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  • Your content management system could be so much less painful

    Andrew Betts

    CMSs may make the internet go, but they also come with several common challenges that companies, regardless of industry, can face. But that's where Fastly comes in.

    CDN & Delivery
    Performance

  • Is purging still the hardest problem in computer science?

    Andrew Betts

    One of the most common reasons for customers sending support tickets to Fastly is for help with purging content from cache - either it stays too long, or doesn't stay long enough. We have the best purging mechanism of any edge network, so what's going on?

    CDN & Delivery
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  • Level up your images: JPEG XL now supported by Image Optimizer

    Ping Hu

    Learn more about how Fastly's Image Optimizer works with JPEG XL to significantly reduce image size without losing data or impacting performance.

    CDN & Delivery
    Performance

  • Origin Offload: A measure of CDN efficiency for reducing egress cost

    Monique Barbanson, Peter Teichman, + 2 more

    Cache hit ratio shouldn't be the only metric you use to understand CDN performance. In this post, we'll explore the importance of Origin Offload.

    CDN & Delivery
    Performance

  • 3 performance benefits every CDN should have

    Ashley Hurwitz

    Many CDNs offer the same types of services, but not all are created equal. An online business' success depends on a modern, efficient CDN that can serve content fast.

    CDN & Delivery
    Performance

  • 5 tips for creating speedier, more sustainable websites with Fastly

    Leon Brocard

    How can Fastly help improve website performance and digital sustainability? Check out these five key recommendations.

    CDN & Delivery
    Performance

  • Improving your WebSocket stack

    John Agger

    Websocket limitations can be costly and inefficient if you want to push a lot of real-time content. Discover how Websockets paired with Fastly Fanout improves real-time communication.

    Compute
    + 2 more

  • Be among the first to try the greatest KV Store ever made

    Dennis Martensson, Bryan Hackett

    Discover a new level of speed with our data storage solution that outperforms traditional KV stores. Build something amazing today!

    Compute
    + 3 more

  • TLS: More secure; always fast

    Emmanuel Thompson

    This post details the journey of improving the security of TLS private keys and improving the performance and efficiency of TLS handshakes along the way.

    Privacy
    + 4 more

  • When it comes to delivering the first byte, nobody can beat Fastly

    Lucas Olslund

    Fastly is 29% faster than edgio when it comes to delivering the first byte. It’s representative of overall gains in LCP and performance.

    Company news
    + 3 more

  • A guide to protecting your data during the holidays

    Ashley Hurwitz

    Check out this collected guide on cybersecurity best practices to survive the holiday season with Fastly's Next-Gen WAF.

    Product
    + 3 more
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  • Fastly is faster at time to first byte. It makes a difference.

    Lucas Olslund

    Fastly is 43% faster to first byte (TTFB) than Akamai CDN, and 32% faster than other CDNs, and it’s representative of overall gains in LCP and performance.

    Company news
    + 2 more

  • Kubernetes at the speed of Fastly

    Hannah Aubry

    Kubernetes, the open source container orchestrator, is synonymous with scaling in the cloud — so where do they go when they need to scale themselves? Fastly! Learn how we’re helping get Kubernetes binaries into the hands of developers all over the world, at the speed of Fastly.

    Performance
    + 2 more

  • Thriving amidst chaos: Managed security tips for Black Friday weekend

    Liam Mayron, David King, + 1 more

    Struggling with the chaos of the Black Friday weekend? A Managed Security Provider can alleviate a lot of the stress that comes with the busy shopping season.

    Security
    Performance
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  • Fastly Fanout makes stateful real-time communications easy

    Ashley Vassell

    Fastly Fanout makes stateful, real-time communications easy for everyone – with or without WebSockets. Fanout takes the load off of you by taking the load off your origin.

    Performance
    + 3 more

  • Cache Hit Ratio (CHR) as a security metric

    Peter Teichman

    The Cache Hit Ratio has usually been understood as a performance metric, but there are also serious security benefits that come with improving your CHR!

    Security
    Performance

  • ETags: What they are, and how to use them

    Leon Brocard

    How to optimize your ETags to speed up your site and reduce calls to your origin without requiring significant code refactoring or content overhaul.

    DevOps
    + 2 more

  • Delivering Super Bowl for more than a decade -- and breaking records in the process

    John Agger

    2023 marks the 11th year of Fastly’s involvement in the Super Bowl. Back in 2013, we secured dedicated bandwidth to online businesses advertising throughout the game. However, since 2018 Fastly has been actively involved in delivering the live Super Bowl stream from broadcasters to millions of online viewers around the globe.

    Streaming
    + 5 more

  • Brotli: Compressing Data Efficiently | Fastly

    James Sherry

    As the importance of web performance is clear, more and more are adopting standardized metrics for measuring performance like Core Web Vitals that provide standard quality signals to track.

    DevOps
    Performance

  • Self-service Image Optimization announced | Fastly

    Travis Sanders

    We are happy to announce the availability of the long awaiting self-service of our Image Optimization product. Once enabled, users can manually enable/disable image optimization on each/all of their Fastly service configurations. We are pleased to bring this support to the world's fastest-edge network.

    Performance
    Compute
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