The Fanout acquisition adds best-of-the-web technology to Fastly�s portfolio in its pursuit to provide fast, safe and engaging experiences

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fastly, Inc. (NYSE: FSLY), the world�s fastest edge cloud network provider, today announced its 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.

�With the addition of the Fanout technology into Fastly�s portfolio, it positions Fastly well to support customers that want to migrate away from existing, complicated in-house WebSocket stacks, as well as customers who don't have engineering resources to build a push architecture for real-time data and communications to any device, anywhere,� said IDC Research Vice President Ghassan Abdo. �To add this functionality into the same stack where applications are already being built should help resource-constrained developers at SMBs and enterprises alike.�

Fanout�s value to the Fastly platform is its revolutionary ability to:

• Deliver real-time development that is transport agnostic. Fanout makes this happen without constraints on the number of connected clients and with true 1-to-many message fan-out.
• Allow customers to use their existing HTTP origin instead of maintaining a complicated and expensive WebSocket or other push protocol messaging infrastructure dedicated solely to real-time app development
• Streamline workflows efficiently and free developers to build the best possible experience for their users without having to waste time worrying about the intricacies of real-time protocols.

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.

�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 Joshua Bixby, CEO of Fastly. �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.�

For more information, check out Fastly�s latest blog post, �Fastly + Fanout: why real-time messaging and edge computing are an amazing combination.�

About Fastly

Fastly is upgrading the internet experience to give people and organizations more control, faster content, and more dynamic applications. 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. Fastly�s customers include many of the world�s most prominent companies, including Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub. For more information on our mission and products, visit https://www.fastly.com.

Source: Fastly, Inc.

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