As we move into 2025 and look forward to new beginnings, it’s also an opportunity reflect on what’s happened over the last twelve months. 2024 saw 11:11 Systems launch 11:11 Managed Connectivity for AWS Direct Connect, a managed connectivity solution designed to deliver secure network connections to AWS customers with last-mile challenges. More and more organizations have locations spread out geographically, 11:11 worked closely with AWS to develop a solution allowing customers to securely connect to AWS services. 11:11 also became the only provider with the ability to offset customer spend commitments with managed connectivity through the AWS Enterprise EDP.
Some of the challenges facing these customers can resonate with many organizations facing last-mile connectivity concerns:
Complexity and Cost in Remote and Rural Areas – Last mile connectivity can be expensive and logistically challenging.
Reliability and Redundancy – Maintaining high reliability is a challenge due to single points of failure or limited redundancy.
Latency and Performance – Public internet-based last-mile solutions are often inadequate for an organization’s performance requirements.
Security – Last-mile connections are more vulnerable to security when public internet or wireless technologies like LTE or 5G are use
Scalability and Flexibility – Traditional last-mile options like leased lines offer limited flexibility and can be costly to scale.
Provider Fragmentation and Lack of Standardization -Inconsistencies across providers often impacts service quality and can complicate network management.
Impact on Cloud Migration – Performance issues with poor last-mile connectivity can hinder cloud adoption.
11:11 Managed Connectivity, an agile and flexible solution, offers multiple last-mile connectivity options for AWS customers and beyond. By leveraging comprehensive managed connectivity overlay solutions—SD-WAN technology, network functions virtualization (NFV), and security—11:11 has built a last-mile connectivity solution designed to meet the demands of today’s enterprises. Our new white paper takes a deeper dive into the 11:11 Managed Connectivity solution, and how it’s driving the evolution of our Connectivity solutions. Read more here: Redefining Last-Mile Connectivity with 11:11 Systems
