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Learn how mobile content delivery improves app and website performance through edge caching, content optimization, and CDN technology. Explore benefits, use cases, and best practices

Discover what log streaming is, how it works, and its benefits for security and observability. Learn how real-time log delivery improves threat detection.

Learn what an HTTP request is, how it works, key request methods, and how CDNs enhance speed, reliability, and scalability

Discover HTTP/3, the latest web protocol built on QUIC. Explore its key features, benefits, architecture, and HTTP/3 vs HTTP/2 differences

Learn what a dedicated IP address is, how it differs from a shared IP, and when to use one. Discover benefits for deliverability, reputation control and more.

Learn what Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) is, why it impacts Core Web Vitals and SEO, and how Fastly helps improve LCP with faster load times.

Learn what a TLS handshake is, how it works, and why it’s critical for HTTPS security, encryption, authentication, and data integrity online.

Learn what rate limiting is, how it works, and why it’s critical for security and performance. See how CDNs use rate limiting.

Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) are essential for speeding up content delivery and ensuring uptime and availability.

A reverse proxy is an application that sits between the client (your users) and your origin servers and receives and responds to requests on your behalf.

Learn about the benefits of using a CDN and who should consider using one to improve website performance.

A protocol is a set of rules or standards that dictates how data or information is transmitted, received, and interpreted between devices, systems, or parties.

The network layer, layer 3 of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model, is responsible for enabling communication between devices across different networks.

A subnet, or subnetwork, is a segmented piece of a larger IP network. The purpose of a subnet is to divide a single network into multiple smaller networks that are more manageable.

TLDs are an essential component of the Domain Name System (DNS), which acts as the essential ‘phonebook’ of the internet.

Time to live (TTL) is the amount of time a specific object will remain in a CDN’s cache.

Understand the common challenges in implementing application observability and tips on making implementation either.

Developers build observability processes on three main pillars: logs, metrics, and traces. Learn more about each pillar.

To maximize the benefits of application observability for your organization, follow these proven practices during implementation

A Content Delivery Network (CDN) improves load time by addressing both of these issues: by caching and serving your website's files from local servers, a CDN can dramatically improve your site’s load time.

Learn more about time to first byte and how it is affected.

Learn about the differences between monitoring and observability.

Purging invalidates (removes) a cached object ahead of when it would naturally expire. You may want to purge something because it’s incorrect, out of date, or because you have a breaking update.

When used in a technological setting, the term “cookie” refers to a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer or mobile device when they visit a website.

CDNs work by distributing content across globally distributed servers, caching data at these edge locations (servers placed near end-users globally), and routing user requests to the nearest server to deliver content quickly and efficiently.

Learn how to choose a CDN that delivers the optimal content delivery, enhances user experience, and robust security your business needs to thrive.

Code operates behind the scenes and is largely invisible to users (except for web developers using inspect tools). Content, in contrast, is directly visible and forms the user's primary interaction with the site.

Making your site faster improves user experience, keeping visitors on your page for longer. Quick-loading pages also lead to higher engagement, better search engine rankings, and increased conversions.

Latency is the delay between when data is generated or requested and when it becomes available for use or processing.

A cache is a location that temporarily stores data for faster retrieval when something needs access to it. Caching refers to the process of storing this data.

Live streaming is a real-time data transmission method enabling video content to be shared and viewed simultaneously without the need for prior recording or storage.

Learn about the metrics and best practices you should consider when gauging the performance of your CDN.

Image optimization refers to the process of modifying and delivering high-quality images in the optimal format, dimension, and resolution for the device accessing them, all while keeping the smallest possible file size that will not result in noticeable image degradation.

A Content Delivery Network (CDN) is a system of distributed servers that deliver web content and pages to users based on their geographic locations to improve performance and reduce latency.