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  • 3 Costly Mistakes in App and API Security and How to Avoid Them

    David King, Ashley Hurwitz

    Avoid costly app and API security mistakes. Learn how to streamline WAF evaluation, estimate TCO, and embrace agile development for optimal security.

    Security
    DevOps

  • DDoS in September

    Liam Mayron, David King, + 1 more

    Fastly's September 2025 DDoS report details modern application attacks. Get insights and guidance to strengthen your security initiatives.

    Security
    Industry insights

  • How to Tame Varnish Memory Usage Safely

    Daniel Axtens

    How Fastly turned a shelved Varnish idea into 25% fewer memory writes and real system-wide gains.

    CDN & Delivery
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  • The CDN Showdown: Fastly Outpaces Akamai in Real-World Performance

    John Agger

    As user expectations rise and milliseconds define outcomes, choosing a modern, high-speed CDN is no longer optional but a strategic imperative. Independent Google data shows Fastly consistently outperforms Akamai in real-world web performance.

  • In AI We Trust? Increasing AI Adoption in AppSec Despite Limited Oversight

    Natalie Griffeth

    AI adoption in AppSec is soaring, yet oversight lags. Explore the paradox of trust vs. risk, false positives, and the future of AI in application security.

    Security
    Industry insights

  • Design for Chaos: Fastly’s Principles of Fault Isolation and Graceful Degradation

    Brian Haberman

    Learn how Fastly builds a resilient CDN through fault isolation & graceful degradation. Discover our principles for minimizing disruption & ensuring continuous service.

    CDN & Delivery
    + 4 more

  • Top CDN Providers for 5G in 2026

    Natalie Griffeth

    Compare top CDN providers for 5G performance and learn how edge compute, low latency, and modern protocols enable streaming, gaming, IoT, and immersive experience

    CDN & Delivery

  • Fastly's Seven Years of Recognition as a Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice

    Kim Ogletree

    Fastly was named a 2025 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice for Cloud WAAP, marking seven consecutive years of recognition driven by customer trust and reviews.

    Company news
    + 2 more

  • Make Sense of Chaos with Fastly API Discovery

    Lorraine Bellon, Anna Jensen

    Discover, monitor, and secure your APIs with Fastly API Discovery. Get instant visibility, cut the noise, and keep your APIs secure and compliant.

    Security
    Product

  • From Climate Week NYC to Fastly’s 100% Renewable Commitment

    Eoghan Kelly

    Fastly commits to 100% renewable electricity coverage across its global network and offices, advancing a sustainable internet and supporting customers' climate goals.

    Company news
    Culture

  • 4 Tips for Developers for Using Fastly’s Sustainability Dashboard

    Leon Brocard

    Track the real-world emissions of your Fastly workloads. This blog shares practical tips on using the Sustainability dashboard for greener, faster code.

    Performance
    + 3 more

  • Fastly’s Pillars of Resilience: Building a More Robust Internet

    Brian Haberman

    Discover Fastly's Pillars of Resilience: unwavering availability, minimized latency, and disruption resistance for a robust internet experience with our global network.

    CDN & Delivery
    + 4 more

  • The Tools Gap: Why Developers Struggle to Code Green

    Alina Lehtinen-Vela

    77% of developers want to code sustainably, but most lack the tools to measure impact. Fastly’s survey reveals the barriers and opportunities in green coding.

    Industry insights
    Engineering
    CODE - Fastly

  • Publish your website without a host

    Sue Smith

    Deploy static sites to Fastly Compute directly from your browser or IDE. Publish blogs, apps, and websites at the edge without hosting.

    CDN & Delivery
    + 3 more

  • Teach Your robots.txt a New Trick (for AI)

    Brooks Cunningham, Fastly Enterprise Solution Architects

    Control how AI bots like Google-Extended and Applebot-Extended use your website content for training. Update your robots.txt file with simple Disallow rules.

    CDN & Delivery
    + 3 more

  • Fastly + Scalepost: Extending the Fastly platform to manage AI Crawlers

    John Agger

    See when and how AI chatbots use your content. With Fastly and ScalePost, publishers finally gain visibility into how their work shows up in AI-generated answers.

  • DDoS in August

    Liam Mayron, David King

    August 2025 DDoS attack trends: Hyperscale clouds are the source for 70% of attacks. Get insights on the latest application DDoS trends to strengthen security.

    Security
    + 2 more

  • Control and Monetize Your Content with the RSL Standard

    Simon Wistow

    AI crawlers are scraping the web, often ignoring rules and costing publishers resources. The new RSL Standard lets you block, allow, or even charge AI for access to your content. Here’s how it works.

    CDN & Delivery
    Product
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  • CISO Perspective: Q2 2025 Threat Insights Report

    Marshall Erwin

    Explore Fastly's Q2 2025 Threat Report through our CISO, Marshall Erwin's eyes. Uncover bot traffic insights and key security practices.

    Security
    Industry insights

  • Sustainability dashboard: Shine a light on your digital carbon footprint

    Eoghan Kelly

    Fastly's Sustainability dashboard provides instant access to electricity-related Scope 2 & 3 emissions data. Understand and optimize your digital carbon footprint with ease.

    CDN & Delivery
    + 3 more