The HashiCorp Consul is a services networking platform that automates cloud networking using a shared service registry, allowing both practitioners and enterprises to connect and secure application services across multiple runtime platforms and cloud environments. The new release of Consul 1.7 introduces namespaces, which simplify organizational complexity by enabling self-service, governance, and operations across many user environments and services. Namespaces allow global operators to create isolated environments and apply service access restrictions for authenticated users, removing the need for teams to coordinate resource names between them.