Power your Supply Chain
Embrace network infrastructure on-demand with new levels of visibility, flexibility, and security from Alkira’s centralized, all-in-one platform. Gain full visibility of manufacturing operations while simplifying networking.
Testimonial
“Now, we can connect any resource in any cloud and connect into the SD-WAN simply with Alkira, and we don’t have to redo our segmentation because it’s already there.”
Network Infrastructure Built for Global Operations
Modernize networking with Alkira’s advanced network infrastructure-as-a-service platform, giving you the visibility, flexibility, and scalability needed to power end-to-end connectivity at global scale.
Effectively Manage Vast IoT Deployments
Break down silos and gain visibility into your entire network infrastructure, including large scale deployments of IoT sensors and other smart equipment.
Gain Agility with On-Demand Infrastructure
No hardware to buy, no software to license—Alkira provides the world’s most advanced network infrastructure 100% as-a-service with single-click provisioning and elastic scaling.
Whitepaper
Modernizing Business Partner Connectivity
Manufacturing companies face unique challenges, regulations, and SLAs when it comes to IT. How can you leverage the flexibility and speed of network infrastructure-as-a-service, while still meeting strong demands of buyers, partners, and distributors?
Alkira understands the challenges of Manufacturing and is trusted by major providers around the world. Use Alkira to harness network infrastructure across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and more. Connect anything, unify everything, and scale everywhere with a flexible platform built for manufacturing excellence and security.
Case Study
Case Study: Large Manufacturer Improves Cloud Reliability, Eases Multinational Operations, and Acquisition
Connect Anything
From SD-WAN deployments to data centers to industrial applications and IoT resources, connect it all through our global network of Cloud Exchange Points (CXPs).
Unify Everything
Centralize disparate networks, systems, and organizational silos to accelerate responsiveness and business agility across your supply chain.
Scale Everywhere
As-a-service delivery model lets you scale up and scale down according to need, and dynamically provision network resources to meet manufacturing demands.
Optimized for Manufacturing
Alkira is vendor agnostic, enabling you to bring together any mix of industrial systems and manage holistically as one platform while maintaining operational excellence.
Start Small and Grow Effortlessly
No need for forklift upgrades and wholesale replacement of your existing networking, security, and edge infrastructure. Alkira makes it easy to integrate what you currently use, with native support.
Key Features
Seamless Connectivity
Alkira supports Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud, and more. Whether public, private, or hybrid, Alkira can accelerate your network infrastructure and help deliver end-to-end security across all manufacturing environments.
End-to-End Security in Minutes
Gain unmatched visibility into your entire network infrastructure, no matter the provider, platform, or geographic location. With Alkira you can deliver true end-to-end security that protects sensitive business and customer data.
Agile & Agentless Networking
Alkira’s network infrastructure platform is pre-engineered as-a-service. There are no agents to deploy, no hardware to manage, no virtual overhead to maintain. Alkira gives you the power to provision and deploy network infrastructure in minutes.
100% Delivered as a Service
No hardware to buy, no software to license, no cloud to learn – Alkira features a completely flexible consumption model. Pay for what you use, avoid costly upfront investments, and bring flexibility and agility to your entire organization.
FAQs
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Additional Resources for Manufacturing
Modernizing Manufacturing Connectivity – Comparison Guide
Comparing Network Infrastructure-as-a-Service (NIaaS) and Build-and-Operate Cloud Networking Overlays Manufacturing networks must reliably connect plants, warehouses, offices, cloud platforms, and supplier ecosystems—often within tight maintenance windows where downtime is costly. This comparison guide explains how NIaaS for Manufacturing delivers a unified, as-a-service networking model with centralized control, repeatable workflows, and consistent segmentation, compared to build-and-operate…
Case Study: Large Medical Manufacturer Needed More Agile Multicloud, Multi-Underlay Networking Solution
A large medical manufacturer facing rapid growth and increasing cloud complexity turned to Alkira to modernize its network. With Multicloud Network for Healthcare as a critical requirement, the organization needed a solution that could seamlessly connect multiple clouds and underlay networks while meeting strict performance, security, and compliance demands. Alkira delivered a fully managed, on-demand…
Infographic – Stop Running China Manufacturing Connectivity Separately
Manufacturing companies with operations in China often face complex connectivity challenges due to strict regulations, data localization requirements, and the performance impacts of the Great Firewall. This infographic shows how Alkira simplifies global manufacturing connectivity by extending its Network Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform into China, enabling a unified global network fabric across factories, suppliers, partners, and cloud…