Cloudflare Inc. has announced the seamless integration of its connectivity cloud platform directly with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), available immediately to customers worldwide. This partnership empowers enterprises to supercharge application delivery, optimize AI workloads, and ensure robust cyber protection across hybrid, multicloud, and OCI-hosted environments.
With the rising complexity of digital infrastructure due to accelerated adoption of AI, machine learning, and multicloud architectures, organizations increasingly demand end-to-end security, operational visibility, and high-performance networking for critical business applications. The Cloudflare-Oracle collaboration delivers unified networking, DDoS protection, web application firewall (WAF), and Zero Trust capabilities natively through OCI, offering flexible multi-cloud management and enhanced AI security for enterprise applications.
As highlighted by Forrester Research, 73% of enterprise IT decision-makers are embracing multicloud networking to gain flexibility and resilience while managing complex cyber threats and compliance needs. Through this integration, businesses benefit from comprehensive cloud-native security, industry-leading application acceleration, and global traffic orchestration.
“AI is redefining organizational productivity and risk profiles,” said Tom Evans, Chief Partner Officer at Cloudflare. “Organizations need a comprehensive platform that ensures security, agility, and performance. The native integration with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure will enable joint customers to securely run mission-critical workloads, consolidate operations, and scale AI innovation across diverse cloud environments.”
David Hicks, Group Vice President, ISV Ecosystem, Oracle North America, added, “Oracle’s partnership with Cloudflare gives enterprises the confidence to protect and optimize AI workloads, achieve compliance, and maximize cloud-native application performance wherever they operate.”
Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud powers one of the most interconnected security fabrics in the world, delivering end-to-end cyber resilience, scalability, and digital trust for startups, enterprises, and governments.
Key Benefits for Joint Cloudflare and Oracle Cloud Customers:
Accelerate public-facing applications and AI inference: Reduce global latency and enable industry-leading performance across multicloud environments.
Strengthen AI security: Shield AI workloads and sensitive data with advanced DDoS protection, WAF, bot mitigation, and Zero Trust protocols.
Enable hybrid and multi-cloud architectures: Unify network orchestration and management across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.
Protect APIs: Safeguard vendor ecosystems and application integrations with rate limiting, threat intelligence, and comprehensive data protection.
Address regulatory compliance: Satisfy enterprise compliance requirements through a globally distributed, security-first platform that supports all digital environments.
This innovative partnership ensures organizations can confidently drive digital transformation, accelerate AI workloads, and optimize application security while benefiting from seamless connectivity and enterprise-grade network protection—no matter where their data and services reside.
