With the experience offered by having created and developed one of the most important companies in the interconnection of computer and communications networks in the world, such as Cisco Systemstwo of its founders John Chambers and Pankaj Patel have come together to create Nile.
Based in Santa Clara, California, this startup has built a state-of-the-art networking product that requires little or no human intervention to run. In addition, it has the AI predictive intelligence to prevent data flow issues before these occur.
In the words of Chambers himself, Nile’s ambition is clear: represents the most important change in networks in more than a decade, “Nile is focused on ‘disruptive simplicity’ (…) is a new system that will uniquely transform the way customers acquire, deploy, consume, support, protect and grow their networks, providing much-needed simplicity, reduced risk and total cost. Nile is already supported by 50 different solution providers.
That’s Nile
Nile will have high-quality corporate WiFi; a bank of metadata/secure user information data used by constant monitoring sensors to anticipate problems with network flow and fraudulent access; a holistic pay-per-use consumption model aligned with network users; elimination of operational overload; and a self-directed network customer experience supported by extensive use of AI-powered monitoring, analytics, and automation.
This new startup offers the first out-of-the-box trusted network with no network operations required. In it, each user and device is automatically segmented, and each request must be authenticated and evaluated before access is granted. The result reduces the risk of cybercriminals carrying out ransomware attacks. Plus, without any complex setup up front, security teams can ensure all connections can be controlled no matter where they are on the network.
Nile’s cloud-native design includes deep physical and virtual instrumentation that provides continuous monitoring, extensive analytics, and AI/ML-driven automation. The result is a self-directed network that is always optimizing for maximum performance. And where software updates and security patches are orchestrated and delivered through automation to prevent interruptions to users and devices.
Its creators aim to provide customers with the same benefits as cloud-based storage and software. With an approach that combines design, hardware, software, installation, maintenance and ongoing management and a payment for use. Where Nile simply adds or changes capacity and coverage as each customer’s needs evolve.
