Company Research Report: Cloudflare, Inc.

Company Overview

Name: Cloudflare, Inc.

Mission of the Company: Cloudflare aims to build a better internet, focusing on improving the security, reliability, and performance of web properties connected to the internet.

Founded: Cloudflare was founded in 2009.

Founders: Matthew Prince, Lee Holloway, and Michelle Zatlyn.

Key People:

Matthew Prince, CEO.

Michelle Zatlyn, Co-Founder and COO.

Headquarters: Cloudflare is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA.

Number of Employees: The exact current number of employees is not available.

Revenue: No information is available.

Known For: Cloudflare is known for its internet security services, including DDoS protection, content delivery network services, Internet security, and distributed domain name server services.

Products

Overview of Products

1. SASE and SSE Services

Description: Services to connect and secure employees, contractors, devices, networks, apps, and data.

Key Features: Offers secure access service edge (SASE) solutions to manage secure access to company resources.

2. App and Infrastructure Services

Description: Provides security, reliability, and performance enhancements for digital products and services.

Key Features: Ensures apps are protected from DDoS attacks, enhances application resilience, and performs global content distribution.

3. Developer Services

Description: Allows developers to build and deploy full-stack applications.

Key Features: Integrated solutions for compute, storage, and networking, facilitating rapid application development.

Recent Developments

Acquisitions:

1. Kivera Acquisition

Impact: Integrated into the SASE platform to enhance cloud security.

2. BastionZero Acquisition

Impact: Added Zero Trust infrastructure access capabilities to the SASE platform.

New Partnerships:

Cloudflare partnered with U.S. Ski & Snowboard as both a sponsorship partner and a customer.

Other Developments:

Cloudflare was named in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Single-Vendor SASE.

Recognized as a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Bot Management Software, Q3 2024, receiving high scores in multiple criteria.

New Products/Features:

Connectivity Cloud: A unified platform aimed to improve security, reduce costs, and enhance network performance for enterprises.

Published various reports emphasizing security, such as the 2024 Application Security Report.

Strategic Insights:

Cloudflare highlights the complexity of security systems with insights and surveys, such as indicating that 86% of respondents feel security complexity increases vulnerabilities.