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  • Scaling Fastly Network: Fighting FIB | Fastly

    João Taveira Araújo

    This post is the first in a series detailing the evolution of network software at Fastly. We’re unique amongst our peers in that from inception, we’ve always viewed networking as an integral part of our product rather than a cost center. We rarely share what we do with the wider networking community however, in part because we borrow far more from classic systems theory than contemporary networking practice.

    Product
    + 2 more

  • Fastly + Drupal: better than ever

    Kimmie Nguyen, Mark Loewenstein

    We’re pleased to announce the Alpha release of our Drupal 8 module, which allows for an even tighter integration with core Fastly features. We look forward to feedback from the Drupal community. For those attending DrupalCon May 9-13, swing by booth 603 to learn more.

  • Improvements to Edge Dictionaries

    Jason Evans

    We’re continuing to build on our unique ability to push your logic and decisions to the edge, and are happy to announce some exciting enhancements to our Edge Dictionaries. Our latest improvements include Upsert functionality as well as the ability to make bulk updates and issue patch commands.

    DevOps
    + 2 more

  • Introducing Professional Services and Support Plans

    Kimmie Nguyen

    As a company, we’re centered around support and service. We were founded by operations engineers, for operations engineers, who set out to create the support experience they always wanted from a vendor. With that in mind, we’re pleased to announce our new Support Plans and Professional Services Packages.

  • Improvements to our Heroku add-on

    Michael May

    Heroku customers now have greater control and visibility of their Fastly service, with full access to the Fastly configuration panel, a command-line plugin for the Heroku toolbelt, and a revamp of our Heroku add-on pricing plans.

  • Viewer Engagement Insights in Video Delivery

    Ashok Lalwani

    We’re pleased to announce that we now send additional metrics from our On-the-fly Packaging (OTFP) service to provide more granular visibility into the packaging and delivery process. You can stream Video Delivery Insights as logs from your Fastly service to the endpoint of your choice, giving you the flexibility to analyze and modify your settings on the fly.

    Streaming
    + 2 more

  • Lean Threat Intelligence Part 2: The foundation

    Rusty Bower, Zack Allen

    In part 1, I discussed the general workflow the Threat Intelligence team at Fastly uses to plan for projects. After performing research and seeing what others have done in this space, we can now move forward with technology selection.

    Security

  • Timeline for HTTP/2 Support

    Artur Bergman

    We’ve recently restructured some of our internal engineering teams in an effort to improve shipping velocity, and dedicated resources are working on an HTTP/2 strategy that meets Fastly standards.

    Product

  • College competitions build strong security teams | Fastly

    Maarten Van Horenbeeck

    Building a great team is one of the most difficult challenges security managers encounter. Luckily, there are a few initiatives that make things easier on us, including the Information Security Talent Search (ISTS) at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

    Security

  • Announcing Event Logs

    Donna Wu

    Event Logs help you keep track of key changes to your Fastly service, increasing visibility and improving troubleshooting.

    Product
    Compute

  • We now support Log Streaming for Google Cloud Storage

    Simon Wistow

    We’re pleased to announce we now support log streaming to Google Cloud Storage (GCS) endpoints. Fastly’s GCS support strengthens our existing Log Streaming capabilities for common endpoints.

    Engineering
    Compute

  • Recap of the Fastly Security Speaker Series

    Window Snyder

    On February 25, we hosted 50+ security researchers and engineers from the Bay Area and beyond in our San Francisco office for the first event in the Fastly Security Speaker Series. This event brought together security engineers and researchers to examine new perspectives around important security topics.

    Security

  • Lean Threat Intelligence, Part 1: The plan

    Zack Allen

    Fastly Security Researcher Zack Allen discusses how you can draw from open source resources to build a lean and powerful Threat Intelligence plan for your organization.

    Security

  • Introducing Fastly Security Advisories

    Window Snyder

    Today we’re announcing Fastly Security Advisories. Fastly will publish these to address security concerns that either trigger customer interest or require customer action to address.

    Security

  • Introducing Fastly’s Magento 1 Extension

    Björn Kraus, Emily Friedberg

    Magento merchants can now seamlessly enjoy the speed and flexibility of our Varnish-based CDN platform from within their Magento interface with zero code changes required.

  • Introducing the Fastly Security Speaker Series

    Window 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

  • Introducing MPEG-DASH support: enhancing Video on Demand

    Ashok 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.

    Product
    Streaming

  • 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

  • Update to our TLS 1.0 and 1.1 deprecation plan

    Sean 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 visualization

    Leon 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.

    Engineering
    Compute
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