journey. With multiple providers powering different parts of the IT stack, enterprises now require a connectivity strategy that keeps pace with this distributed model. However, connecting cloud to cloud in the traditional way via public internet or static VPNs introduces fragmentation, latency, and management overhead that most IT teams cannot afford. 

Orixcom CloudConnect eliminates that complexity. By offering a secure, high-performance fabric that connects all major cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, Oracle, and more over a single managed interface, it transforms how multi-cloud environments are architected and operated. Powered by SD-WAN, CloudConnect combines performance, security, and flexibility into a service that adapts to the demands of modern, always-on businesses. From dynamic routing and real-time monitoring to zero-touch provisioning and multi-path redundancy, the platform makes cloud-to-cloud integration seamless, no matter how many clouds you run. 

For enterprises aiming to scale applications globally, improve data transfer reliability, or consolidate infrastructure across regions, CloudConnect provides a future-proof foundation. 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)  

Q1. What is cloud-to-cloud connectivity and why is it important?

• Cloud-to-cloud connectivity refers to the ability to transfer data directly between different public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Oracle Cloud without routing traffic over the public internet. It enables better performance, stronger security, and more predictable application behaviour in multi-cloud environments. This is particularly important for enterprises running distributed workloads or transferring large volumes of data across regions and platforms. 

Q2. How do I connect two cloud providers, AWS and Azure securely?

• You can connect AWS and Azure using Orixcom CloudConnect, which provides a dedicated, private network path between the two. This is achieved via integrations like AWS Direct Connect and Azure ExpressRoute, managed over Orixcom’s SD-WAN infrastructure. This setup avoids public internet hops, delivering end-to-end encryption, SLA-backed performance, and full routing control. 

Q3. Is Orixcom CloudConnect only for large enterprises?

• No, while it supports large-scale, multi-region deployments, CloudConnect is equally suited for mid-sized businesses looking to simplify their multi-cloud architecture or replace expensive MPLS connections. With scalable bandwidth options and flexible site onboarding, it works well for both centralised and distributed organisations.

Q4. Why should businesses choose Orixcom CloudConnect over traditional VPNs?

• Orixcom CloudConnect offers a faster, more reliable, and scalable alternative to traditional VPNs. While VPNs depend on the public internet and manual configuration, CloudConnect uses private circuits with SD-WAN for low-latency, secure, and policy-driven connectivity. It reduces operational complexity, improves application performance, and ensures end-to-end visibility across all cloud links. With quicker deployments, simplified multi-cloud management, and greater control over critical workloads, Orixcom ensures seamless cloud-to-cloud connectivity.

Q5. Is CloudConnect compatible with private cloud and on-prem systems too? 

• Absolutely. CloudConnect can interconnect not just public clouds but also private data centres and on-prem infrastructure. Whether you're building a hybrid cloud environment or migrating workloads gradually, it provides the flexibility to route traffic across all parts of your IT ecosystem securely and efficiently.