Direct Connect is the appropriate solution for enterprises needing a dedicated, high-throughput connection with low latency to their cloud resources. This option bypasses the public internet, ensuring private connectivity and more consistent network performance than what can typically be achieved through internet-based connections, satisfying the company's requirements. In contrast, a virtual private network solution relies on the public internet which may introduce variable latency and potentially lower throughput capabilities, and thus, does not meet the criteria for minimal latency and consistent network performance. The alternatives of configuring multiple connections for redundancy or enhancing networking capabilities within compute instances are supportive strategies but do not represent complete solutions for establishing the initial private connectivity between the local data center and the cloud.