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For eight decades, the client has been delivering quality products, solutions, and services that make efficient energy use a reality. Since 2007, they have been part of Elsewedy Electric Group, with whom they share a common vision of a smart, digital, and green future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":76798,"parent":0,"template":"","cat_resources":[6],"technology":[32],"published_by":"325","primary-authors":["11696","9156"],"secondary-authors":["325"],"acf":{"banner_image":76799,"resources_label":"","download_url":"https:\/\/content.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Iskraemeco_AWS_Direct_Connect_Case-Study-1.pdf","client_logo":"","highlights":{"first_part":{"icon":336,"title":"99.95%","subtitle":"Network Availability"},"second_part":{"icon":335,"title":"85%","subtitle":"Reduction in Unplanned Downtime"},"third_part":{"icon":334,"title":"10,000+","subtitle":"Smart Meters Supported"}},"the_challenge":"The organization faced challenges with unreliable internet-based connectivity, including high latency, inconsistent network performance, lack of guaranteed bandwidth, and security concerns, which impacted real-time communication between smart meters (operating on telecom SIM networks) and AWS-hosted applications; additionally, the absence of a dedicated connection increased the risk of data loss, delays in push\/pull operations, and potential downtime, ultimately affecting data reliability, system availability, and overall operational efficiency.","client_testimonial":{"image":"","description":"","author":""},"solutions":"<ul>\r\n \t<li>Implemented AWS Direct Connect to establish a secure, private, and high-performance connection between on-premises infrastructure and AWS.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Deployed a hosted connection via Vodafone Idea at the Mumbai location (SFY52) to ensure reliable telecom integration with smart meter networks.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Configured dual connections (Primary and Secondary) with 100 Mbps each, providing a total 200 Mbps bandwidth for high availability and failover support.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Enabled redundancy architecture, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity even if one link fails.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Utilized VLAN configuration to logically separate and manage traffic securely across the connections.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Enabled Jumbo Frames to optimize data transfer efficiency and improve throughput for large data packets.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Designed the solution to support real-time push and pull communication between smart meters and AWS applications.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Ensured secure data transmission by routing traffic through private connectivity instead of the public internet.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Integrated telecom SIM-based smart meters (Vodafone, Idea, Jio) with backend systems through a stable and dedicated network path.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Provided scalable architecture, allowing future bandwidth upgrades and expansion as the number of smart meters increases.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","the_results":"Achieved 99.95% network availability with sub-50 ms latency, reducing unplanned downtime by 85% and enabling scalable, secure smart meter communication for 10,000+ devices through dedicated AWS Direct Connect infrastructure.","about_client_left_side":[{"field_63315a4dc06e1":"15085","field_63315a5bc06e2":"Industry\u00a0","field_63315a61c06e3":"Smart Metering and Energy"},{"field_63315a4dc06e1":"15083","field_63315a5bc06e2":"Expertise\u00a0","field_63315a61c06e3":"Amazon VPC, AWS Direct Connect, Amazon EC2, Amazon FSx, Amazon Route 53, Amazon CloudWatch"},{"field_63315a4dc06e1":"15084","field_63315a5bc06e2":"Offerings\/solutions\u00a0","field_63315a61c06e3":"Secure, high-availability smart meter connectivity using AWS Direct Connect with dual redundant hosted connections and optimized data transfer."}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources\/76797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resources"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources\/76797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76802,"href":"https:\/\/www.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources\/76797\/revisions\/76802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cat_resources","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cat_resources?post=76797"},{"taxonomy":"technology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cloudthat.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/technology?post=76797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}