AlefEdge, the Edge Internet leader, and Netris,
an automatic netops platform, today announced a partnership to provide
enterprises and application developers a platform with an automated
service for connecting to Alef's EdgeNet. EdgeNet, Alef's compute and
delivery network, is based on its Software-Defined Mobile Edge (SD-ME)
platform.
"Enterprises
considering 5G-style Edge services are looking for simplicity and the
most inexpensive and efficient route to scalability-without limiting
performance and security," said AlefEdge Founder and CEO Ganesh
Sundaram. "With Netris providing networking, load balancing and security
to support an Edge cloud, our partnership illustrates another example
of why Edge is the new Cloud. Users and developers now have access to
another valuable tool to build and manage their applications and
services."
AlefEdge's
EdgeNet is a platform-as-a-service designed to enable systems
integrators, developers and value-added resellers (VAR) to build 5G-like
applications and services over contemporary networks, and to enable
enterprises to adopt them easily. Scaled across thousands of locations,
EdgeNet accelerates the digital transformation for enterprises through
Open APIs, automation and quickly connecting application developers and
network programmers to the Edge through Alef's SD-ME platform.
"Managing
networks is challenging and time intensive," said Netris CEO Alex
Saroyan. "Enterprises seeking the benefits of the Edge cloud only want
to worry about how their application and services are interconnected,
not the network implementation details. By handling implementation and
automatic configuration, our software and our approach strongly align
with Alef's SD-ME platform, adding more depth to its open and
programmable architecture."
Netris,
an automatic network operations platform, makes it possible to operate
physical networks like a service. Netris exposes simple, intuitive,
cloud-like interfaces (including a GUI, API, Kubernetes CRD) optimized
for use by both networking and non-networking people alike. Integrated
with Alef's SD-ME platform, Netris' interface configures the switching,
routing, load balancing and network security based on services and
policies defined by the enterprise or application developer. This
eliminates the complexities of manual network configuration and
orchestration and allows users to deploy infrastructure quickly with
minimal investment.