2011-05-18
We always talk about how CloudFlare gets smarter, and we do that in a variety of ways. One of the ways is that we look at changes in traffic to a site. If there is a big change, then our system automatically starts to investigate whether it is legitimate traffic or an attack. ...
2011-05-17
This morning we crossed a milestone: delivering a sustained average of 2,000 page views per second. Peak traffic is even higher. ...
2011-05-16
CloudFlare now supports CNAME Flattening, which is a better solution to this same problem. Read more in our knowledge base. ...
2011-05-13
We finished our update to our Amsterdam data center over night. Previously, we had used leased equipment in Amsterdam to power CloudFlare's service. While it worked ok, it wasn't specifically optimized for the network-heavy loads a service like ours creates. ...
2011-05-12
In CloudFlare's relentless effort to make the web faster and safer worldwide, we're excited to announce our newest data center came online last night: Hong Kong. Approximately 10% of the traffic to CloudFlare's network currently originates from Hong Kong and China. ...
2011-05-10
Last week Google Analytics announced that they would begin integrating Site Speed tracking. This is an awesome new way for site administrators to see how well their pages are performing. CloudFlare has always been a fan of Google Analytics. ...
2011-05-09
CloudFlare is excited to announce that the WordPress performance plugin W3 Total Cache (W3TC) now fully integrates CloudFlare's performance and security. CloudFlare and W3TC's missions are aligned: making sites perform as fast as possible....
2011-05-03
CloudFlare's newest data center just started receiving traffic. Located just over the river from Manhattan in New Jersey, the latest facility is already taking load away from our facility in Ashburn, VA. ...
2011-05-03
Some of the techniques that CloudFlare uses to make sites faster and safer have generally been around and used by the Internet Giants for some time. In other places, CloudFlare is breaking new ground in offering state-of-the-art technologies to increase performance and security. ...
2011-05-02
The news of Osama bin Laden's death last night caused us to investigate what searches people were running that led them to a CloudFlare-powered site....
2011-05-01
On Thursday, April 29, CloudFlare won the Judge's award at Under The Radar, an event showcasing new technology in the Silicon Valley. Since CloudFlare launched six months ago at TechCrunch Disrupt, we've saved 1000 years of time for web surfers....
2011-04-25
We just turned on our latest data center in Los Angeles. In its first minute, the facility processed more than 30,000 requests. We expect that number to rise over the next 24 hours. ...
2011-04-22
Last night CloudFlare hosted a Hybrid DB meetup where Ian Pye, our lead Analytics Engineer, presented on the data infrastructure at CloudFlare. He discussed how CloudFlare looked at several NoSQL and SQL solutions and ended up with a hybrid model, SortaSQL....
2011-04-21
Many of our customers love CloudFlare's statistics report because the information available differs from other services providing analytics. One frequent request is that customers would like to be able to look at the individual IP hits coming to their site. ...
2011-04-14
CloudFlare loves threat data. CloudFlare's sytem continually gets smarter through a variety of ways, including through user-reported data. So for example, users can add IP and IP ranges to their Block List. This information is fed back to the CloudFlare system benefiting the entire community....
2011-04-13
Startups like Reddit, Dishcrawl, Tapviva, Redbeacon and SpotSift exchanged ideas over some cheesy Toasty Melts and pork sliders from Good Foods Catering at the Cloudflaer Loft. It was a great way to meet many of our SOMA neighbors....
2011-04-07
A Drupal developer, Brian Stevenson, recently created a CloudFlare Drupal extension that will help Drupal site owners get the original visitor IP at the Drupal level. Some common FAQs about the CloudFlare Drupal Extension....
2011-04-05
Good security depends on having a lot of information and being able to react to it quickly. One of the problems with traditional web security has been that it relies on installing an appliance or software. ...
2011-04-04
CloudFlare has such a vibrant community, so we thought, why not bring them all together? Over the next several weeks, we are bringing together fantastic groups for a series of meetups. We will host many here in the CloudFlare office, as well as one in Boston....
2011-04-01
It is a beautiful morning in San Francisco and the office was full of April Fool's jokes. The creativity was spearheaded by Matthieu, who recruited Matthew and Jason to help him execute several ideas. The pranks included wrapping Lee's desk in parcel paper, packaging Ian's desk in bubble wrap, controlling Sri's computer remotely with a foot and making my desk look like it just stepped into a flurry of sticky notes. It was a fun way to start everyone's day. Thanks Matthieu! And then, after al...
