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TechRadar's review found it to have many powerful features, be hugely configurable, and to purge its cache almost instantly (making it suitable for fast-changing content), but could be complicated to set up, higher-priced than some, and with only mid-range speed results.<ref name=trreview/>
TechRadar's review found it to have many powerful features, be hugely configurable, and to purge its cache almost instantly (making it suitable for fast-changing content), but could be complicated to set up, higher-priced than some, and with only mid-range speed results.<ref name=trreview/>


On 8 June 2021, Fastly reported problems with their [[Content delivery network|CDN]] service which caused many major websites, such as [[Reddit]], [[gov.uk]], [[Twitch (service) |Twitch]], [[Spotify]] and [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], along with major news sources such as [[The Guardian|''The Guardian'']] and the [[BBC]], to become unavailable.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Twitch, Pinterest, Reddit and more go down in Fastly CDN outage|url=https://social.techcrunch.com/2021/06/08/numerous-popular-websites-are-facing-an-outage/|access-date=2021-06-08|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US}}</ref> It also affected parts of other major websites, such as the servers for [[Twitter]] that host it’s emojis.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-08|title=Massive internet outage hits websites including Amazon, gov.uk and Guardian|url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jun/08/massive-internet-outage-hits-websites-including-amazon-govuk-and-guardian-fastly|access-date=2021-06-08|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
On 8 June 2021, Fastly reported problems with their [[Content delivery network|CDN]] service which caused many major websites, such as [[Reddit]], [[gov.uk]], [[Twitch (service) |Twitch]], [[Spotify]] and [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], along with major news sources such as [[The Guardian|''The Guardian'']] and the [[BBC]], to become unavailable.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Twitch, Pinterest, Reddit and more go down in Fastly CDN outage|url=https://social.techcrunch.com/2021/06/08/numerous-popular-websites-are-facing-an-outage/|access-date=2021-06-08|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US}}</ref> It also affected parts of other major websites, such as the servers for [[Twitter]] that host its emojis.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-08|title=Massive internet outage hits websites including Amazon, gov.uk and Guardian|url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jun/08/massive-internet-outage-hits-websites-including-amazon-govuk-and-guardian-fastly|access-date=2021-06-08|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>


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==References==

Revision as of 11:33, 8 June 2021

Fastly, Inc.
Type of businessPublic
Traded asNYSE: FSLY (Class A)
FoundedMarch 2011; 13 years ago (2011-03)
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States
Founder(s)Artur Bergman
Key peopleJoshua Bixby (CEO)
IndustryInternet
Services
RevenueIncrease $200 Million[1]
Employees1000
URLwww.fastly.com Edit this at Wikidata

Fastly is an American cloud computing services provider.

Fastly describes their network as an edge cloud platform, which is designed to help developers extend their core cloud infrastructure to the edge of the network, closer to users.[2] The Fastly edge cloud platform includes their content delivery network, image optimization, video and streaming, cloud security, and load balancing services.[3] Fastly's cloud security services include denial-of-service attack protection, bot mitigation, and a web application firewall.[4] Fastly web application firewall uses the Open Web Application Security Project ModSecurity Core Rule Set alongside its own ruleset.

The Fastly platform is built on top of Varnish.[5]

Fastly suffered a major outage on 8 June 2021 shortly after 10:00 UTC, causing many websites worldwide to become unavailable.[6]

History

Fastly was founded in 2011 by Artur Bergman, previously chief technical officer at Wikia.[7] In June 2013, Fastly raised $10 million in Series B funding.[8] In April 2014, the company announced that they had acquired CDN Sumo, a content delivery network (CDN) add-on for Heroku.[9] In September 2014, Fastly raised a further $40 million in Series C funding,[10] followed by a $75 million Series D round in August 2015.[11]

In September 2015, Google partnered with Fastly and other content delivery network providers to offer services to its users.[12] In April 2017, Fastly launched its edge cloud platform along with image optimization, load balancing, and a web application firewall.[3][13]

