Founded in 2018, Alkira operates at the intersection of cloud networking and network infrastructure, offering a Network Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform that has attracted global Fortune 100 enterprises, leading system integrators, and managed service providers. The company's technical focus spans multi-cloud connectivity, security, and cloud networking - areas of acute demand as organisations grapple with increasingly distributed and complex IT environments.
Alkira's platform replaces traditional MPLS architectures and enables zero trust implementation, providing seamless connectivity across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. At its core are Cloud Exchange Points, which form a high-performance backbone for enterprise networks. The company reports that its approach yields provisioning speeds 80% faster than conventional methods, alongside a 40% reduction in total cost of ownership - metrics that have resonated with large-scale enterprise buyers.
The firm's positioning reflects a broader shift in how organisations procure and manage network infrastructure: on-demand, consumption-based, and cloud-native. For engineers and technologists working in cloud networking and infrastructure, Alkira represents a company building at the frontier of this transformation, tackling problems that affect some of the world's largest organisations.
