Episode 260 - Cloud Networking on the Alkira Cloud Services Exchange (CSX)

 
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We cross to Silicon Valley and speak with Amir Khan, President, CEO & Founder of cloud computing platform Alkira and their start-up program with Microsoft.

Alkira has announced a close collaboration with the Microsoft for Startups program, a select group of emerging businesses hand-picked by Microsoft for the benefits they offer to Microsoft Azure customers in their journey to the cloud. The select start-ups receive growth partnership and ecosystem support from Microsoft including access to technical, sales and marketing opportunities and leadership. Alkira also announced that the Alkira Cloud Services Exchange (CSX) – the core of the company’s Network Cloud platform – is now available on the Azure Marketplace.

Amir Khan is a computer networking visionary who founded and led Viptela’s market-leading, cloud-first, Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) business before its acquisition by Cisco. Amir has held leadership roles at Cisco, Juniper, and Nortel. He holds 4 patents. Amir earned an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Mississippi.

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For the full video interview, recorded Friday 23 April 2021, available here https://youtu.be/qVE06EFMHc0

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