We have long professed that Alkira is the fastest and most economical way to network anything with anything. Now, we’re excited to announce the results of a Real Economic Value (REV) research study conducted by industry analyst Nemertes. The study found that Alkira customers realized significant operational and financial benefits by simplifying their networking environments and processes across several use cases.
Customers reported dramatic acceleration in their ability to provision new cloud environments, with an 84% decrease in staff time and a 96% reduction in calendar time from over one month to less than one day. This agility empowered them to quickly expand into new cloud regions and add new cloud platforms, with 25% of participants adding at least one new cloud provider and 58% expanding to new cloud regions since deploying Alkira. In one particular example, a large healthcare provider saw a 300% increase in their number of cloud environments while reducing the calendar time to add a new cloud environment by 96%.
“We interviewed more than a dozen Alkira customers to do a study of the real economic value they derive from Alkira, and they were happily surprised at how often they found multiple ways to get value and how significant the value delivered was,” said John Burke, CTO at Nemertes.
The Nemertes research uncovered remarkable improvements after customers deployed Alkira’s cloud-based, end-to-end networking platform. On average, participants saw a 44% decrease in the number of network devices, including a 73% reduction in the number of firewalls required. They also experienced a 47% decrease in staff hours needed to manage cloud networks, allowing them to avoid an average of 4.8 additional network hires. One financial telecoms company referenced in the report reduced its firewall count by 94% while lowering the full-time employees needed to manage firewalls by 75%. All while maintaining high levels of security for their company.
In addition to faster deployment and reduced staffing requirements, Alkira customers reported significant improvements in partner connectivity and data center operations. On average, the calendar time required to connect a new data center to the hybrid cloud decreased by 93%, while the time needed to add a new partner to their extranet dropped by 91%, from over three months to just over a week. One large manufacturer in particular was able to add new partners to its extranet 99% faster with Alkira.
“This research underscores the tremendous value that Alkira’s cloud-native networking model can deliver to enterprises grappling with the complexity of various network environments,” said Amir Khan, CEO at Alkira. “By simplifying network operations and accelerating cloud connectivity, we’re helping our customers become more agile, efficient, and secure.”
