Exclusive will offer a cloud-as-a-service network solution for the first time while continuing to expand its share of the cloud market
Alkira Inc. has appointed Exclusive Networks, a globally trusted specialist in cybersecurity for digital infrastructures, as a distributor of its cloud networking platform as a service (CNaaS).
The agreement makes the Alkira Cloud Services Exchange (CSX) CNaaS platform available through Exclusive’s global partner ecosystem, spanning 40 countries on five continents. It also underscores Exclusive’s commitment to growing its cloud services portfolio in a market that IDC estimates is on track to reach $ 1.3 trillion by 2025 1 .
Exclusive Networks (EXN), which posted gross sales of € 2.9 billion in 2020, successfully completed an initial public offering and its IPO on Euronext Paris in September this year. The company is associated with some of the largest and most successful cybersecurity, network and cloud infrastructure providers in the world, including Fortinet, Nutanix, Palo Alto Networks, Rubrik and Sentinel One. It provides cybersecurity platforms, cloud solutions and services Value-added professionals associated through a broad global network of specialist reseller partners, MSPs, CSPs, telecos and system integrators.
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Alkira has appointed Paul Couturier International Senior Vice President to lead its expansion into the EMEA and APAC regions. Couturier is an IT industry veteran who has previously held senior leadership positions in growing international markets for Efficient Networks, TippingPoint, Cyan, LightCyber, and Palo Alto Networks. In his last role, he led IntSights from its European debut to its acquisition by Rapid 7.
Amir Khan, Co-Founder and CEO of Alkira, said: “Our vision is to simplify networks in the cloud age. As a pioneer in CNaaS, Alkira has eliminated the complexities and costs of creating and operating networks and seamlessly integrated cloud, Multi-cloud and legacy systems – no hardware, no data center, no need to transport anything. Exclusive Networks is an ideal partner for Alkira, not only because it provides us with access to its world-class global network, but because we have a vision shared future as a service. ”
Andy Travers, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing for Exclusive Networks, said: “Our success has been based on bringing together the best and most advanced cybersecurity, networking and automation solutions. In the age of the cloud, the challenge for clients is how to integrate and manage these resources in an increasingly complex environment, while controlling costs and moving the business forward.With nothing more than a few mouse clicks, Alkira’s CNaaS allows you to configure secure networks of Hybrid and multi-cloud cloud in hours instead of months, putting customers, not large cloud providers, behind the wheel.
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“The migration of business applications to the cloud will double in the next two years, according to Gartner 2 , so it seems inevitable that the network infrastructure will follow the same trend. In the same way that the founders of Alkira pioneered the SD-WAN market, we now believe they are setting the standard in cloud networking. ”
Alkira’s CNaaS platform simplifies provisioning, connectivity, and end-to-end management of networks in cloud environments, including integration of firewalls, IPS / IDS, and load balancers, as well as enhancing the capabilities of legacy SD-WAN solutions. It enables a flexible and unified approach to high-performance and secure networks where customers pay only for the capacity they use, and the network automatically adapts to changing usage and demand patterns.
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