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[H3] VARNISH ARTIFACT FIREWALL

[H1] Control Software Dependencies at Request Time

Secure your software supply chain by blocking malicious or unapproved packages across CI/CD systems, distributed teams, and agentic AI workflows.

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[H2] Varnish Enterprise

[H3] Caching. Routing. Delivery. All Under Your Control.

Varnish powers a backend-agnostic delivery layer built for platform teams, accelerating every HTTP workflow, from artifact caching and internal developer tools to APIs, video, and large-scale data delivery.
Deploy Varnish in front of any origin or service to cache, route, inspect, and control traffic across on-prem, cloud, edge, or hybrid environments, with exceptional performance and total policy control.
Varnish Enterprise - High-performance delivery, caching, and edge logic
Varnish Controller - Centralized orchestration and automation for multi-node clusters
Varnish Traffic Router - Layer 7 traffic steering for origin, edge, or multi-CDN routing
Varnish Pro - Lightweight, cloud-native caching built for modern delivery stacks

How it works

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[H2] Optimized Performance for Any Workload, Any Platform

Speed up data delivery while easing infrastructure pressure and simplifying operations.

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[H3] Accelerate Artifact Delivery

Speed up internal developer workflows and CI/CD pipelines by caching software artifacts, container images, and repo traffic closer to build systems. Reduce infra load and build wait times.

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[H3] Offload Traffic

Lower backend strain and egress fees by caching frequently accessed content close to users. Improve response times and service reliability.

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[H3] Accelerate API and Web Delivery

Cache and deliver API and web traffic with ultra-low latency. Improve app responsiveness and protect backend services under load.

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[H3] Feed Data Workloads Faster

Cache large datasets and platform tools for rapid access, improving model training throughput and platform engineering performance.

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[H2] Users Love Us

Varnish is a technology platform that developers love, provides web experiences your users enjoy, and creates value that helps your business thrive.
But don't take our word for it, see what real Varnish users have to say about us.

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[H2] Trusted to Deliver Results

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[H3] 15x Lower Cloud Costs

Nowcom uses Varnish for both frontend and backend caching to achieve up to 15x savings on Azure bandwidth costs.

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[H3] 50% Less Memory Usage

Nikon cut page response times by more than half while improving organic traffic and reducing server memory usage by 50%.

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[H3] 10x Server Efficiency

Zype built their video infrastructure with Varnish Enterprise and gained 10x server efficiency, so they could scale down their backend and cut costs.

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[H3] 10 Engineering Hours Saved Daily

Using Varnish Enterprise for efficient, centrally managed caching, MotorTrend saves 10-15 hours of engineering effort daily.

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[H3] 81% Faster Page Loads

BUW uses Varnish Enterprise to boost e-learning performance, redundancy and strengthen its video-on-demand streaming capabilities

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[H3] 100% Uptime During Outages

A major multinational cosmetics brand uses Varnish Enterprise as an origin shield, keeping sites shoppable even during server outages.

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[H3] The Ultimate Solution for Fast, Secure, Scalable Delivery

[H4] Content Delivery & Load Balancing
Effortlessly balance traffic and accelerate content delivery at any scale, in any environment, with Varnish Enterprise's powerful caching and load balancing capabilities.

[H4] High Availability
Ensure reliable performance and minimal downtime, no matter the traffic volume or request complexity, with Varnish’s high-availability caching and failover systems.

[H4] Performance Acceleration
Boost performance with features like cache persistence and replication, compression and request coalescing to deliver faster content and reduce infrastructure load.

[H4] Operational Simplicity
Leverage Varnish Enterprise’s powerful management tools and APIs to configure caching, manage traffic, and dynamically update settings—all without disrupting service.

[H4] Security
Enhance security with built-in TLS, protect your infrastructure from DDoS attacks, block SQL/XSS vulnerabilities, and ensure compliance with secure content delivery protocols.

[H4] API Acceleration & Gateway
Streamline API delivery with high-performance caching, advanced routing, and security. Varnish Enterprise ensures rapid, scalable API management in cloud, on-premises, or Kubernetes environments.

