Certified: The CompTIA CloudNetX Audio Course

Private cloud interconnects appear in CloudNetX scenarios as mechanisms to improve predictability, reduce exposure to the public internet, and support compliance-driven connectivity requirements. This episode introduces cloud interconnects in vendor-neutral terms as dedicated or provider-managed private paths between enterprise networks and cloud environments. The first paragraph focuses on why interconnects exist: they provide more stable latency characteristics, higher throughput potential, and clearer traffic isolation compared to internet-based VPNs. It also explains the selection logic between dedicated private circuits and provider-managed options such as software-defined cloud interconnect models, emphasizing constraints like lead time, operational ownership, bandwidth needs, and the requirement for deterministic routing behavior. The episode frames these choices as architectural decisions that influence availability and troubleshooting complexity, not merely as “faster connections.”