Industry Analysts Highlights

October, 2021

The Forrester New Wave™: Edge Development Platforms, Q4 2021

Fastly was recognized as a Leader in the Forrester New Wave for Edge Development Platforms report with a differentiated rating in the criteria of vision, roadmap, developer experience, platform execution model, and day-two-plus experience.

September, 2021

Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Application and API Protection 2021

We are proud to be named a Challenger in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Web Application and API Protection (WAAP). See how our solution fits into the application security landscape.

July 15, 2021

TAG Cyber Security Annual, 3rd Quarter 2021

TAG Cyber interviewed our Chief Product Architect, Sean Leach, for their 3rd Quarter 2021 Security Annual report. Read his thoughts, starting on page 84, on the future of content delivery and security in the article Innovation to Spur Delivery of Unified Application Protection.

March, 2021

2021 Gartner Peer Insights 'Voice of the Customer': Web Application Firewalls

We are proud to be recognized a Customers' Choice for Web Application Firewalls in the new 2021 Gartner Peer Insights report. See why our customers gave our next- generation WAF the highest overall rating.

January, 2021

Fastly already seeing dividends from Signal Sciences acquisition

Last October, Fastly completed its $775m acquisition of Signal Sciences. Within two months, it noted several significant transactions that leverage the new combined offering, matching Fastly products with acquired Signal Science’s web application firewall capabilities.

November, 2020

Fastly shares use cases for serverless Compute@Edge, now in limited availability

In beta since May, Fastly’s Compute@Edge serverless compute environment is now in limited availability, with general availability set for Q1. It features Terraform API support, command-line interface support, extended language support and new observability features.

October, 2020

Gartner 2020 Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls

We are honored to be named a Visionary in the 2020 Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls by Gartner. See why DevOps teams love our comprehensive application security solution.

June, 2020

Competitive Strategy Innovation and Leadership Award

Content Delivery Networks - Global

We are proud to have been selected for Frost & Sullivan’s Competitive Strategy Innovation and Leadership Award based on our “forward-looking edge cloud platform, developer focus and expanding possibilities.”

May, 2020

Multi-CDN Usage Grows as Video Streaming and Online Gaming Thrive

In this report 451 Research explores how multiple CDNs operating in consort have become a best practice for large-scale events, and how Fastly is uniquely positioned to support this trend with our Media Shield offering.

April, 2020

Fastly: Expanding on Digital Empowerment from the Edge

Vendor Profile

IDC’s vendor profile provides an overview of our financials, product portfolio and business strategy, concluding that Fastly is “well under way in further strengthening (our) position in the edge cloud and CDN marketplace.”

January, 2020

Content Delivery Networks Market Update

Entering the Era of the Edge Platform

This report excerpt examines the current state of the CDN market with an emphasis on the emergence of edge computing, and its relevance to the DevOps audience.

November, 2019

Fastly launches CDN Edge Computing into Beta

Get the 451 Research perspective on our new Compute@Edge offering, built to provide a more secure, performant and scalable approach to serverless computing.