[H4] Cloud-Native & Kubernetes Ready
Varnish integrates effortlessly with containerized infrastructures, providing caching and load balancing for modern microservices architectures, ensuring fast and reliable performance in dynamic cloud ecosystems.

[H4] Dedicated, Private Deployments
Varnish Enterprise is software for dedicated deployments, with the flexibility to customize caching to fit unique infrastructure needs. Unlike one-size-fits-all solutions, Varnish adapts to your architecture—whether on-premise, cloud-native or on the edge—ensuring optimal performance, security, and control.

[H2] Tailored Solutions for Every Business

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[H3] SMBs

Simple, scalable tools to support growth. Whether you're using Magento, WordPress, or managing cloud infrastructure, Varnish ensures fast and reliable performance to help you scale, with low-cost plans and tailored packages to get up and running immediately.

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[H3] Enterprises

Optimize mission-critical infrastructure. For larger delivery challenges, Varnish Enterprise helps you reduce costs, stabilize web applications, streaming platforms, APIs and DevOps workflows and APIs, and deliver faster services with dedicated, private and secure caching operations.

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[H3] Service Providers

Realize new revenue streams.Deploy Varnish within complex, multi-platform infrastructure that spans countries and continents to roll out exceptional content experiences services to large audiences with dedicated, reliable data transfer at scale.

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[H2] The Best of the Best

[H3] Why Varnish Enterprise?

Performance. Ultra-fast, reliable digital experiences with sub-millisecond cache response times and the ability to stream 1 Tbps+ per server.
Features for Enterprise. Cache more data, intelligently and securely, with features like dynamic memory management, persistent cache storage, and load balancing.
Security and Privacy: Deploy secure, dedicated caching resources to control data flow and meet compliance needs.
User Interface. Simplify cache management, monitoring and deployment with an intuitive UI that also enables flexible request routing.
Deployment Choice. Deploy in the cloud, containers, data centers, at the edge, or any combination.
Control and Configurability: Programmable request handling and edge compute for full control over content and caching.
Real-Time Visibility: Log streaming and hundreds of metrics and counters to measure and leverage.
Dedicated Support: 24/7 support from experts, plus consultation and advisory services for optimizing Varnish usage.

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[H2] Varnish Enterprise Product Suite

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[H3] Varnish Enterprise

[H4] Content Delivery

[H5] Caching

Edge Caching
Edge Compute
Disk Storage
Security Tooling

[H5] Origin Shield

Traffic Offload
Downtime Defense

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[H3] Varnish Controller

[H4] Control Plane

[H5] Configuration

Orchestration
Auto-scaling
Multi-tenancy

[H5] Monitoring

Real-time Analytics
Health Checks
Performance Data

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[H3] Varnish Traffic Router

[H4] Request Routing

[H5] Load Balancing

High Availability
CDN Syncing
Traffic Offload

[H5] Traffic Routing

Flexible Routing
CDN Mapping

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[H2] Learning and Support

Developer Resources

The Varnish Developer Portal is the place to learn about Varnish and VCL. It provides tutorials, install guides, documentation references and ways to engage with us and get help.

Record-Setting Benchmarks

Read our joint white paper with Intel to find out how Varnish Enterprise reached 1.5 Tbps single server performance with excellent power efficiency at up to 1.4 Gbps/ Watt for video streaming use cases.

Expert Help & Support

Varnish Software offers full commercial support for Varnish Enterprise, Varnish Controller and Varnish Traffic Router. Two levels of support, plus add-ons and Professional Services options make it easy to tailor support to your specific needs.

The Varnish Blog

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[H3] Varnish 6 By Example

This ultimate Varnish guide provides everything you need to learn Varnish, scale web operations, build custom content delivery services, and level-up your Varnish skills.

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"It was very easy to get up and running and everything worked flawlessly, particularly as the Varnish Enterprise team was there to assist every step of the way"

[H2] Senior Manager, Engineering, Music Streaming Disruptor

[H2] Ready to Get Started?

