Cloudflare has expanded its reach in the enterprise cloud market with the announcement that its connectivity cloud platform will now be available natively on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The integration will allow global customers to directly access Cloudflare’s performance, security, and resiliency features from within OCI, unifying control and visibility across hybrid, multicloud, and AI-driven environments.
The move reflects growing industry demand for simplified multicloud networking and security as organizations expand their use of AI and distributed workloads.
According to a recent Forrester Research report, 73% of enterprise networking and telecommunications decision-makers said their companies are adopting multicloud strategies – a trend that gives businesses more flexibility to combine best-of-breed services from different providers. Yet, this flexibility often comes with operational complexity. Maintaining consistent security, visibility, and performance across multiple environments remains a challenge that most enterprises are struggling to solve.
With Cloudflare’s platform embedded natively in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, enterprises can now deploy and manage their applications – including those powered by AI – with streamlined configuration, unified policy management, and built-in protection against emerging cyberthreats.
Tom Evans, Chief Partner Officer at Cloudflare, said the collaboration is designed to meet the demands of an era where AI is rapidly transforming both business operations and the threat landscape. “We all see how AI is transforming the way organizations and their employees operate, and we need to pay equal attention to how AI is expanding our threat landscapes,” said Mr. Evans. “Organizations need a comprehensive platform that delivers flexibility, performance, and security. Our integration with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure will help ensure businesses everywhere, across any cloud environment, can run their workloads on a unified platform with security and speed at the forefront.”
For Oracle, the partnership strengthens its positioning as a key player in the enterprise cloud ecosystem. David Hicks, Group Vice President for ISV Ecosystem at Oracle North America, emphasized that the joint solution gives customers more control and confidence in deploying mission-critical workloads. “At Oracle, we are committed to helping our customers run their most critical workloads securely, reliably, and at scale,” said Mr. Hicks. “Through our partnership with Cloudflare, we will enable organizations to protect cloud and AI workloads while enhancing resilience and performance across hybrid and multicloud environments. Together, we will give businesses the confidence to innovate and grow, knowing their applications and data are protected every step of the way.”
Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud is built on one of the world’s most interconnected networks, spanning hundreds of cities and data centers. The platform is known for enabling global security, low latency, and high reliability – capabilities increasingly critical for organizations deploying large-scale AI workloads and latency-sensitive applications.
Reducing Network Latency Worldwide
The new integration would offer several benefits for enterprises operating across multiple environments. Customers can accelerate public-facing and AI inference workloads by reducing network latency worldwide, while also strengthening AI-related security through distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection, web application firewall (WAF) capabilities, bot mitigation, and Zero Trust access controls. The collaboration also enables hybrid and multicloud architectures, helping organizations securely orchestrate traffic across environments through unified control.
In addition to performance and security gains, the joint solution aims to simplify compliance. Cloudflare’s globally distributed architecture supports enterprises in meeting regional data protection and sovereignty requirements, providing a “security-first” framework aligned with evolving regulatory expectations.
The partnership builds on Oracle’s growing strategy of supporting an open, multicloud ecosystem. Oracle has already developed partnerships with Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and AWS, allowing enterprises to run Oracle databases and applications seamlessly across platforms. Adding Cloudflare to the OCI ecosystem brings an additional layer of connectivity and security for enterprises operating complex, AI-enabled workloads.
