CloudFlare

CloudFlare
CloudFlare
Industry Internet
Founded July 2009 (2009-07)
Founder(s) Matthew Prince
Lee Holloway
Michelle Zatlyn
Headquarters San Francisco, CA, United States
Key people Matthew Prince (CEO)
Lee Holloway
Michelle Zatlyn
Products CloudFlare
Services Website performance and security
Website cloudflare.com

CloudFlare is a content delivery network and distributed Domain Name Server service aimed at enhancing website performance and speed and providing security. CloudFlare offers both free and paid services. CloudFlare gained media attention after providing security to LulzSec's website.[1][2] The Turkish government also utilizes CloudFlare technology.[2]

Matthew Prince, Lee Holloway, and Michelle Zatlyn created CloudFlare in 2009.[3][2] Matthew Prince and Lee Holloway previously worked on Project Honey Pot.[3][4] CloudFlare was launched at September 2010 TechCrunch Disrupt conference.[3][2]

The World Economic Forum (WEF) praised CloudFlare's "innovative algorithms" and its ability to adapt in its "Technology Pioneers 2012" report.[5][6] The WEF called LulzSec's use of CloudFlare's services "a vote of confidence in CloudFlare's approach."[5][6]

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