Alkira , a network cloud pioneer , has announced the expansion of its on-demand Cloud Networkas-a-Service ( CNaaS ) to extend cloud connectivity to any network . The industry ’ s first Cloud Backbone-as-a-Service ( CBaaS ) connects core data centres to Edge or remote sites worldwide and to any multicloud , in minutes and hours compared to six to 18 months . The Alkira Cloud Services Exchange ( CSX ) CBaaS is a global high-speed , low-latency backbone that interconnects users , sites and clouds with segmentation . Customers can expand backbone network capacity as needed for every site on-demand , while reducing costs by avoiding legacy hardware builds and extensive training . As part of Alkira ’ s Network Cloud , the CBaaS also includes integrated network and security services and end-to-end visibility , control and governance .
“ The network is the enterprise laggard requiring tedious , inflexible and costly DIY builds that can take months and even years to deploy ,” said Amir Khan , CEO and Founder of Alkira . “ Alkira ’ s Network Cloud provides a new way to design and deploy a unified , consistent way to deliver secure , integrated
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Amir Khan , CEO and Founder of Alkira and Atif Khan , CTO and Founder of Alkira
enterprise-class network capabilities as simple and powerful to use as a smartphone app . The future of the network is as-a-Service , and today our robust and agile network cloud now extends to the cloud backbone , onpremises and branch networks .”
“ The Alkira CBaaS is the first highly available , high-bandwidth , low-latency Layer 3 backbone which can be built globally in minutes , with integrated network and security services . Our CBaaS supports full segmentation capabilities , comprehensive routing controls , built-in path redundancy , multihoming support and loop avoidance ,” said Atif Khan , CTO and Founder of Alkira . “ It scales to tens of thousands of routes for each customer and provides troubleshooting and monitoring tools for day two operations .”
The Alkira CSX routed Cloud Backboneas-a-Service :
• Connects on-premises sites ( branches and data centres ), remote users Zero Trust Network Access ( ZTNA ) and clouds ( hybrid and multi-cloud ).
• Connects regionalised SD-WAN islands from the same vendor or different SD-WAN vendors .
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“ As workloads have become increasingly distributed across a multi-cloud landscape and application users have become even more dispersed , network infrastructure must be modernised , architecturally and operationally , to fully address the needs of the cloud era . The challenge is inherently complex , but solutions must emphasise simplicity ,” said Brad Casemore , Research VP , Datacentre and Multi-cloud Networks at IDC . “ With the introduction of CBaaS , Alkira has sought to make it possible for cloud architects and network operators to mitigate the complexity and lower the cost of connecting users , sites , data centres and clouds .”
The Alkira Network Cloud eliminates network infrastructure by enabling enterprises to easily deploy a cloud service with drag-and-drop simplicity . Customers can create and provision fully secure networks in any region worldwide and integrate security through the Alkira CSX marketplace , enabling enterprise connectivity from any on-premises site , including core and Edge data centres , to any hybrid , public or multi-cloud in a few clicks . ◊
THE INDUSTRY ’ S FIRST CBAAS CONNECTS CORE DATA CENTRES TO EDGE OR REMOTE SITES WORLDWIDE . |
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