In the era of generative artificial intelligence, multicloud networking is essential.

Enterprise companies are entering a new stage of cloud architecture, according to Anirban Sengupta (pictured), chief technology officer of engineering at Aviatrix Systems Inc. The company recently announced Aviatrix Cloud Network Security Platform-as-a-Service, enabling customers to simplify their multicloud networking in a secure manner.

Aviatrix System’s Anirban Sengupta talks about the development of Aviatrix PaaS.

“With the coming of the gen AI and all these applications, what has happened is that the data is distributed,” Sengupta said. “The models are in a different place … and a lot of the data is actually on the edge. All that data has to come into the cloud so that it can be processed, and either for training or inference or any of these use cases. This is the time when there is a real need for having a true multicloud [strategy].”

Sengupta spoke with theCUBE Research’s Savannah Peterson and Rob Strechay at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed the complexities of multicloud networking and why a security strategy is crucial for enterprise businesses. (* Disclosure below.)

Entering the next stage of multicloud networking

The enterprise world is embracing what Sengupta calls a “cloud 2.0 strategy,” which involves taking advantage of the best-of-breed offerings of multiple clouds. Kubernetes allows for flexibility as customers mix and match different clouds for their needs.

“Most [companies] started with AWS because that was the incumbent cloud, but now, over time, they’re looking at, ‘Hey, it’s not just AWS, but all the other clouds provide great value,’” Sengupta explained. “Especially with Kubernetes, it has become kind of shifting, and then on top of that, all the AI, gGen AI, and AI/ML applications, people are really looking at a cloud 2.0 strategy, so to speak, which is a 100% multicloud oriented.”

Many of Aviatrix’s customers are in healthcare and finance, where the data has to be secure. When companies try to construct a multicloud architecture, they can run into several problems, according to Sengupta: Internet Protocol (IP) exhaustion and overlap, as well as network security for Virtual Private Clouds. Aviatrix aims to remedy these issues.

“We have customers who have … more than a thousand island VPCs with overlapping IP space,” Sengupta said. “What we do is, because it’s controller-based, it can really take intent-based policies, networking and security policies, and they can connect all these overlapping IP address clusters through the NAT gateway … and our customers can go and write intent-based policies with the Kubernetes resources without caring about the IP addresses.”

Companies should have a time to value of under 10 minutes, according to Sengupta. He highlights the time-saving and secure features of Aviatrix PaaS, which allows customers to quickly implement its technology.

“We take away the toil of the operations from our customers,” he said. “We take care of all upgrades, data operations, troubleshooting, making sure that everything is running as needed, and they’re getting the best operational excellence through SRE. For example, we take care of right sizing all these devices. And last but not the least is that we provide the best TCO overall with the PaaS service.”

Here’s the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE Research’s coverage of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA:

(* Disclosure: Aviatrix Systems Inc. sponsored this segment of theCUBE. Neither Aviatrix nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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