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Cloud and Networking Growth Over Years

Over the past 5 to 10 years, we have witnessed extraordinary growth in the cloud industry. With cloud adoption, businesses have enjoyed numerous benefits, such as reduced costs, increased agility, and seamless global expansion. However, as cloud technology evolved, new use cases and requirements emerged, especially at the intersection of cloud and networking spaces. We will discuss examples such as Supercloud, Extranet as a Service, and Cloud Security in this blog post and in our cloud security podcast.

What is Supercloud?

Analysts recently coined the term to describe a common infrastructure layer that spans multiple clouds. While multi-cloud refers to using different cloud platforms (like AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure) independently, Supercloud provides a unified network infrastructure across those different cloud vendors. This way, businesses can easily manage and deploy their applications and workloads across multiple cloud platforms. Atif Khan, the CTO and co-founder of Alira, a cutting-edge cloud networking startup, explains that Supercloud represents the next evolution of cloud networking, offering customers a simplified way to operate across various public and private clouds. Alira’s platform delivers an on-demand networking infrastructure, allowing businesses to create networks without worrying about building and managing infrastructure. This level of flexibility and scalability is driving new possibilities for enterprises.

Extranet as a Service

Another significant networking use case is “Extranet as a Service,” which enables companies to securely connect external partners to their internal networks. This feature is especially critical in industries like finance, where companies need to onboard numerous partners quickly. Traditionally, establishing such secure connections would take weeks or months. Alkira has addressed this problem, and their solution allows enterprises to onboard partners in a matter of days.

Cloud providers

Cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud offer security solutions. However, an additional security layer is required at the networking layer, especially when connecting multiple public clouds and between public and private clouds. Alkira has solved this challenge by providing a common security infrastructure across different clouds. Their approach ensures that businesses can maintain the same level of network security they’ve come to expect, regardless of the underlying cloud provider.

With advancements, the future of cloud infrastructure is becoming more interconnected, agile, and secure. As more companies adopt these technologies, they can operate more efficiently and respond to global market demands faster.