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CloudFest 2024 meet UpCloud: The best cloud you’ve never heard of! 

Book a meeting with our team there! Team UpCloud is thrilled to attend this year’s CloudFest, situated right in the heart of Europe, where France, Germany, and Switzerland meet. Making the journey from our Nordic headquarters, we want to share with you why UpCloud is the best cloud you’ve probably never heard of! Yes, it’s […]

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Mitigating the Leaky Vessels Container Escape vulnerabilities

On January 31st 2024, the Snyk Security Labs team identified multiple vulnerabilities, now called “Leaky Vessels”, affecting software components used on Kubernetes infrastructure to run and manage containers. Our users’ security is our top priority, and we take this matter very seriously. These vulnerabilities can be used for container escapes – to gain access to […]

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Product Updates

Get to know our Swedish Data Centre

It’s official, we have arrived! The latest addition to UpCloud’s data centre family is now live after months of hard work and dedication to further serving our Swedish and European customers.  Since its initial conception, the launch of our new DC strives to deliver the same exceptional services and benefits to our customers whilst providing […]

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Data Sovereignty

Where security comes first – Sweden

In recent years, the adoption of cloud computing has transformed the way businesses operate and store their data. Yet, with this digital revolution comes mounting pressures regarding data security.  As organisations worldwide grapple with safeguarding their sensitive information, for businesses operating within Europe ensuring compliance is a business essential. This is no different in Sweden […]

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Data Sovereignty

UpCloud launches Swedish data centre

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new Swedish data centre (DC). We are very excited to offer both new and existing clients Stockholm-based services. Our latest DC brings the world’s fastest Cloud Servers, MaxIOPS block storage, Managed Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Redis and OpenSearch and many more excellent UpCloud services. Additionally, we are delighted […]

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Data Sovereignty

GDPR, ISO 27001 and CISPE Code of Conduct: a guide to European compliance with UpCloud

Headquartered in Helsinki, UpCloud stands at the forefront of the European cloud infrastructure industry, rooted in Finnish traditions of technical and business excellence. Every customer who chooses to partner with us isn’t just selecting a cloud hosting solution; they’re placing their business, their confidence, and their aspirations in the hands of a certified Cloud Service […]

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Data Sovereignty

UpCloud appoints Teemu Toppola as Head of Product

UpCloud is delighted to announce the appointment of Teemu Toppola as our new Head of Product, effective September 1st, 2023. Teemu joined UpCloud in 2021 as a Team Coach, advancing to Head of Engineering by early 2022. Having excelled in his roles over the past two years, Teemu was promoted to the role of Head […]

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People

Lauri Ikonen, Former Head of Google’s Finnish Data Center, Appointed to Lead UpCloud’s Strategy and Operations

UpCloud has appointed Lauri Ikonen as the company’s Chief Strategy and Operating Officer. Ikonen, who took the position on August 1st, has more than 15 years of leadership experience in service and project businesses at Google and ABB, among others. Ikonen will focus on UpCloud’s growth and scaling the company’s operations.  “I have kept an […]

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People

New Intel CPU vulnerability GDS/Downfall

On August 8, 2023, Intel published a new security vulnerability that exploits Gather Data Sampling (GDS). Named Downfall by its discoverer, it impacts multiple generations of Intel processors used in both personal and cloud computers. Downfall is a transient execution side-channel vulnerability that targets a critical weakness found in many modern Intel processor models. Following the […]

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