We’re happy to help with any questions you may have about our software, support, pricing or anything else Varnish related. We can assist you in finding the solution that best fits your needs and set up trials too.

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[H3] Talk to an Expert

Varnish experts are available to answer your technical questions and help you find the solution you need.

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[H3] Request a Quote

Request a quote today to learn more about Varnish pricing.

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[H3] Contact Us

We have offices across the globe who can help answer any questions you may have.

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[H1] Fast, Efficient Content Delivery and Caching Solutions

From websites and streaming to app delivery, edge compute and AI acceleration, Varnish helps you deliver dynamic user experiences, scale performance globally, and enable cutting-edge innovation, anywhere.

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Web Application Acceleration

Content Delivery

Data and AI Acceleration

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[H2] Varnish Enterprise for

[H3] Web & API Performance

Web Application Acceleration - Accelerate application performance, reduce latency between services, and ensure seamless delivery for high-performance web and mobile apps.
API Acceleration - Optimize API performance with intelligent caching and load balancing to ensure rapid responses, reduce backend strain, and handle high volumes of traffic seamlessly.
Web App Security - Protect web services against evolving threats but maintain performance, with advanced security features including access controls, request filtering and rate limiting.
eCommerce and CMS Acceleration - Enhance the performance and scalability of eCommerce and CMS platforms, enabling seamless user experiences and increased conversion rates.
Origin Security - Safeguard sensitive content and backend systems from attacks and unauthorized access with robust origin protection measures.

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[H2] Varnish Enterprise for

[H3] Content Delivery

Origin Shield - Offload web and video traffic to reduce backend costs and stay online when CDNs go down.
Private CDN - Build dedicated, mission-critical CDN services, optimized for performance, scale and security.
Streaming - Deliver fast and reliable live, on-demand and OTT video at massive scale.
Edge Delivery & Compute - Bring applications and content closer to users by leveraging edge locations for faster delivery and reduced latency.

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[H2] Varnish Enterprise for

[H3] Data & AI Acceleration

AI Data Pipelines - Accelerate AI/ML workflows with data caching that eliminates bottlenecks, maximizes GPU/CPU utilization, and seamlessly scales to handle massive datasets.
DevOps Artifact & Software Distribution - Boost developer productivity with artifact acceleration software that simplifies processes and reduces costs.
S3 / Object Storage Optimization - Optimize data access and retrieval from object storage systems like S3, reducing latency and enabling faster, cheaper data workloads.

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[H2] Why Varnish Enterprise is Different

Varnish Software brings decades of experience solving mission-critical challenges across industries like media, finance, and telecommunications and is looked to as a trusted expert in the market.

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[H3] Unmatched Performance

Achieve ultra-low latency world-leading single server throughput for seamless data delivery across real-time and high-volume applications.

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[H3] Control and Security

Leverage programmable request handling for flexible in-flight data processing, paired with robust access controls and advanced threat defense.

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[H3] Scalability and Seamless Integration

Effortlessly scale, with support for leading storage systems and microservice architectures.

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[H3] Optimized Efficiency

Slash cloud egress fees, reduce on-premise storage costs, and eliminate bottlenecks in data-intensive workloads.

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[H2] Help is Here

[H3] Find the Right Solution For You

Let's talk. Our team is ready to help you find the right solution for your unique needs.

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[H2] Who We Help

Across industries, use cases and challenges, Varnish Enterprise is the software solution of choice for accelerating digital processes.

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[H2] Success Stories

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[H3] Future Publishing

Varnish enables Future Publishing to achieve a robust and reliable caching layer for highly available content delivery across its media properties

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[H3] Telia Company

Given the acquisition of TV4, MTV and CMore, Telia Company needed to re-evaluate their current CDN strategy and decided to build their "next generation" CDN together with Varnish as a key partner.

