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Introducing the Fastly Security Speaker SeriesWindow Snyder
Today we’re announcing the Fastly Security Speaker Series, an informal event for bringing together researchers and engineers to share research, tools, and ideas. Fastly will bring some of the most innovative and thoughtful security researchers to Fastly headquarters in San Francisco to share their work. Our first event is February 25th, and our first two speakers are Alex Pinto and Rolf Rolles.
Security
The Beyoncé Drop (and other Super Bowl phenomena)Anna MacLachlan
Last Sunday over 111.9 million viewers tuned in for the Super Bowl. As a CDN, we’re in a unique position — we help companies handle the impact of successful Super Bowl ads, and monitor the results in real time. We thought it might be interesting to share some of the traffic patterns we noticed during the big game.
Observability
Introducing MPEG-DASH support: enhancing Video on DemandAshok Lalwani
We’re proud to announce support for MPEG-DASH streaming format packaging. This feature lets you simplify the delivery of video content to your end users and reduce the operational costs associated with providing an exceptional user experience.
ProductStreaming
Update to our TLS 1.0 and 1.1 deprecation planSean Leach
Last October, we announced our deprecation plan for TLS 1.0 and 1.1. The PCI Security Standards has since updated their guidance, and we are revising our deprecation schedule accordingly.
Security
Introducing fastly2git: version change visualizationLeon Brocard
Sales Engineer Léon Brocard created fastly2git, a Git repository for Fastly service changes, making it easy for you to see differences between versions. In this post, Léon discusses how fastly2git works, and how it can help you continue building great services on Fastly.
EngineeringCompute
Why Speed Matters with BandwidthArtur Bergman

We launched Fastly in July 2011 with seven employees and a mission to make web experiences faster. Four years later, Fastly has 240 employees (and growing), five offices (including a newly opened office in Denver), 26 global points of presence (POPs), and powers tens of thousands of websites.

Introducing our open source app trainingKami Richey
Customer Support Engineer Kami Richey built an application for testing Fastly. In this post, she walks you through setting up your own test application and using Fastly’s UI to explore commonly used features first hand.
EngineeringProduct
Five ways to optimize your Drupal siteNeerav Mehta
Neerav Mehta, founder & CEO of Red Crackle, walks us through how to optimize your Drupal site.
Performance
Fastly's plan for plan for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 deprecationSean Leach
The PCI DSS 3.1 standard has changed. In order to keep you up-to-date and secure online, we’re announcing our plan for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 deprecation.
Security
How to use Fastly + Logentries for insight into log dataAnna MacLachlan
Read our Q&A with Logentries’ Director of Product Marketing, Matt Kiernan, and learn how to use Fastly + Logentries for immediate insight into log data.
Engineering a more resilient internetMaarten Van Horenbeeck
Fastly Director of Security Engineering Maarten Van Horenbeeck shares his experiences of how the security community can protect the “global commons” that the internet has become.
Security
How Fastly’s Heroku add-on helps improve experiencesAnna MacLachlan
In this Q&A, Fastly’s Michael May and Heroku’s Peter Cho discuss the benefits of Fastly’s Heroku add-on and why it’s important for enterprises to focus on both developer and customer experiences.
Engineering
Edge Dictionaries for Faster Decision Making | FastlyJason Evans
We’re always seeking ways to give our customers more control at the edge. With this in mind, we’re excited to announce Edge Dictionaries, which give you the ability to create readable key/value pairs using our API.
ProductCompute
Restricting access to contentVladimir Vuksan
In this blog post, Vladimir Vuksan outlines three common methods you can use for blocking or limiting access to content with Fastly.
EngineeringCompute
GitHub’s Joe Williams discusses mitigating security threatsAnna MacLachlan
At Fastly Altitude 2015, Joe Williams, a computer operator at GitHub, gave a talk on mitigating security threats (like DDoS attacks) with a CDN. This post is an overview of his talk, with full video and slides included.
Security
The importance of performance monitoringMehdi Daoudi
Your site's performance needs to be monitored closely, but once you start your monitoring initiative, you might find yourself drowning in an endless wave of information. This can make it difficult for you to get insight into your online systems. Here are some simple steps for performance monitoring that will produce easy-to-interpret, actionable data.
Performance
Raising $75 million to fund global expansionArtur Bergman
We’ve raised $75 million in Series D funding led by Iconiq Capital, with new contributions from existing investors Amplify Partners, August Capital, Battery Ventures, IDG Ventures, and O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures.
Extending your application to the edge with FastlyHooman Beheshti
We often say that Fastly can easily become an extension of your app — there are three major components that make this possible: caching, control, and visibility.
PerformanceCompute