Aviatrix Systems Inc. calls itself a cloud-native networking company, but its chief executive takes that one step further.

It is multicloud-native, according to Steve Mullaney (pictured), president and chief executive officer of Aviatrix, because the company delivers automation, advanced transit services, security and visibility across multiple cloud platforms.

“I call it multicloud-native because what we do is create a layer, basically an abstraction layer above all the different clouds,” Mullaney said. “We create one architecture for networking and network security with advanced services, not basic services, that run on AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle, AliCloud, top-secret clouds, govclouds, you name it. Now the customer has one architecture, which is what enterprises want.”

Mullaney spoke with Dave Vellante and David Nicholson, co-hosts of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio, during AWS re:Invent. They discussed how enterprise embrace of the cloud is fueling Aviatrix’s business and the latest enhancements for its network security capabilities. (* Disclosure below.)

Rise in valuation and revenue

Aviatrix’s multicloud-native pursuit has provided it with a tailwind in the competitive world of networking and network security. The company has tripled its valuation to $2 billion over the past seven months and anticipates more than $100 million in annual recurring revenue in the next calendar year, according to Mullaney.

“We had 12 sales teams four months ago; we now have 50,” Mullaney said. “Enterprises all decided for the first time: ‘We mean it now, we are going into cloud.’ Before that, they were just mouthing it.”

At the end of November, the company announced new security capabilities – ThreatIQ with ThreatGuard – which supplies every network node with the ability to provide traffic inspection and policy-based enforcement against identified threats. Aviatrix has also been awarded Security Competency status by Amazon Web Services Inc.

“We are the control plane and the data plane; we see all traffic,” Mullaney said. “With ThreatGuard, we will actually do a firewall rule right at that gateway, at the point that traffic is going out. We’ll take the action.”

Here’s the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s coverage of AWS re:Invent. (* Disclosure: Aviatrix sponsored this segment of theCUBE. Neither Aviatrix nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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