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Integrated Security
and Network Services

Unify Your Network and Security Infrastructure

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Solution Description – Integrated Security and Network Services

Alkira eliminates the complexity of managing multiple point solutions, unifying network and security services, reducing costs, and standardizing policies across all environments.

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Use Cases

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Integrate SASE Vendor of Choice

Add firewalls with high availability, auto-scaling and symmetric routing. Choose from industry-leading vendors such as PaloAlto Networks, Fortinet, Checkpoint and Cisco.

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Load Balancing

Leverage your F5 Application Delivery Controllers to achieve load sharing and application resilience.

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Advanced IP Services

Leverage integrated DDI: DNS, DHCP and IPAM (IP address management) across your entire network.

Solution Highlights

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Consolidate Firewalls

Achieve significant cost savings by reducing your firewall footprint.

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Remove Complexity

Dramatically simplify your network and security services deployment.

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Match Network Consumption to Demand

Eliminate waste by right-sizing your network and security.

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Automation Ready

Enforce global security policies and route traffic through integrated firewalls with Alkira’s automated platform.

Featured Testimonial

Infor Accomplished 60% Reduction in cloud routing and firewalls

With Alkira, we’ve not only reduced our cloud routing and firewall footprint by over 60%, but we’ve transformed our cloud network integration process from a series of niche one-off exercises into a streamlined, repeatable methodology.

This allows us to accelerate time to value while maintaining robust security across our cloud estate.”

Steve Savage,
Network Architect, Infor

INFOR6

FAQs


What is Alkira’s Integrated Security and Network Services solution?
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Alkira’s Integrated Security and Network Services solution unifies networking and security into a single, cloud-delivered platform. It eliminates the need for multiple point products by integrating services such as firewalls, load balancing, and IP address management into one cohesive architecture, simplifying operations across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.


How does Alkira simplify network and security operations?
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Alkira simplifies operations by automating deployment, enforcing global policies, and providing a centralized platform to manage both networking and security. This removes the complexity of stitching together separate tools and enables consistent policy enforcement, visibility, and control across all environments.


Can I use my existing security vendors with Alkira?
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Yes. Alkira allows you to integrate best-of-breed security solutions from leading vendors such as Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, Check Point, and Cisco. These services can be deployed with high availability, auto-scaling, and seamless traffic routing within Alkira’s platform.


What business benefits does this solution provide?
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Organizations benefit from reduced costs, improved scalability, and faster deployment. By consolidating firewalls and right-sizing resources on demand, Alkira helps eliminate overprovisioning while enabling agile, secure network expansion across clouds, sites, and users.

Additional Resources

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Solution Brief: Alkira – Infoblox Joint Solution

Alkira has partnered with Infoblox to deliver a comprehensive Network Infrastructure-as-a-Service solution that simplifies enterprise networking and security across hybrid cloud, single cloud, and multi-cloud environments. This joint solution enables organizations to deploy Infoblox’s proven DNS, DHCP, and IP Address Management (DDI) services along with advanced DNS security capabilities directly within Alkira’s Cloud Exchange Points…
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Integration Guide: Palo Alto Networks and Alkira

As organizations move applications from on-premise data centers to one or multiple public clouds and SaaS environments, traditional network security architectures fall short of providing a meaningful solution. This joint integration guide explains how Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Firewalls are inserted into the Alkira Cloud Services Exchange in order to maintain enterprise-grade security for cloud…
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Solution Brief: Check Point and Alkira

The growing need for agility is driving organizations to transition business-critical applications from on-premises data centers to public cloud environments and SaaS offerings. This digital transformation is forcing the enterprises to reevaluate the traditional on-premises security perimeter architectures, which are not optimized for the distributed nature of the cloud applications. The joint solution from Check…