Alkira, a leader in Network Infrastructure as a Service (NIaaS, is introducing Alkira Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server alongside the launch of Alkira NIA (Network Infrastructure Assistant)—an AI co-pilot designed to further enhance network management and operations through conversational AI.
According to the company, these complementary innovations allow enterprise customers to interact with their Alkira Cloud Services Exchange (CSX) deployments via powerful AI assistants, such as Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, or within the Alkira Platform.
Alkira MCP Server and Alkira NIA surface Alkira’s authoritative control plane as governed MCP tools and providing guided, auditable workflows—so teams can ask, validate, act, and verify across a distributed fabric without adding hardware, deploying agents, or rewriting architectures as the AI footprint shifts.
“Operations teams need precision, not more interfaces,” said Atif Khan, chief technology officer at Alkira. “Alkira MCP and Alkira NIA let engineers ask the network a question, check policy, and apply a change in one governed flow, all auditable end-to-end. It reduces operational steps and accelerates delivery across distributed environments. By letting teams interact with their infrastructure the same way they'd ask a colleague for help, through natural conversation, this is yet another example of how Alkira is bringing simplicity to the complex world of enterprise networking.”
Together, Alkira MCP and Alkira NIA transform network operations, making it intuitive, efficient, and accessible. Alkira MCP exposes Alkira’s control-plane intelligence to AI assistants for natural-language queries on policy, health, and capacity, the company said.
Alkira NIA delivers guided, auditable actions inside the Alkira platform—so teams can ask, validate, execute, and verify without adding hardware or agents.
Both Alkira MCP and Alkira NIA integrate securely with Alkira’s CSX platform through secure API and authentication controls, inheriting Alkira’s role-based access, auditing, and security frameworks.
These solutions expand AI interaction capabilities without compromising governance or compliance, supporting today’s widest range of AI platforms while guarding future compatibility and customer choice, the company said.
Alkira MCP and Alkira NIA co-pilot are available now to all existing customers.
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