**Announcement >**

**Modernize your network and protect your workforce with our unified cloud-native platform**

Too many SSE and SASE journeys are held back by disjointed ‘platforms’ saddled with tech debt. Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud is the modern answer — a composable, cloud-native platform that adapts to any use case.

Fast-track your SSE or SASE journey. Cloudflare connects and secures end-to-end using one network and control plane with security built-in — and improves IT team efficiency by 13%.

Ensure reliable and scalable network connectivity with consistent protection from any location. Deliver Zero Trust for your business using the same Cloudflare proxies that protect ~20% of the web.

Prevent gaps and alert fatigue with integrated services that draw on the same peerless threat intelligence — drawn from blocking ~165 billion daily threats. Cloudflare improves security team efficiency by 29%.

We believe this recognition is a testament to Cloudflare’s “light branch, heavy cloud” architecture and its ability to help global, cloud-minded enterprises accelerate their network modernization.

Cloudflare received the highest score in the global network criterion. We believe this recognition validates our commitment to build SASE “the right way,” converging network and security services on a composable, programmable connectivity cloud.

IDC highlights Cloudflare for having a "keen focus on the developer ecosystem and a strategy to invest in new technologies". This recognition validates our approach to help businesses of any size with any-to-any connectivity to apps, users and networks in a simple and secure way.

*Cloudflare’s **connectivity cloud** delivers SSE services from a 330-city network that’s close to users everywhere, letting you:*

Verify more types of identify context and more easily adapt policies

Block more threats using our peerless threat intelligence

Improve visibility into sensitive data, security compliance, and user experiences

Expand your deployment with our flexible architecture and single-pass inspection

The Buyer’s Guide to SASE Use Cases

Conrad Electronic was too reliant on risky VPN connectivity and labor-intensive security services. In response, they adopted Cloudflare’s Zero Trust security services and used it plus Terraform to automate security workflows.

Now, they’ve dumped 1000 expensive VPN licenses and are responding to threats much faster than before.

Elevating organizational trust with Zero Trust