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[H3] Intersport

Intersport is one of the world's leading sporting goods retailers. Their challenge was to adopt configurable, agile cache management to ensure accuracy and performance, implement initial line of defense against bot/DDoS attacks and improve user experience with faster page loads.

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[H2] Connect with Our Team

We’re happy to help with any questions you may have about our software, support, pricing or anything else Varnish related. We can assist you in finding the solution that best fits your needs and set up trial periods too.

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[H3] Talk to an Expert

Varnish experts are available to answer your technical questions and help you find the solution you need.

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[H3] Chat with us

Talk with an advisor about the right solution for your needs

Let's chat

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[H3] Message us

We have offices across the globe who can help answer any questions you may have

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[H2] Talk to an expert

Varnish experts are available to answer your technical questions and help you find the solution you need.

[H1] Varnish Help and Support

Get all the help you need to succeed with Varnish. Looking to contact Support? Visit our Customer Portal to contact Support, submit and track tickets.

Customer Portal

Support Options

Premium Support Add-ons

Varnish Cache Support

Professional Services and Consulting

Training

[H2] Support Options

With a flourishing community of users, expert help from Varnish engineers and comprehensive documentation, help is available for every type of Varnish deployment.

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[H3] Community Support

The friendly Varnish community is active across mailing lists, IRC, Discord, Stack Overflow, Twitter and LinkedIn. See the Get Help page for more information.

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[H3] Self-Learning Resources

Varnish 6 by Example [FREE PDF] is the essential guide to all things Varnish 6, covering both Varnish Cache and Varnish Enterprise. Visit the Developer Portal for tutorials, install guides and documentation.

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[H3] Commercial Support

Varnish Software offers full commercial support for Varnish Enterprise, Varnish Controller and Varnish Traffic Router. Two levels of support, plus add-ons and Professional Services options make it easy to tailor support to your specific needs.

[H2] More Commercial Support Options

Varnish Enterprise, Varnish Controller and Traffic Router subscriptions come with support from Varnish engineers. There are two options available: Standard and Premium.
Access to Varnish Software’s Professional Support and core developers
Business Hours (20 support cases) or 24/7/365 (unlimited support cases) via the Varnish Support Portal
Varied Service Level Agreements on first response time and work-around
Contact via email and telephone
Option to add Professional Services and Training as add-ons
Premium support level also enables use of Service Add-ons, described below

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[H3] Commercial Support Comparison

Support Element
Cache Support
Standard
Premium
No. Support Requests
5 per year
20 per year
Unlimited
Availability
Business Hours (8am to 5pm)
Business Hours (8am to 5pm)
24/7/365
Email Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Telephone Support
No
Yes
Yes
Service Level Agreement
Severity A
No
4 Business Hours Response Time
2 hrs Response Time, 72 hrs work-around
Severity B
No
8 Business Hours Response Time
4 hrs Response Time, 72 hrs work-around
Severity C
No
2 Business Days Response Time
2 Business Days Response Time
Severity D
No
2 Business Days Response Time
2 Business Days Response Time
Addons
Varnish Assist+
No
No
Yes - Available
Varnish Managed Services
No
No
Yes - Available

Testimonial
"When we need support, we always have someone at Varnish who provides quick answers – even in French! – We are very happy with this and feel we have a partnership with Varnish."

[H2] Michael Alimi

CTO, INTERSPORT

[H2] Premium Support Add-on:

[H3] Managed Services

Varnish Managed Services is available as an add-on to Premium support, and comes with an additional SLA. A dedicated team of Varnish experts deploy and run your Varnish service full time, including installations and configuration for all Varnish-related services, constant monitoring and on-call support.
Access to Varnish Software’s Professional Support, 24/7/365 via the Varnish Support Portal with unlimited support cases a year
Direct access to Varnish engineers via shared Slack channel
24/7/365 monitoring with 30 minute response time on alerts
Hands-on support from Varnish Software engineers
Full management of Varnish upgrades and updates
VCL and all other changes to go through Change Management
Varnish Health Check and Audit
Option to add Professional Services and Training

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Testimonial
"When we have traffic amount to a million people all at once, sometimes we can plan for it, but when you can’t, you want to be sure the website will stay available. That is the assurance Varnish Managed Services has given us."

