Craig Matsumoto covers distributed edge infrastructure as a Senior Research Analyst at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. He follows the evolution of infrastructure into cloud-native services controllable by software, with focus areas including CDNs, datacenter interconnection services and edge computing services. He also covers the aspects of hyperscale public clouds that overlap these sectors. Based in Silicon Valley, Craig followed similar trends while covering the rise of software-defined networking as an editor for SDxCentral and Light Reading.
Prior to joining 451 in 2018, Craig spent 27 years in technology journalism, covering beats including semiconductors and optical networking. He holds a bachelor of science degree in engineering mathematics from UC Berkeley.
The startup is pitching its Unified Edge as a way for communications service providers and enterprises to quickly adopt the principles of agile virtualized networking, helping them gain increased relevance in the age of edge and hybrid multicloud deployments.
The longtime equipment vendor has converted its products into cloud-delivered software, partly via the acquisition of Volterra. It seems only natural to use that functionality to deliver network connectivity as well, especially targeting cloud-to-cloud use cases.
As enterprises move more data into the cloud and pursue multicloud and hybrid strategies, they are beginning to realize the cost and complexity of contracting with multiple cloud providers. This has made them more willing to work with third-party service providers like Faction.
With the partnership, Cloudflare's network services should get a boost among large customers, which is key to maintaining the company's growth trajectory. The pact with Kyndryl focuses on wide area networking as a service and zero-trust network access.
A new generation of network-as-a-service upstarts has emerged to serve enterprises in a hybrid and multicloud era, catering to the need for more flexible and responsive networking. The agility and self-service nature of these new offerings pose a competitive threat to incumbent communications service providers.
As the search giant prepares to sunset third-party cookies next year, it has turned to Fastly to operate a double-blind relay to ensure user privacy. For Fastly, the partnership is validation of its edge platform's ability to operate at massive scale.
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