Nile Introduces Industry’s First AI Networking Solution With Performance Guarantees

Nile announced a brand new solution architecture for its Nile Access Service. Components of the architecture include Nile Service Blocks, Nile Services Cloud, and two categories of AI applications: Nile Copilot and Nile Autopilot. This new architecture redefines innovation principles for enterprise networks by bringing together integrated security, 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 by ushering in a new era powered by AI networking.” 

“AI is fundamentally changing every country, citizen, industry, and company, and the enterprise network market is no exception. What Nile understands that the rest of the industry has missed is that AI cannot be an incremental addition to an existing architecture. In order to truly reap the benefits of the biggest technology shift we have ever seen – bigger than the Internet and cloud combined – companies need a new architecture, one built from the ground up to fully leverage AI,” said John Chambers, founder and CEO of JC2 Ventures, as well as a board member and co-founder of Nile. “Nile saw 300% growth in 2023 in a market that was otherwise flat. That momentum, combined with the team at Nile and their healthy financial resources, puts Nile on a trajectory for massive success and future leadership.”

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. Key to this transformation are delivering network connectivity using an as-a-service model, AI for automation and observability, and integrated security. The Nile Access Service delivers on all three counts.

Nile’s new AI-powered solution architecture doesn’t just help identify wired and wireless network issues; it enables real-time observability of the network state, eliminates the potential for any future problems with predictive maintenance, and continuously optimizes the 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 solution providing such guaranteed outcomes to its customers, fully supported by financial penalties if these guarantees are unmet.

“AI is rapidly becoming a critical element for any network management and operations capability designed to support enterprise IT infrastructure,” said Will Townsend, vice president & Principal Analyst, Networking & Security Practices, Moor Insights & Strategy. “The use of AI in these instances is not necessarily new, but the Nile Access Service is rooted in a modern technology stack that can provide massive scale and closed-loop automation to accelerate digital initiatives and lower operational costs, all backed by a service level guarantee.”

Source: Nile media announcement