Guide to the Modern CDN
What if your config change was live in the time it took you to read this? Or you could spot performance and security issues in time to do something about them? These are the differences a modern CDN makes.
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High-performant online gaming at scale
The world's leading gaming companies trust Fastly to accelerate game delivery, enabling the fastest, most scalable downloads worldwide. Powered by a high-performance, secure edge network, Fastly minimizes latency and eliminates delays, while keeping players engaged. With seamless access, you can focus on delivering immersive experiences that keep gamers committed and coming back for more
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Scale capacity on demand
Reduce latency and improve reliability
Fastly’s built-in routing and load balancing instantly and intelligently handle large volumes of simultaneous requests without prior notification, capacity constraints, or bottlenecks. Tap into our powerful edge platform for apps and Fastly services, securely and at scale. Cache more on Fastly’s global network to reduce cost, all while maintaining performance.
Ready to scale
Secure effortlessly with an edge network built for growth
Interruptions of your games and update streams can be detrimental to your reputation. Your infrastructure must be capable of instantly scale to support large traffic surges without disappointing gamers with slow or poor transfers. Logs are delivered in real-time, giving you actionable insights to resolve issues quickly before they spin out of control
“I would recommend that people use Fastly. GitHub actually plans Fastly and its CDN services into our development and product roadmap. Fastly is a huge part of our toolkit for writing high performance, high scale web apps.”
Jesse Newland
Systems Engineer
Security with no trade-offs
Secure content and gamer data without impacting performance
Between in-game purchases and the increased value of user accounts, online gaming companies must take extra steps to secure their content and customer data without impacting performance. Fastly’s Application Security products help you reliably deliver protected online experiences through a modern, effective, and developer-friendly approach to security
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Build momentum with industry-leading technical support
With a customer satisfaction rating (CSAT) of over 95% for the past three years running, we pride ourselves on our relationship with our customers. Fastly’s world-class support includes help via chat directly with Fastly engineers, in-depth tech documentation, solutions packages, Live Event Monitoring, and more.
Engaging online media audiences at the network edge
Fastly is purpose-built to deliver outstanding customer experiences for live streaming and on-demand content. Learn how Fastly can support modern video workflow requirements to meet your expectations and those of your customers.
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Why having more POPs isn’t always better
We’re often asked why having more POPs doesn’t necessarily make a CDN faster. To help illustrate, we’ll use an analogy of convenience stores versus supermarkets.
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