Fastly

Fastly is a leading edge cloud platform provider that empowers businesses to build, secure, and deliver fast, scalable websites and applications. Founded with the mission of powering the best of the internet, Fastly serves some of the world's most demanding digital brands including Reddit, Epic Games, The New York Times, GitHub, and GIPHY. The company's programmable edge cloud platform processes over 1.8 trillion daily requests and operates a global network with 497 Tbps of edge network capacity. Unlike traditional content delivery networks, Fastly has built a fully software-defined network with fewer but more powerful points of presence (POPs), enabling superior caching capabilities and faster content delivery. The platform offers an average purge time of 150 milliseconds through their Instant Purge technology and delivers up to 32% faster time to first byte compared to competing CDNs. Fastly's comprehensive suite includes CDN services, DDoS protection, Next-Gen Web Application Firewall (WAF), and edge computing solutions through their Compute platform. Fastly has earned significant industry recognition, being named a Customers' Choice for Web Application and API Protection for seven consecutive years in Gartner's Voice of the Customer report, and recognized as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Edge Delivery Services 2024. Nearly 90% of their WAF customers run in blocking mode, demonstrating strong confidence in their security solutions.