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AWS re:Invent 2023 - S&P Global’s Enterprise Network Exchange Powered by Alkira’s NaaS (NET103)

Summary

S&P Global, a leading provider of financial market intelligence, underwent a $44 billion merger with IHS Market, leading to complex integration challenges.
Guru Prasad Ramamurti, VP of Global Networking and Security at S&P Global, shared how they partnered with Alkira to deliver integration at speed and scale.
Alkira's Network as a Service (NaaS) platform enabled S&P Global to handle multi-cloud environments, hybrid setups, mergers and acquisitions, and partner onboarding.
Alkira's solution is a SaaS offering that simplifies network orchestration, allowing rapid deployment across the globe.
S&P Global has connected 3,000 customers to their network, transformed legacy partner connections, and set up new regions in less than 20 days without capital investment.
Alkira's platform provides a single pane of glass for network visibility and control, facilitating multi-cloud troubleshooting and secure data streaming for AI applications.
The transition to Alkira's NaaS is expected to result in double-digit million-dollar savings for S&P Global by reducing MPLS network costs and improving application performance and agility.

The merger between S&P Global and IHS Market highlighted the need for agile and scalable network solutions to integrate large-scale enterprise systems quickly.
Alkira's NaaS offering represents a significant shift in networking, moving away from traditional hardware-based solutions to cloud-native, software-defined networking.
The ability to onboard partners and customers onto a secure, scalable network infrastructure is crucial for enterprises like S&P Global that operate in the financial services industry.
Alkira's platform enables enterprises to maintain their networking expertise while also upskilling their teams to manage modern, abstracted network environments.
The use of Alkira's NaaS solution by S&P Global demonstrates a growing trend towards cloud-based networking solutions that offer cost savings, improved performance, and greater agility compared to traditional MPLS networks.
The case of S&P Global suggests that enterprises are increasingly looking to leverage cloud-native services to enhance their global network infrastructure, reduce latency, and streamline operations.