Cloudflare

Cloudflare is a global network that sits between a website and its visitors. Instead of every request travelling all the way to a single server, Cloudflare serves cached content from a data centre near the visitor, filters out malicious traffic before it reaches the site, and keeps the connection secure — all as part of routing that traffic.

Its network spans more than 300 cities in over 100 countries, which is what makes it possible to serve a site quickly almost anywhere in the world, and to absorb attack traffic at a scale a single server never could. Beyond the CDN, Cloudflare's platform also includes DDoS protection, a web application firewall, DNS management, and edge compute tools like Cloudflare Workers.

We put Cloudflare in front of client sites where uptime, speed and security genuinely matter to the business — which, for most of our clients, is all the time. It means a traffic spike from a marketing campaign, or an attempted attack, doesn't become the thing that takes a site down.

It's also proven itself over time on our own client work. We've provided ten years of secure hosting and 24/7 support for global manufacturer Gardner Denver on Cloudflare's network, including a Chinese site launch — a market where network reach and performance genuinely make or break the experience for visitors.

Because it sits in front of a site rather than replacing what's behind it, Cloudflare works alongside whatever platform a site is built on — WordPress, Kentico, React, or anything else we build.