Next-gen enterprise networks provider Nile announced a new solution architecture for its Nile access service. Components of the architecture include Nile service blocks, Nile services cloud, Nile copilot and Nile autopilot. This architecture redefines innovation principles for enterprise networks by bringing together cloud-native service delivery and AI-powered closed-loop automation to campus and branch IT infrastructures.
“Nile was created with a vision to change the way enterprise networks are designed, consumed, and operated. Our mission is to give IT leaders a bridge over the growing innovation gap between their goals and the resources required to achieve them,” said Pankaj Patel, CEO and co-founder, Nile. “The first step in that journey was building the industry’s first service architecture to deliver connectivity with guaranteed performance outcomes. Today, we’re building on that foundation by ushering in a new era powered by AI networking.”
With its historically product-centric model, network infrastructure at the enterprise campus and branch locations represents the final frontier for enabling automated operational and service-centric innovation models. Nile services cloud and Nile’s AI applications enable real-time observability of the network state, eliminating the potential for future problems with predictive maintenance while continuously optimizing network performance toward coverage, capacity and availability guarantees.
With the power of AI and closed-loop automation, Nile access service is the only enterprise network providing guaranteed outcomes to its customers, fully supported by financial penalties if these guarantees are unmet.
Design and activation of the Nile access service is automated, from site survey to bill-of-material creation to management of installation work orders. The service maintains its best state by proactively identifying and resolving deviations from its baseline performance. It automatically tackles trouble tickets without costly troubleshooting and tech support workflows.
With the Nile Access Service, IT teams virtually eliminate network-related trouble tickets, enabling 25x faster resolution for external issues and maintaining continuous security compliance. With Nile, they never have to project manage another software maintenance, capacity planning, or hardware refresh cycle. Traditional headaches and challenges of product-centric enterprise networks are simply eliminated with the AI-powered Nile access service.
Three core elements enable these comprehensive capabilities: Nile service blocks, Nile services cloud, and Nile AI applications.
Nile Service Blocks are at the foundation of the Nile access service. Each block represents a collection of physical Wi-Fi sensors, Wi-Fi APs, access switches or distribution switches. Different sizes of service blocks for different sites are designed automatically and delivered to enable secure connectivity at campus and branch locations given site survey requirements. Instead of requiring manual configuration and separate software releases for different network elements, service blocks are supported with cloud native delivery principles and a single microservices-based software architecture. Nile service blocks vertically integrate more than ten traditionally separate products and are purpose-built to be delivered as a service.
As part of the Nile Service Blocks, the Nile networking hardware is purpose-built for AI, and the software is deeply instrumented across all layers, utilizing deterministic system design and the continuous collection of 1000+ data points across all aspects of the edge infrastructure. Nile Service Blocks integrate zero trust networking principles and enforce L3-only isolation for all connected devices on hardened hardware elements.
Powered by an integrated data model, Nile services cloud enables real-time observability and continuous optimization of Nile Service Blocks by utilizing both model-centric and data-centric AI technologies. It drives the following unique innovations for AI networking:
- Design pipeline: Automated day -1/0 operations, including survey, design, and installation.
- Digital twins: Virtual replica of the service blocks, helping simulate network operations.
- Defense hub: Edge to cloud zero trust security orchestration across the service blocks.
- Smart agents: Real-time data collection from the service blocks at high efficiency.
- Cognitive decisions: Closed loop automation to maintain the best state for the network.
These categories of applications radically improve how system installers, IT admins, end users, and Nile’s own customer success and production engineering teams gain visibility and control across the tenants of the Nile access service.
Nile copilot applications offer one-touch installation and intent-based provisioning of Nile service blocks and enable IT admins and their end users to monitor service outcomes and securely onboard user & IoT devices.
Nile autopilot applications offload traditionally manual NOC functions such as software maintenance and eliminate manual workflows for infrastructure performance monitoring and troubleshooting.
Powered by Nile service blocks, services cloud and AI applications, Nile’s access service is now available for deployment in production networks, worldwide.
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