According to Amazon, a Virtual Private Cloud is defined as follows:
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) lets you provision a logically isolated section of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud where you can launch AWS resources in a virtual network that you define. You have complete control over your virtual networking environment, including selection of your own IP address range, creation of subnets, and configuration of route tables and network gateways.
This is an exceptionally powerful feature of the AWS cloud service offering. It essentially allows you to set up an enterprise strength set of environments, from development through to production, which are secure, isolated, and securely connected to your own internal networks. Network-level isolation is essential for the long-term security of a production system.
A typical enterprise solution will comprise of multiple layers of network, each with varying levels of access, representing layers of added...