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Cloudflare announced its partnership with Kyndryl , the world ’ s largest IT infrastructure services provider , to help enterprises modernise and scale their corporate networks with managed WAN-asa-Service and Cloudflare Zero Trust .

The partnership couples Kyndryl ’ s expert managed end-to-end networking services with Cloudflare ’ s robust technology platform to enable enterprises to streamline connectivity to multiple clouds at scale .

The demands of modern applications , data , services , and connect-from-anywhere workloads are of top importance for businesses , including enterprises with legacy network infrastructure . Yet , organisations are increasingly faced with patchworks of data overload , on-premises technologies , public cloud services , and outdated

Matthew Prince , Co-Founder and CEO of Cloudflare networks , all of which contribute to operational loss and security risks .

Kyndryl ’ s expertise in network services and protecting business-critical infrastructure , coupled with Cloudflare ’ s global cloud platform , presents a partnership that enables enterprises to leverage a fully managed Internet security , performance , and reliability solution . The partnership allows enterprises to quickly scale network capacity based on business needs while reducing costs and presenting cost predictability .

With the growing complexity of multi-cloud networking , Cloudflare and Kyndryl ’ s managed WAN-as-a-service allows organisations to convert all their resources to cloud-native solutions and retire expensive traditional hardware with confidence . Furthermore , the end-to-end network transformation services will deliver the industry ’ s most complete , Cloudflare Zero Trust security , and connectivity with remote access to enable organisations with centralised management , control , and visibility to their network infrastructure .

Cloudflare and Kyndryl are focused on helping customers :

Streamline multi-cloud and direct to Internet strategy

Enterprises have moved data to the cloud and use SaaS applications but are leveraging hardware as their network . Cloudflare and Kyndryl have teamed up to deliver network services to the enterprise market . Cloudflare is the technology platform and Kyndryl is the services provider that will shepherd customers through this journey .

Reduce spend on private network links and appliances

Provide enterprises with networking and edge security capabilities needed for flexible work environments , including reducing tech debt and legacy architecture . Kyndryl will advise and assist enterprises in managing their IT infrastructure as they evolve their networks and transfer workloads into Cloudflare ’ s platform .

Accelerate digital maturity and network modernisation

Flexible cloud networking expertise with managed WAN-as-a-Service enables networks to respond to evolving IT needs , equipped for needs and automatically for what ’ s ahead .

Extend network security to offices and data centres

Complete enterprise cybersecurity tackles risks and attacks from every location and vector .

“ We have witnessed how enterprises are grappling with legacy hardware while introducing more and more cloud-based applications . As time goes on , this is only holding back business , limiting innovation potential , and increasing network security risk ,” said Matthew Prince , Co-Founder and CEO of Cloudflare . •

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