Happy Holidays!
December 27, 2019 7:30PM
There are over 50 languages spoken at Cloudflare, as we have natives from many countries on our team, with different backgrounds, religions, gender and cultures. And it is this diversity that makes us a great team....
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Concise Christmas Cryptography Challenges 2019
December 25, 2018 5:42PM
Crypto
Cryptography
Security
Holidays
Fun
We've put together some Christmas Cryptography questions. Do you think you can solve them?...
The truth about Black Friday and Cyber Monday
December 11, 2018 10:50AM
Traffic
Holidays
eCommerce
Mobile
United States
Something we all see and hear a lot about at this time of year are Black Friday (23 November this year) and Cyber Monday (26 November) - but just how important are these days on the Internet?...
Vancouver & Montreal, Canada: CloudFlare's latest data centers
December 17, 2015 6:30PM
Cloudflare Network
Canada
Data Center
North America
Holidays
With the holiday season in full swing, it's only fitting that we continue to spread cheer, joy and a faster Internet around the world. To start the season we begin in Canada with NHL rivals Montreal and Vancouver, our 70th and 71st points of presence (PoPs) globally. Montreal and Vancouver, the 2nd and 3rd largest Canadian metropolitan areas, respectively, join our existing PoP in Canada's largest, Toronto. Together, CloudFlare's network in Canada is now milliseconds away from the country's 31 million Internet users. As of now, the web sites, mobile apps and APIs of all CloudFlare customers are delivered at a cool 6.1 million times the speed of the fastest slapshot (for the curious, the current NHL speed record belongs to Zdeno Chára of the Boston Bruins, whose slapshot clocked 108.8 miles per hour / 175.1 kilometers per hour). Latency matters Canada...
Prepare Your Site for Traffic Spikes this Holiday Season
November 17, 2014 7:46PM
Speed & Reliability
Holidays
eCommerce
Rocket Loader
Mirage
The holiday season is approaching, and everyone is thinking about gifts for their friends and family. As people increasingly shop online, this means huge spikes in traffic for web sites---especially ecommerce sites....
October 31, 2013 1:36PM
Cloud-o-ween
Over the weekend, I happened by a pumpkin carving contest in Monterey. One of the winning pumpkins was a low-relief scene of a pirate ship. The hull was created by carving the pumpkin in the traditional way....