Connectivity Cloud, Explained - The executive's guide to regaining IT and security control
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Navigating IT and Security Complexity with a Connectivity Cloud
By: Cloudflare
Type: Analyst Report
In August 2023, Cloudflare commissioned Forrester Consulting to evaluate the growing complexity of IT and security operations. In a survey to global IT and security decision makers, the research firm found that their responsibilities have significantly increased and grown in complexity over the last three years. The additional complexity has caused organizations to lose control over their digital environments, resulting in consequential impacts to the business. Download this Forrester Consulting thought leadership paper.
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In August 2023, Cloudflare commissioned Forrester Consulting to evaluate the growing complexity of IT and security operations. In a survey to global IT and security decision makers, the research firm found that their responsibilities have significantly increased and grown in complexity over the last three years. The additional complexity has caused organizations to lose control over their digital environments, resulting in consequential impacts to the business. Download this Forrester Consulting thought leadership paper.
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Helping organizations take back IT and security control
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Today, everything and everyone in your organization’s IT environment needs to be connected and secured everywhere, all the time. But the cloud, SaaS, Internet, and on-prem domains are intrinsically different, and the tools used to tie them together usually just add more complexity.
All of this results in IT and security teams having less control over their environment.
A connectivity cloud is a unified platform of cloud-native services that dramatically simplifies secure “any to any” connectivity, helping businesses regain control of their IT environment. This eBook tells you how a connectivity cloud works and how it can help your organization.
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