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Bot Wars: How Bad Bots are Hurting Businesses

Daniel Corbett, James Nguyen

Discover insights from our survey of 500 IT and security leaders on how malicious bots impact businesses. Learn to safeguard your digital assets effectively.

Security
+ 2 more

Websites get faster when moving to Fastly

Lucas Olslund

Get real-time content control, boost performance, and develop modern applications, all faster at the edge. See how Fastly stacks up against Cloudflare.

Performance
+ 3 more
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Where is the edge actually located?

Sue Smith

We continue our deep dive into what is edge computing with our next installment, where is the edge actually located?

DevOps
Edge network

3 Essentials for a High-Impact Live Stream Event

Laura Thomson

Live streaming major events have become a significant part of how audiences experience concerts and sports. Find out the essentials to providing a world-class live stream.

Streaming
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Build "For you" recommendations using AI on Fastly!

Andrew Betts, Dora Militaru

Forget the hype; where is AI delivering real value? Let's use edge computing to harness the power of AI and make smarter user experiences that are also fast, safe and reliable.

DevOps
Edge network

5 Reasons Why You Should Attend Xcelerate Sydney

Shelly Kolvitz

Don’t miss out on our inspiring event, Xcelerate Sydney. Join us and gain insights from industry leaders, engage in hands-on workshops, and network with peers.

Company news
Events

Server-sent events with Fastly

Andrew Betts

Server-sent events allow web servers to push real-time event notifications to the browser on a long-lived HTTP response.

Performance
DevOps

Future-Proofing Your CDN: Why Infrastructure and Network Considerations Matter

Ashley Hurwitz

Beyond having great performance, it’s important to take a close look at the infrastructure and network that the CDN runs on.

CDN & Delivery
Edge network

The benefits of a modern CDN: How to boost your revenue

Leigh Clancy

A modern CDN can improve availability, handle traffic surges, and distribute content -- improving the user experience and increasing engagement, leading to more revenue for your brand.

CDN & Delivery
Performance

An easy intro to edge computing

Sue Smith

Wondering what edge computing is all about? It's a distributed computing framework that brings applications closer to data sources like IoT devices or local edge servers.

CDN & Delivery
Edge network

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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Learning at Fastly: A Shared Experience

Sue Smith

Learn how the team at Fastly is creating learning experiences that offer practical steps to convey the value and purpose of our technology and products.

Culture

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

Back to Basics of Automated Attacks: Account Takeover

Arun Kumar, Fastly Security Research Team

Explore account takeover attacks and mitigations including modern authentication with 2FA/passkeys, and anti-bot measures to enhance account security.

Security

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

Detection as Code with Fastly's WAF Simulator

Simran Khalsa, Fastly Security Research Team

Being able to test and validate rule behavior is critical to a maintainable WAF. With our WAF Simulator, you can validate rules in a safe simulation environment.

DevOps
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Fast Forward: We’re here for the maintainers

Hannah Aubry

Join Fastly in our mission to empower the open internet. Learn how we're making a significant impact by supporting projects and the people behind them.

Culture

Build a “For You” recommendation page in an hour with Fastly

Kailan Blanks, Andrew Betts

On this episode of Fastly Developers Live, we discuss the importance of curating a personalized "For You" page using Fastly.

CDN & Delivery
+ 6 more

It’s free, instant, and yours! Fastly’s free developer accounts are here

Simon Wistow

We’re excited to announce free developer accounts. You can instantly get started and take advantage of the most developer-friendly edge platform in the world.

CDN & Delivery
+ 7 more