Fastly raised $50 million in funding in April 2017,[14] and another $40 million in July 2018.[15] The company filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in April 2019 and debut on the New York Stock Exchange on May 17, 2019.[16][17] In February 2020, Bergman stepped down as CEO and assumed the role of chief architect and executive chairperson; Joshua Bixby took over the CEO role.[18]

In August 2020, Fastly announced it was acquiring cybersecurity company Signal Sciences for $775 million ($200 million in cash and $575 million in stock).[19]

Operation

Fastly was described by TechRadar as "An ultra-configurable industrial-strength CDN for pros". It follows the simple Cloudflare-like reverse proxy model. Instead of providing a 'cdn.mydomain.com' address to store specific files, Fastly routes all website traffic through its servers; after setting up, this "just works". It then operates in a similar way to any CDN, fetching content from the nearest point of presence out of over 50 worldwide. It has enterprise-level security features. It is priced as a pay-as-you-go service subject to a US$50 per month minimum charge, which works out as comparable to CloudFront and Azure.[20]

TechRadar's review found it to have many powerful features, be hugely configurable, and to purge its cache almost instantly (making it suitable for fast-changing content), but could be complicated to set up, higher-priced than some, and with only mid-range speed results.[20]

On 8 June 2021, Fastly reported problems with their CDN service which caused many major websites, such as Reddit, gov.uk, Twitch, Spotify and Amazon, along with major news sources such as The Guardian and the BBC, to become unavailable.[21] It also affected parts of other major websites, such as the servers for Twitter that host its emojis.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Fastly Revenue 2018-2021 - FSLY". macrotrends. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  2. ^ "How The New York Times Handled Unprecedented Election-Night Traffic Spike". DataCenter Knowledge. April 18, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Kepes, Ben (April 18, 2017). "In the need for speed, Fastly goes all the way to the edge". Computerworld. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  4. ^ "Discontent and disruption in the world of content delivery networks". TechCrunch.
  5. ^ "The benefits of using Varnish". Fastly.com. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  6. ^ "Social media, news websites hit by major internet outage". Reuters. 8 June 2021.
  7. ^ Novet, Jordan (September 16, 2014). "Fastly grabs $40M on its quest to build a big, cool content-delivery network". VentureBeat. Retrieved December 23, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Fastly Raises $10M for Content Delivery Network Built for Mobile, Real-Time World". TechCrunch. June 6, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Richards, Ryan (April 16, 2014). "Ruby on Rails on Fastly". www.fastly.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  10. ^ Miller, Ron (September 16, 2014). "Fastly Growing Quickly Snags $40M As VCs Give Generously". TechCrunch. Retrieved December 23, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ Lardinois, Frederic (August 5, 2015). "Fastly Raises $75M For Its Real-Time CDN". TechCrunch. Retrieved December 23, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "Google Partners With CloudFlare, Fastly, Level 3 And Highwinds To Help Developers Push Google Cloud Content To Users Faster". TechCrunch.
  13. ^ "Fastly Releases Edge Cloud Platform". Bizty.
  14. ^ "Fastly raises another $50 million for its content delivery networking technology". TechCrunch. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  15. ^ Dillet, Romain (July 17, 2018). "Fastly raises another $40 million before an IPO". TechCrunch. Retrieved December 23, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ Shieber, Jonathan (April 20, 2019). "Fastly, the content delivery network, files for an IPO". TechCrunch. Retrieved December 23, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ Novet, Jordan (May 17, 2019). "Fastly shares rocket as much as 60% in IPO debut". CNBC. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  18. ^ Hernbroth, Megan (February 23, 2020). "'I like being in the trenches': Fastly CEO steps down after disappointing market debuts, citing his 'true strengths and passions' as a developer instead of company leader". Business Insider Australia. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  19. ^ Shieber, Jonathan (August 27, 2020). "LA gets a big SaaS exit as Fastly nabs the Culver City-based Signal Sciences for $775M". TechCrunch. Retrieved December 23, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ a b Williams, Mike (15 February 2021). "Fastly review". TechRadar Pro.
  21. ^ "Twitch, Pinterest, Reddit and more go down in Fastly CDN outage". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  22. ^ "Massive internet outage hits websites including Amazon, gov.uk and Guardian". the Guardian. 2021-06-08. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
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