Fastly hastens edge adoption with new Compute@Edge partner ecosystem

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 -- Fastly Inc, the world’s fastest global edge cloud network provider has announced the launch of its Compute@Edge partner ecosystem, with a roster of powerful integrations designed to help customers build a variety of edge computing use cases that address crucial infrastructure requirements for modern digital experiences.

With partners tapping into the scale, performance, and security of Fastly’s industry-leading Compute@Edge technology to extend their platforms, this ecosystem helps boost developer productivity and mission-critical digital transformation.

Compute@Edge was recently recognised as a Leader in the Forrester New Wave™: Edge Development Platforms, Q4 2021 report with a differentiated rating, the highest possible score, in six criteria, including developer experience, platform execution model, and security.

This unique combination of benefits gives current and future partners an advantage when integrating their products and services at the edge, to better meet developer expectations and needs. Additionally, developers can feel confident that all integrations in this new partner ecosystem have been pre-validated and tested to make it as seamless and secure as possible to deploy, resulting in safer, faster, more engaging digital experiences for millions of internet users worldwide.

“Fastly’s industry-leading Compute@Edge technology presents businesses with a whole new opportunity to modernise the way applications are built,” said Fastly CEO, Joshua Bixby in a statement.

“It was important to us to make it easier for developers to take full advantage of edge computing use cases and benefits, so we built this integration ecosystem featuring sophisticated solutions that empower innovation at the edge without leaving speed, safety and performance behind.”

Cassio Sampaio, SVP of Product at Auth0, a product unit within Okta, said: “By combining Fastly’s edge computing and serverless platform with our identity management solution, our customers can build secure access to any application, for any user - as close to end users as possible.”

Along with major cloud service provider integrations such as Google Cloud, developers can take advantage of these Compute@Edge partner ecosystem solutions to unlock a variety of edge computing benefits, including backend integrations (Backblaze and Storj); database pairings (Fauna, Macrometa, Upstash); and, developer tooling and experimentation (Glitch, Edgemesh, Optimizely).

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

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