Fastly CDN Overview

Fastly-cdn enhances customer experience by speeding up dynamic content delivery. Event-driven and unpredictable content is efficiently cached by Fastly's cloud CDN.

Use Cases

Customers recommend Advertisement, Workflow Management, Forecasting, as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied with while using Fastly CDN.

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Business Priorities

Enhance Customer Relationships and Acquire Customers are the most popular business priorities that customers and associates have achieved using Fastly CDN.

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Fastly CDN Use-Cases and Business Priorities: Customer Satisfaction Data

Fastly CDN works with different mediums / channels such as Website.

Fastly CDN, belong to a category of solutions that help Content Management Systems. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

Fastly CDN Customer wins, Customer success stories, Case studies

 

Layercake Scales Live Streaming at the Edge with Fastly - Content + Technology

Layercake enhances its live streaming capabilities by leveraging Fastly's edge computing technology. This collaboration allows Layercake to deliver high-quality, low-latency streaming experiences to ...its users, showcasing Fastly's robust infrastructure and performance benefits.

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Kubernetes - Nonprofit

Fastly CDN helped Kubernetes scale its website and binary downloads to meet global demand. The Kubernetes team needed speed, reliability, and visibility for over 90 million monthly requests and 1 PB ...of bandwidth. Fastly provided observability tools, low egress costs, and seamless cutover for users. The team now tracks traffic, optimizes delivery, and quickly resolves issues. Fastly's global network ensures reliable access for users worldwide.

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Contentful - Computer Software

Fastly helps Contentful deliver fast and secure online experiences. Contentful uses Fastly's CDN, next-gen WAF, and Compute to support over 38,000 websites and 110 billion API calls each month. Devel...opers at Contentful value Fastly Compute for its speed, configurability, and productivity. The solution improves development productivity and reduces total cost of ownership. Contentful relies on Fastly as a strategic partner for high-quality customer experiences.

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ITVX - Entertainment

Fastly CDN helped ITVX handle record-breaking FIFA World Cup viewership. ITVX needed more bandwidth to support millions of viewers for live events. Fastly onboarded and integrated their CDN in just 2...0 days. The solution let ITVX scale quickly and fix issues in real time. ITVX saw a 29% increase in monthly active users in six months. Fastly's support and fast response made a big impact during critical events.

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Flagsmith - Computer Software

Flagsmith used Fastly's CDN and server-sent events (SSE) to handle real-time feature flag updates. The challenge was scaling their API to manage sudden bursts of traffic, sometimes over 4,000 request...s per second. Fastly's SSE and request collapsing solved the problem, letting Flagsmith update client SDKs in real time without high costs. This improved global low-latency replication and supported billions of monthly API requests. Flagsmith now delivers reliable, real-time updates to customers worldwide.

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Foursquare - Internet

Fastly helped Foursquare improve API performance for their apps. Foursquare needed a flexible CDN to support real-time control and scalability. Fastly's quick setup and custom VCL let Foursquare test... and deploy changes fast. Moving SSL termination to the edge cut latency by about 150 milliseconds. Fastly's logging and DDoS protection made it easier for Foursquare to move into their own data center.

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FEATURE RATINGS AND REVIEWS
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Fastly Inc News

Product

Break Free from ESI Lock-in: Learn How to Migrate Today with Fastly

Fastly has introduced a new ESI implementation powered by Fastly Compute, offering enhanced support for ESI features previously exclusive to Akamai. This update allows users to run ESI tags on Fastly's global network, facilitating a transition from static templates to programmable edge computing. Key features include control flow, error handling, and support for complex data types, enabling users to refactor workloads into high-performance Rust or JavaScript logic.

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Company

Fastly CEO plots course through AI and security - CIO

Fastly CEO Kip Compton outlines the company's strategic focus on AI and security, emphasizing the integration of security into its CDN platform. Fastly's AI bot mitigation service, developed with TollBit, addresses challenges in content monetization and protection. The company is also expanding its focus in the APAC region, aiming for profitability through disciplined growth and potential small acquisitions.

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Executive

Fastly Appoints Kip Compton as Chief Executive Officer

Fastly has appointed Kip Compton as its new CEO, succeeding Todd Nightingale. Compton, previously Fastly's Chief Product Officer, brings over 25 years of experience in technology leadership, including roles at Cisco and Comcast. He will focus on advancing Fastly's strategy and growth in the edge cloud platform market. Nightingale will remain as an advisor until mid-2025.

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Awards

Fastly Recognized as a GartnerR Peer InsightsTM Customers' Choice for ...

Fastly has been named a 2024 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Cloud Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) for the sixth consecutive year. Fastly received high ratings across various categories, including product capabilities and support experience, with a 4.9 out of 5 stars overall rating. This recognition underscores Fastly's commitment to providing secure and customizable solutions for diverse environments.

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Fastly Inc Profile

Company Name

Fastly Inc

Company Website

https://www.fastly.com/

HQ Location

475 Brannan St. #300, San Francisco, CA 94107

Employees

251-500

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