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When it comes to delivering the first byte, nobody can beat Fastly
Fastly is 29% faster than edgio when it comes to delivering the first byte. It’s representative of overall gains in LCP and performance.
A guide to protecting your data during the holidays
Check out this collected guide on cybersecurity best practices to survive the holiday season with Fastly's Next-Gen WAF.
Fastly is faster at time to first byte. It makes a difference.
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.
Kubernetes at the speed of Fastly
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.
Thriving amidst chaos: Managed security tips for Black Friday weekend
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.
Fastly Fanout makes stateful real-time communications easy
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.
Cache Hit Ratio (CHR) as a security metric
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!
ETags: What they are, and how to use them
How to optimize your ETags to speed up your site and reduce calls to your origin without requiring significant code refactoring or content overhaul.
Delivering Super Bowl for more than a decade -- and breaking records in the process
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.
Brotli: Compressing Data Efficiently | Fastly
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.
Self-service Image Optimization announced | Fastly
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.
TLS Key Size: Why Bigger isn't Always Better | Fastly
TLS key size has a recommended length of 2048 bits, but that does not mean you can not go bigger or smaller. In this post, we explore the various TLS key sizes by examining the function of the TLS certificate and the cryptographic operations used by TLS.
Introducing WebSocket Support for all Fastly customers!
Today, Fastly announces support for WebSockets on Delivery and Compute services in General Availability!
Gatsby on the Edge in under 2 minutes with Fastly
Did you know you can easily serve static sites from the edge with Fastly? Here’s how to get a Gatsby site published on Fastly’s Compute for free in less than 2 minutes.
Introducing the Redesigned Fastly Status Page
The Fastly status page is unveiling a new design and enhanced functionality, including information on more products, as well as improved preferences on customer view, subscriptions, and notifications.
Fastly talks with Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team IT Director Michael Taylor | Fastly
In this interview, Fastly CMO Margaret Arakawa sits down with Michael Taylor, IT Director for Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team, to discuss the role technology and security play within the Formula 1 team, as well as ways the two companies hope to work together to push the limits of innovation, performance, and the fan experience.
Edgemesh's 5x faster time-to-first-byte with Compute@Edge | Fastly
Learn how Edgemesh leveraged Compute to help their customers improve load times, reduce bounce rates, and generate more sales.
HTTP/3 and QUIC free for all customers | Fastly
QUIC version 1 is officially formalized, and QUIC deployments will now move away from using temporary draft versions to the newly minted version 1.
Now in beta, Fastly’s Observability Dashboard
Fastly’s Observability Dashboard allows you to analyze all your edge delivery metrics and observability data in one interactive window. In this blog, learn more about the dashboard, now in beta, and find out how to get started.
Meet the next iteration of JavaScript on Compute
Today we’re happy to announce that we’ve made several improvements to Compute that substantially boost the performance of the JavaScript runtime, as well as the overall developer experience on the platform.
