IBM Secure Gateway Service Description
The Secure Gateway Service offers a fast, straightforward, and secure method for establishing connections across various platforms. This service ensures a continuous link between local environments or third-party cloud services and the IBM Cloud®. You can easily configure gateways that connect your systems, oversee the mapping between your local and remote locations, and keep an eye on all data traffic. Users can manage all their gateways through the Secure Gateway Service dashboard or focus on individual gateways via the Secure Gateway Service client. Access management features are conveniently provided in the client, allowing users to grant or restrict access to specific resources, thereby safeguarding against unauthorized entry. Furthermore, any changes made to the access list will be automatically updated across all clients linked to the same gateway. Additionally, subscribers to Professional and Enterprise plans can link multiple instances of the Secure Gateway Service client to a single gateway, benefiting from inherent connection load balancing and failover capabilities. This enhances the resilience and efficiency of your network connections significantly.
IBM Secure Gateway Service Alternatives
UTunnel Secure Access delivers Cloud VPN, ZTNA, and Mesh Networking solutions to ensure secure remote access and smooth network connectivity.
ACCESS GATEWAY: Our Cloud VPN as a Service enables quick deployment of Cloud or On-Premise VPN servers. Utilizing OpenVPN and IPSec protocols, it facilitates secure remote connections with policy-based access control, allowing you to easily establish a VPN network for your business.
ONE-CLICK ACCESS: The Zero Trust Application Access (ZTAA) solution transforms secure access to internal business applications such as HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, and RDP. Users can access these applications through web browsers without needing client software.
MESHCONNECT: This Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) and mesh networking solution provides granular access controls to specific business network resources and supports the creation of secure interconnected business networks.
SITE-TO-SITE VPN: The Access Gateway solution also allows for the setup of secure IPSec Site-to-Site tunnels. These tunnels can connect UTunnel's VPN servers with other network gateways, firewalls, routers, and unified threat management (UTM) systems.
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Engineered for peak performance and efficient resource use, KrakenD can manage a staggering 70k requests per second on just one instance. Its stateless build ensures hassle-free scalability, sidelining complications like database upkeep or node synchronization.
In terms of features, KrakenD is a jack-of-all-trades. It accommodates multiple protocols and API standards, offering granular access control, data shaping, and caching capabilities. A standout feature is its Backend For Frontend pattern, which consolidates various API calls into a single response, simplifying client interactions.
On the security front, KrakenD is OWASP-compliant and data-agnostic, streamlining regulatory adherence. Operational ease comes via its declarative setup and robust third-party tool integration. With its open-source community edition and transparent pricing model, KrakenD is the go-to API Gateway for organizations that refuse to compromise on performance or scalability.
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Amazon API Gateway
Amazon API Gateway is an entirely managed service designed to simplify the process for developers to create, publish, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs, regardless of scale. Serving as the "entrance" for applications, APIs facilitate access to data, business logic, or services from the backend. Through API Gateway, developers can build both RESTful and WebSocket APIs, which are essential for enabling real-time two-way communication in applications. This service supports both containerized and serverless environments as well as web applications. It efficiently manages the complexities of processing hundreds of thousands of simultaneous API requests, handling traffic management, CORS, authorization and access control, throttling, monitoring, and versioning. Moreover, there are no upfront fees or minimum charges associated with API Gateway; instead, you only pay for the API calls and data transfer you utilize. With a tiered pricing structure, as your API usage grows, you can benefit from reduced costs, making it a cost-effective solution for businesses of all sizes. Additionally, the simplicity and scalability of API Gateway allow developers to focus more on building features rather than managing infrastructure.
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AWS Transit Gateway
AWS Transit Gateway is a fully managed solution designed to link Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) and on-premises networks via a central hub, which streamlines network design and removes the need for complicated peering setups. By functioning as a scalable cloud router, it ensures that each new connection is established only once, thereby improving efficiency. The service accommodates both dynamic and static layer 3 routing among VPCs and VPNs, using routing tables to determine the next hop based on the destination's IP address. Additionally, it allows for VPN connections between the Transit Gateway and local gateways, utilizing Equal Cost Multipath (ECMP) routing to optimize bandwidth by balancing traffic across multiple routes. Furthermore, AWS Transit Gateway Connect enhances this functionality by enabling seamless integration of Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) appliances within AWS through standard protocols such as GRE and BGP, which not only boosts bandwidth but also supports dynamic routing capabilities. This integration empowers businesses to modernize their network architecture while maintaining efficient and adaptable connectivity options.
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Pricing
Pricing Starts At:
$100 per 5 gateways
Pricing Information:
$1 per GB
Free Version:
Yes
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Company:
IBM
Year Founded:
1911
Headquarters:
United States
Website:
www.ibm.com/cloud/secure-gateway
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