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Senior vice president with track record in scaling startups to lead expansion programme from new Netherlands HQ<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cloud networking pioneer Alkira this week opened headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands to spearhead an international expansion drive in EMEA. Alkira is continuing to recruit teams in UK, Germany, France, Benelux, Nordics and Spain, while aggressively signing up new channel partners.
\nThe campaign is being led by senior vice president international Paul Couturier, who has a track record of bringing innovative startups to Europe and leading their international development programs. Couturier was previously responsible for international revenue growth at TippingPoint, Efficient Networks, Cyan, LightCyber and Palo Alto Networks.
\nCouturier said: \u201cRelationships with resellers are pivotal. Alkira is selling cloud networking as a service. We\u2019re helping customers build an enterprise network in the cloud that unifies their clouds, sites, and users. That raises a lot of questions for customers, who expect a consultative relationship. We look forward to growing Alkira\u2019s channel partners.\u201d
\nCouturier expects strong interest from managed service providers and security service providers (MSPs and MSSPs) \u201cwho see cloud services as a key competitive differentiator in an increasingly demanding environment\u201d.
\nAlkira\u2019s cloud network as-a-service (CNaaS) dramatically cuts the time it takes to provision secure, low-latency cloud networking. It simplifies deployment and management of third-party firewalls, plus provides full visibility and governance for day 2 operations.
\nUsers of the service in the US include Warner Music Group, Koch Industries and auto industry startup Tekion. Couturier reports an equally enthusiastic reception from customers in Europe.
\n\u201cThe network always grows, getting bigger and needing to go faster. There\u2019s a pressing need for networks built for the virtualised world of the cloud. CIOs are looking for complete transparency, cost efficiencies, the ability to provision in hours not weeks, and not just for a single cloud but across multicloud and hybrid cloud environments.\u201d
\nAs enterprises migrate workloads from data centers to cloud, they are under growing pressure to simplify and rationalise networking. \u201cThat becomes even more true as enterprises demand multi-cloud solutions,\u201d Couturier said. Interest in cloud networking as a service was also fuelled by component shortages that are delaying shipments of network hardware, hampering IT transformation projects. \u201cWith Alkira\u2019s solution, there\u2019s no hardware or software to install. Customers can provision capacity wherever they need it within minutes,\u201d he added.
\nAccording to Gartner: \u201dThe cloud networking software market will reach $5.3 billion by 2030, up from $2 billion in 2021, with private cloud the largest but most difficult segment to enter.\u201d A major driver will be the desire to extend existing data centre networks to the public cloud environment. \u201cBy 2025, 35% of companies that use multiple public cloud providers will use a single network stack, an increase of over 10 times from 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n

Above, senior vice president international Paul Couturier \/ Image credited to Alkira<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Senior vice president with track record in scaling startups to lead expansion programme from new Netherlands HQ Cloud networking pioneer Alkira this week opened headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands to spearhead an international expansion drive in EMEA. Alkira is continuing to recruit teams in UK, Germany, France, Benelux, Nordics and Spain, while aggressively signing up … <\/p>\n

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