Partnership enhances performance, resilience, and security for hybrid and multicloud environments
In a significant move to strengthen cloud performance and security, Cloudflare Inc. (NYSE: NET) has announced that its connectivity cloud platform will now be available natively on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The integration will enable joint customers to enhance the speed, protection, and reliability of applications and AI workloads across hybrid and multicloud environments.
As enterprises increasingly embrace AI and distributed architectures, managing and securing these complex environments has become a growing challenge. According to a Forrester Research report, 73% of IT leaders are adopting multicloud networking to gain flexibility — yet many face operational and security complexity.
“AI is transforming businesses, but it also expands the threat landscape — security must evolve with it.”
— Tom Evans, Chief Partner Officer, Cloudflare
Tom Evans, Chief Partner Officer at Cloudflare, said, “AI is transforming the way organizations operate, but it’s also expanding our threat landscapes. This integration ensures that businesses can run workloads on a unified platform where security, performance, and flexibility work together.”
“Together, we’re helping organizations secure critical workloads while empowering innovation.”
— David Hicks, Group VP, ISV Ecosystem, Oracle North America
David Hicks, Group Vice President, ISV Ecosystem at Oracle North America, added, “Our collaboration with Cloudflare enables customers to protect AI workloads while enhancing performance and resilience. Together, we’re helping organizations innovate with confidence across cloud environments.”
The integration offers several key benefits: accelerating public-facing applications and AI inference, strengthening AI security through DDoS and Zero Trust controls, enabling hybrid and multicloud orchestration, protecting APIs, and ensuring compliance across digital ecosystems.
Backed by one of the world’s largest interconnected networks, Cloudflare’s platform delivers internet-scale speed, visibility, and protection for millions of organizations worldwide — from startups to governments. The collaboration with Oracle empowers enterprises to build and secure next-generation digital and AI-driven services with global consistency and confidence.
