Introduces new product – Magic Cloud Networking
– fueled by recent acquisition of Nefeli’s multicloud connectivity
technology
Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the leading connectivity cloud
company, today announced the launch of Magic Cloud Networking, a
simple, secure and scalable way for businesses to connect and
secure their public cloud environments. To accelerate its entrance
into the new market, Cloudflare acquired the technology of Nefeli
Networks – a multicloud networking (MCN) startup focused on
reducing the complexity of IT and DevOps teams by providing a
unified network management layer for cloud infrastructure
deployments. By integrating Nefeli’s technology with Cloudflare’s
connectivity cloud, Cloudflare now combines cloud network
orchestration with the scale of a global network in a unified
platform – uniquely positioning Cloudflare to help businesses to
discover, connect, and protect any private or public cloud
environment seamlessly, while also further helping avoid public
cloud lock-in.
Today, the majority of businesses rely on large public cloud
providers in some way, and these organizations need to manually
configure and manage cloud networking platforms to connect each
virtual private cloud (VPC). Multicloud networking offers the
potential for businesses to use multiple cloud environments and
easily deploy and manage connectivity and security policy across
them. Nefeli’s technology automates and simplifies this process by
creating a single pane of glass that allows teams to more easily
deploy and manage changes to networking components.
“We believe the full potential of the cloud will only truly be
unlocked when customers can easily mix and match the best features
of each public cloud provider,” said Matthew Prince, CEO and
co-founder at Cloudflare. “Adding Nefeli’s team and capabilities to
Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud fast tracks our entrance into
multicloud networking – enabling our customers to reduce the cost
of managing multiple cloud providers as well as gain greater
control, visibility, agility, and resiliency to get the most out of
their cloud environments.”
Nefeli's partnership with Cloudflare began during the Workers
Launchpad program, allowing the Nefeli team to explore ways the
technologies could scale to best serve customers. Cloudflare
acquired Nefeli’s team and technology to accelerate the development
and launch of Magic Cloud Networking. Cloudflare is integrating
this technology into Cloudflare One, its comprehensive SASE
platform, to provide customers with a unified management experience
across their entire enterprise network, including cloud and
on-premises deployments. By offering Magic Cloud Networking as part
of a unified platform alongside Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)
and Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) capabilities,
Cloudflare is the only vendor today with a comprehensive Zero Trust
product portfolio, robust network connectivity powered by our
global footprint and backbone, and industry-leading application and
network security – connecting and protecting not only customers’
internal, private systems but also their external, public-facing
systems.
Magic Cloud Networking will allow customers to leverage
Cloudflare's global network, the largest and most interconnected
network in the SASE market, spanning over 310 cities in over 120
countries and interconnecting with over 13,000 networks globally.
With the addition of Magic Cloud Networking, Cloudflare will enable
customers to seamlessly discover, visualize, connect, and secure
their cloud networking infrastructure – uniquely positioning
Cloudflare as the one-stop-shop for customers looking to transform
their network architecture.
“At Nefeli, we worked to ensure businesses could get the most
out of the cloud, without being constrained by artificial
boundaries within or between any particular cloud platform," said
Eugenia Corrales, CEO of Nefeli. “By seamlessly integrating
Nefeli’s multicloud networking capabilities into Cloudflare’s
robust platform, businesses will be now able to easily connect and
manage their cloud infrastructure with security and performance
built in at scale."
“Since the early days of the Internet, complexity has been one
of the biggest roadblocks to innovation,” said Dr. Scott Shenker,
Co-founder and Chairman of Nefeli. “That’s why I’m thrilled to see
this next chapter for Nefeli’s talented team – bringing simplicity
and scalability together to revolutionize multicloud
networking.”
To learn more, please check out the resources below:
- Blog: Cloudflare secures and connects public cloud environments
for enterprise
- Cloudflare Magic Cloud Networking
About Cloudflare
Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET) is the leading connectivity cloud
company. It empowers organizations to make their employees,
applications and networks faster and more secure everywhere, while
reducing complexity and cost. Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud
delivers the most full-featured, unified platform of cloud-native
products and developer tools, so any organization can gain the
control they need to work, develop, and accelerate their
business.
Powered by one of the world’s largest and most interconnected
networks, Cloudflare blocks billions of threats online for its
customers every day. It is trusted by millions of organizations –
from the largest brands to entrepreneurs and small businesses to
nonprofits, humanitarian groups, and governments across the
globe.
Learn more about Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud at
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