CDNs Archives — Eric Burns Online

10 Considerations When Selecting SaaS

There has been a SaaS (Software as a Service) component to the solutions I’ve helped to sell for more than a decade now. I’ve gotten to see some of the “gotchas” (often with competitors) where companies get taken advantage of with SaaS solutions. From a professional perspective SaaS has made…

When a 2% Increase in Cache Hit Rate Can Save You 20% in Data Center Costs

February 19, 2021 Analytics CDNs High Level Tech Intro No Comments

One of the key differences with Fastly is the ability to Cache the Uncacheable. You can programmatically purging content so fast that we even have customers caching API read calls. The cache holds onto content longer rather than passing to origin on “uncacheable” content. When the data changes, your system…

Happy to Be Back at Fastly!

April 24, 2019 Attitude CDNs Getting Hired No Comments

I am excited to announce that I’ve rejoined Fastly! Looking forward to being part of a great team. Am especially thrilled to be in a place where the cultural values are more than just words on the wall. This is a meritocracy where squeaky-wheels won’t last long. A place where…

So You Get the Need for Performance – but How Do You Improve It?

June 13, 2018 CDNs High Level Tech Intro Monitoring No Comments

There are some eyeopening metrics out there about the correlation between performance and revenue. It has been 12 years since Amazon published their research that 100ms of delay cost them 1% in sales. And in 2013 Intuit published how each second of improved load time from 15 down to 7…

The Ease of Making Your Site Faster on Fastly (an Amazing CDN)

May 17, 2018 CDNs High Level Tech Intro No Comments

Performance is king. Despite that I’ve got this blog on some pretty ancient under-powered equipment. The first server was a 10 year old HP desktop with 2 gigs of RAM sitting in my garage. The new one is pretty old too, although a bit more powerful. That being said I…

The CRUD to Think About With Modern CDNs

March 18, 2018 CDNs No Comments

True cutting edge CDNs (Content Delivery Networks) offer features that differentiate them and allow you to cut costs in innovative ways while at the same time improving performance. (They also do a lot to secure your site, but that is for another post.) One of the differences that Fastly offers…