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About Compute@Edge
Fastly’s Compute@Edge offering allows you to build high scale, globally distributed applications and execute code at the edge — without having to manage the underlying infrastructure. Deploy and run complex logic for any application or backend service with our secure, performant, and scalable approach to serverless computing. Compute@Edge provides a 100x faster code execution startup time than other serverless solutions. Run your code on hundreds of servers located around the world simultaneously. There are no cold starts or roundtrip delays — just fast, always-on computing. Better end-user experiences are at the forefront of digital transformation. Write, deploy, and test your code on the Fastly edge using a powerful local development and debugging environment. From there, we manage everything required to scale it instantly and globally, as close to your end users as possible.
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Founded: 2011
United States
www.fastly.com/products/edge-compute
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