FANOUT ACQUISITION ADDS BEST-OF-THE-WEB TECHNOLOGY TO FASTLY PORTFOLIO

KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Bernama) -- Fastly Inc, the world’s fastest edge cloud network provider, has announced acquisition of Fanout, a platform that makes it easy to build and scale real-time and streaming APIs such as live chat support, ecommerce, video streaming, gaming, collaborative editing, and more.

The acquisition is part of Fastly’s broader growth strategy to identify and deploy technologies and talent that increase performance, security and innovation for customers.

Today, a digital experience’s speed and performance are key to customer engagement and conversion. The integration of Fanout technology into Fastly’s powerful network will help enable real-time app development at the edge with increased time-to-market, reduced friction, and unprecedented scale.

“We’ve always been driven to create the tools our customers need for building and delivering exceptional digital experiences behind the best of the web,” said Fastly CEO, Joshua Bixby, in a statement.

“Integrating Fanout’s real-time application technology into ours gives developers a consistent development experience, empowering them to effortlessly upgrade their end-user experiences in a fraction of the time and with fewer resources.

“The integration will also allow customers to leverage Fastly’s global scale to support the needs of the largest enterprises.”

Fastly plans to integrate the Fanout proxy into its Compute@Edge serverless offering, enabling developers to build fully interactive real-time applications securely and at-scale within Fastly's massive edge network.

By combining the world’s fastest global edge cloud network with powerful software, Fastly helps customers develop, deliver, and secure modern distributed applications and compelling digital experiences.

For more information, visit https://www.fastly.com.

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