How Cloudflare Is Solving Network Interconnection for CIOs

The text discusses how Cloudflare is addressing connectivity challenges faced by IT teams and CIOs. It presents three parts of their approach: making the network more valuable, expanding reach, and reducing provisioning times. They aim to make interconnection valuable by providing access to new products and features with zero additional latency and easy configuration. The network becomes more useful as more properties connect to it, improving performance and threat detection. Cloudflare offers various interconnection options in over 250 locations worldwide, including through Interconnect Partners. They are expanding their reach to 1000 new locations as part of Cloudflare for Offices initiative. To get interconnection done quickly, they are automating BGP configurations, streamlining cross-connect provisioning, and improving uptime. The text also mentions partnerships with companies like Megaport and Console Connect to provide virtual interconnection.