Kyndryl and Cloudflare, Inc. announced a Global Strategic Alliance, an expansion of their partnership, to enable enterprises to migrate and manage networks for multi-cloud connectivity and comprehensive network security. The partnership combines Kyndryl?s end-to-end consulting services and expertise across enterprise networking, security, and resiliency, with Cloudflare?s robust connectivity cloud that offers security, performance, and cloud flexibility all-in-one. The Kyndryl and Cloudflare Global Strategic Alliance is focused on helping enterprises streamline connectivity to multiple clouds and data centers, while providing robust network security.

Together, they will help businesses: Accelerate digital maturity and network modernization: Cloudflare is the technology platform and Kyndryl is the services provider that will shepherd customers through this journey. Together, Kyndryl and Cloudflare will guide customers to increase security across the network, enhance performance of business-critical applications, and seamlessly access business data. Reduce spend on private network links and appliances while saving IT teams from manual work: The two companies will provide enterprises with leading global network 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 connectivity cloud. Extend network security to offices and data centers by replacing traditional WAN: Cloudflare?s complete enterprise cybersecurity can tackle risks and attacks from every location and vector. The Zero Trust migration with Kyndryl seamlessly modernizes networks while helping to ensure business continuity.

Leverage sustainable networking: Cloudflare?s connectivity cloud eliminates the need for hardware and traditional networking equipment. With Kyndryl expertise in technology stack migration combined with Cloudflare?s global network services, the partnership enables customers to seamlessly integrate environmental sustainability directly into their business model. Organizations migrating from on-premises network hardware to Cloudflare?s cloud-based services can decrease related carbon emissions between 78% and 96%.

As testament to the partnership, Cloudflare has helped Kyndryl transform its network services and provide cloud cybersecurity protection, including DDoS mitigation. Cloudflare currently protects Kyndryl Internet properties, with Kyndryl operating on a self-service model including the ability to make changes seamlessly throughout the transformation without incurring additional charges. Since adopting Cloudflare's global connectivity cloud network and security services, Kyndryl has seen a reduction in IT infrastructure costs, accelerated web traffic, and increased performance for data load balancing.