[H2] Max Reckers

TECHNOLOGY LEAD, AFC AJAX

[H2] Premium Support Add-on:

[H3] Varnish Assist+

Varnish Assist+ is the middle ground between Premium and Varnish Managed Services, offering a comprehensive suite of support and services to ensure that your Varnish deployment operates at peak performance.
Access to Varnish Software’s Professional Support, 24/7/365 via the Varnish Support Portal with unlimited support cases a year
Direct access to Varnish engineers via shared Slack channel
Hands-on Support via screen share or temporary access during planned monthly meetings with a professional Services Engineer as a point of contact
Assisted Varnish Enterprise and Controller updates on a quarterly cycle during planned monthly meetings, unless security related
VCL and all other changes to go through Change Management, scheduled monthly
Varnish Health Check and Audit on a biannual cycle
Possibility to buy professional service and training

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[H3] Varnish Support Add-On Comparison

Support Element
Cache Support
Standard
Premium
Premium with Managed Services
Premium with Varnish Assist+
No. Support Requests
5 per year
20 per year
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Availability
Business Hours (8am to 5pm)
Business Hours (8am to 5pm)
24/7/365
24/7/365
24/7/365
Monitoring Varnish Enterprise
No
No
No
Yes
No
Pro-active work on Varnish upgrades and updates
No
No
No
Yes
Yes - planned since no access
Shared slack channel (No SLA)
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Email Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Telephone Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Service Level Agreement
Severity A
No
4 Business Hours Response Time
2 hrs Response Time, 72 hrs work-around
2 hrs Response Time, 72 hrs work-around
2 hrs Response Time, 72 hrs work-around
Severity B
No
8 Business Hours Response Time
4 hrs First Response, 72 hrs work-around
4 hrs First Response, 72 hrs work-around
4 hrs First Response, 72 hrs work-around
Severity C and D
No
2 Business Days Response Time
2 Business Days Response Time
2 Business Days Response Time
2 Business Days Response Time

[H2] Varnish Cache Support

The Varnish open-source community is an excellent source of support and troubleshooting. If you’re looking for additional support for Varnish Cache, our commercial Varnish Cache support offers both Varnish Cache (LTS) and Hitch (SSL Termination):
Access to Varnish Software’s Professional Support, Business Days, 9am to 5pm via the Varnish Support Portal (5 support cases a year)
Bug fixes available upon receipt of reproducible test case
Early vulnerability notification
Option to add Professional Services and Training

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[H2] Professional Services and Consulting

Varnish Professional Services offers expert consultation and advisory services for optimizing Varnish usage and providing knowledge needed for ongoing Varnish excellence. The team helps with:
Assist with Varnish Setup
Installation and Go Live Assistance
Configuration Best Practices
Performance Optimization
Migration Assistance
Health Check Ups
VCL Writing and Reviews
Preparation for Peak Times
Assist with Deployment Automation
The service can be delivered off or on-site depending on the requirements of your project.

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Testimonial
"We wanted a partner we could work together with to implement our ideas using their knowledge and experience. Varnish had the technical competence and the willingness to collaborate and develop things to meet our needs."

[H2] Ragnar Kåhre

SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT, TELIA

[H2] Training

Varnish Software offers virtual and in-person training courses and certification for Varnish users — from general Varnish administration to Varnish Enterprise features and functionality — all led by Varnish engineers. Courses are available for different levels of experience and need, with in-depth, hands-on workshops providing insights into implementing Varnish for optimal performance, flexibility and scalability. Private training is also available, where our trainers design a structured learning programme tailored to the specific needs of your project and team.

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Testimonial
"We know we can consult Varnish engineers, who have been instrumental in helping us with the configuration and fine-tuning of our caching solution."

[H2] Shrikant Iyer

SENIOR MANAGER - DEVOPS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, MOTORTREND