Kyndryl (NYSE: KD), the world's largest IT infrastructure services provider, and Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), a leading connectivity cloud company, today 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.
Kyndryl and Cloudflare first partnered in May 2023 to modernize enterprise infrastructure with end-to-end services, bringing managed WAN-as-a-Service and Cloudflare Zero Trust to the entire corporate network. Now, the two companies are focused on further innovation across all technology stacks to design, build, manage and modernize customers' vital systems. Cloudflare's capabilities will now be activated across Kyndryl's practice areas including Network & Edge and Security & Resiliency.
Enterprises have turned to Cloudflare and Kyndryl since they started partnering for complete network modernization, protections, and performance solutions — across sectors worldwide — from a supply chain distribution provider in the US, a leading financial institution in Spain, to Ashok Leyland, a leading commercial vehicle manufacturer in India.
"As one of the premier automotive manufacturers worldwide, it is imperative that we are equipped with robust and secure networks to ensure our global IT infrastructure runs seamlessly. From dealer management to vehicle tracking, we need to run our 50+ Internet applications with zero or minimal disruption and enhanced security," said Vinod Gopinathan, CIO at Ashok Leyland. "Kyndryl's managed services with Cloudflare's DDoS protection and mitigation solution enables Ashok Leyland to focus on our pursuit to technology innovation, advanced engineering, and enhanced connectivity."