Alkira
Alkira offers a cloud network infrastructure as-a-service, enabling enterprises to connect users, sites, cloud workloads, and SaaS applications over a global cloud backbone with integrated network and security services.
Company Overview
Alkira offers a cloud network infrastructure as-a-service designed to enable enterprises to connect users, sites, cloud workloads, and SaaS applications over a high-speed, low-latency, global cloud backbone. Alkira's platform integrates network and security services to provide end-to-end visibility, advanced controls, and governance. The solution also supports multi-cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Cloud Area Networking
Alkira's Cloud Area Networking features full integration of Cisco SD-WAN, enabling instant cloud networking with advanced security services. This solution supports the Bring Your Own License (BYOL) model, allowing customers to connect their existing Cisco SD-WAN environment to Alkira without the need for new hardware or software. Alkira's Cloud Area Networking supports multi-cloud environments and provides features such as automated firewall provisioning, health monitoring, auto-scaling, and symmetric traffic steering.
Security Services
Alkira enhances security with end-to-end network segmentation and micro-segmentation, reducing the attack surface and allowing selective communication between segments. The platform includes advanced security services and provides deep operational visibility into cloud network health, availability, utilization, and application traffic flows. Alkira's SecureConnect offers elastic Zero-Trust Network Access (ZTNA) for remote users, ensuring authenticated access without unauthorized lateral movement.
Integration and Support
Alkira's platform integrates seamlessly with various cloud services and platforms, including native integration with Google Cloud Network Connectivity Center (NCC) and availability on AWS Marketplace. The solution supports SD-WAN integration, enabling enterprises to extend their SD-WAN investments to cloud and multi-cloud environments. Additionally, Alkira offers full lifecycle management for SD-WAN virtual appliances, including high availability and horizontal scale.
WAN Modernization
Alkira's WAN Modernization solution assists enterprises in transitioning from legacy networking technologies to modernized connectivity suitable for the cloud era. The service allows for deploying global any-to-any enterprise-grade network connectivity across remote users, on-premises locations, and cloud workloads in single or multiple global regions. Alkira’s platform also features a network services marketplace for seamless deployment of network and security services from Alkira, third-party, and cloud-native vendors.