Company Research Report: Cloudflare, Inc.
Company Overview
Name: Cloudflare, Inc.
Mission: Cloudflare aims to build a better, faster, safer, and more reliable internet.
Founded: 2009
Founders: Matthew Prince, Lee Holloway, and Michelle Zatlyn
Key People:
- Matthew Prince, Co-founder & CEO
- Michelle Zatlyn, Co-founder, President & COO
- Lee Holloway, Co-founder
- Thomas Seifert, CFO
- John Graham-Cumming, CTO
Headquarters: San Francisco, California, USA
Number of Employees: Approximately 3,200
Revenue: No information is available
Known For: Cloudflare is renowned for its web performance and security services, including DDoS Protection, CDN, and DNS services.
Products
Overview
Cloudflare offers a multi-faceted suite of products designed to improve security, performance, and reliability of internet properties.
SASE and SSE Services
- Description: Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Security Service Edge (SSE) services aim to secure connections and data across employees, devices, networks, apps, and data.
Application and Infrastructure Services
- Description: A suite of services ensuring top-notch security, reliability, and performance of digital products and services.
Developer Services
- Description: Tools to build and deploy full-stack applications, including compute, storage, and networking.
Key Features
SASE and SSE Services
- Security: Improved resilience and reduced attack surface.
- Control: Enhanced visibility and control across various IT environments.
Application Services
- Performance: Accelerated application and network performance.
- Security: Comprehensive protection from cyber threats.
Developer Services
- Agility: Facilitated rapid development and deployment.
- Integration: Seamless integration with existing workflows and tools.
Recent Developments
Recent Product Launches
- No information is available
New Features
- No information is available
New Partnerships
- Cloudflare acquires BastionZero: This acquisition adds Zero Trust infrastructure access to Cloudflare’s SASE platform.
Additional Notes
- Total Economic Impact™ of Cloudflare’s Connectivity Cloud: A study found a 238% ROI over three years.
- Magic Quadrant Recognition: Cloudflare has been named in Gartner’s 2024 Magic Quadrant for Single-Vendor SASE and SSE.
Case Studies
Porsche Informatik
Benefit: Cloudflare manages traffic, protects websites, and automates cloud migration tasks.
Delivery Hero
Benefit: Using Cloudflare as a single network entry point reduced complexity, enhanced performance, and secured operations.
PhonePe
Benefit: Cloudflare protects over 33 million merchants and offers a low-latency experience to over 400 million users.
Information based on available data; any sections not included above can be attributed to the unavailability of specific data points.
