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With major live events like the World Cup going on, many engineering and operations teams are reviewing their plans for handling large traffic spikes and unpredictable demand. We've seen the same challenges appear again and again during high-profile live events: • Regional traffic surges • Bottlenecks in upstream services • Untested failover procedures • Monitoring gaps that slow response times That's why we created this cheat sheet for teams preparing for high-traffic moments. 👉 Swipe through for practical tips, then read the full guide: https://lnkd.in/e_AK8zRw #LiveStreaming #StreamingMedia #WorldCup #PlatformEngineering #VideoStreaming

Big news! Fastly is heading to Sydney! 🇦🇺 We are thrilled to announce our participation in the Google Cloud Summit Sydney / Warrane '26 on 25 June 2026! As pioneers in edge cloud platform innovation, application security, and lightning-fast delivery, we're eager to share how we leverage the power of Google Cloud to build a faster, safer, and more reliable web. The countdown is on! ⌛ Catch up with the Fastly team on-site to: ✅ See a live demo of our latest edge cloud and security solutions. ✅ Discuss your 2026 infrastructure roadmap and cloud performance strategies. ✅ Learn how we help companies like yours scale effortlessly and protect their digital experiences. Mark your calendars—we can't wait to connect with the cloud community in Sydney! https://lnkd.in/eVyWwsu7

When Mozilla set out to build a free, built-in VPN directly into Firefox, the privacy guarantee had to be airtight — not just a good headline. That's where Fastly came in. We built the proxy network behind Firefox 149's new privacy feature. In this post, we break down exactly how it works and why the architecture behind it matters for the future of web privacy. https://lnkd.in/eRNx5Hq8 #Privacy #WebPerformance #EdgeCloud

🙌 Huge thanks to our incredible sponsors! 🙌 We’re grateful to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Magnolia for their continued partnership and support at #XcelerateLDN. Your collaboration helps make events like this impactful and inspiring. Here’s to building the future—together. 🚀

A busy week for Fastly’s DACH Team is coming to an end. Some of us got to meet partners and customers at the Google Cloud Summit in Frankfurt - thank you for all of you who stopped by our booth and for the insightful conversations we got to have with you! In parallel, we also took to the stage at the Deutor Cyber Security Solutions GmbH conference in Berlin. Together with our customer Spreadshirt we discussed the current and future state of security and connected with other security leaders. We always appreciate the opportunity to hear from other experts and meet you in person. Until next year! #SummitDACH26 #GCP #Deutor

AI agents are quickly becoming a new class of digital customer and businesses need a way to identify, trust, and transact with them. We're excited to 🤝 partner with Skyfire to bring verified agent identity and payment backed credentials to the edge, helping organizations securely engage with #AI agents in real time and at global scale. Together, we're turning agent traffic from a security challenge into a trusted commercial opportunity. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e3gYQMru #AI #AgenticAI #EdgeComputing #DigitalCommerce #Partnership

🇬🇧 Xcelerate London was packed with insights from engineering and security leaders building fast, secure, AI-powered digital experiences with Fastly 🚀 From #AI bots and new business models to securing AI infrastructure and driving measurable ROI, our customers shared how they’re turning innovation into real business impact- featuring sessions from THG Ingenuity, Groupe Le Monde, JD Sports Fashion, Shutterstock, loveholidays, and security leaders across the ecosystem. And we can't forget to give the Labubus a shoutout! ;) Thanks to everyone who joined us! #XcelerateLondon #AI #Cybersecurity #EdgeComputing #XLDN

🔢 New Fastly data shows #AI requests grew ~30% from January to May 2026, roughly 6.5x faster than human traffic! Key findings: 📈 Autonomous machine traffic is approaching 50% of all internet requests. 🤖 AI traffic is splitting into crawlers (training data collection) and fetchers (agents acting on behalf of users). 🚀 Claude-related traffic grew more than 555% over its January baseline. ⚡ More than 51% of AI requests reach origin infrastructure, compared to less than 9% of human requests. The takeaway: AI agents are creating a new traffic model that operates 24/7 and places fundamentally different demands on web infrastructure. Read the full analysis: https://lnkd.in/eDbhkpBR #AI #AgenticAI #Infrastructure #EdgeComputing #WebPerformance

We're proud to be featured in Google's tag gateway announcement as a key partner helping advertisers strengthen their data foundations for the AI era. By simplifying integrations and improving data connectivity, we're working together to help brands unlock better measurement, stronger performance, and greater readiness for AI-driven marketing. Excited to continue driving innovation with Google and helping advertisers get more value from their data. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eWHEb273 #Google #AI #Advertising #DataStrategy #Measurement

As Foursquare evolved from a consumer app into a global location intelligence platform, performance, reliability, and visibility became mission-critical. With Fastly's Edge Cloud Platform, Foursquare now streams 100% of edge logs for real-time observability, enabling faster troubleshooting, improved reliability, and eliminating the burden of maintaining homegrown logging tools. ✅ : 100% edge log visibility ✅ : Faster issue detection ✅ : Improved customer performance ✅ : Scalable, developer-first infrastructure Read how Foursquare powers global data decisions with Fastly: https://lnkd.in/eSKpmkDS #Observability #EdgeCloud #DeveloperExperience #CustomerStory