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New modern operating systems with improved security out of the box
Password strength has always been a concern for all internet-connected systems. Doubly so for any cloud servers with open service ports. If you’ve ever had a look at your Syslogs after deployment, many servers are immediately subjected to brute-force attacks straight from creation. For the longest time, the best advice has been to disable password […]
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Announcing new Cloud Server plans, improvements and pricing adjustments
Streamlining currency changes for customers Starting from January 1st 2023, we are changing our pricing currency from US Dollars (USD) to Euros (EUR) to bring our customers more benefits and reduce uncertainty. The majority of our current customers use Euro as a payment currency. We decided to make this change to bring three vital advantages […]
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Introducing Managed Load Balancer to simplify the complexities of resilience
Load balancing is a true and tested method of building resilience and improving system throughput. However, it might not be quite that easy to implement or maintain for everyone, until now. To help anyone create a state-of-art frontend for their cloud services, we are excited to unveil a new carefree way to build resilience. Today we […]
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Our year in retrospect: UpCloud’s 2021 highlights
The past year kept us busy developing new features, forming exciting partnerships, and welcoming new talent to our continuously growing team at UpCloud. Luckily, even in the middle of the globally rocky circumstances, we were able to launch multiple services and therefore make things a bit simpler for our users, who, just like us, are […]
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We are dropping Sydney Cloud Server pricing by 33% to support even stronger growth in Australia
In March 2021, we announced the opening of AU-SYD1 in Sydney, our first data centre in Australia. After a successful launch, we want to make our Sydney data centre even more competitive and introduce more users to the world’s fastest cloud. As a result, we are lowering the regional prices. Starting today, we offer the same […]
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Removing the burden of maintenance: Introducing UpCloud Managed Databases!
Managed databases offer a carefree approach to installation and maintenance while providing advantages often only available in high-complexity self-hosted databases. The increase in system complexity then adds costs by requiring continuous attention to upkeep. To solve this headache once and for all, we are excited to be introducing UpCloud Managed Databases! Deploy your database on the […]
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Start development from the pole position! – Launching UpCloud Command-Line Interface
The user-friendly UpCloud Control Panel and the robust UpCloud API both serve to provide our users full control of their cloud resources. However, each suite very different needs. We want to be able to offer something for everyone and to this effort, we are excited to launch UpCloud Command-Line Interface! UpCloud CLI UpCloud Command-Line Interface, […]
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UpCloud becomes verified Terraform provider along with major update
Terraform is a popular open-source software tool created by HashiCorp. Terraform allows users to define infrastructure-as-code using a simple, human-readable language. It enables you to take full control of your cloud infrastructure using declarative configuration files to manage services and resources. The UpCloud Terraform provider module integrates our infrastructure with Terraform and has been available […]
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UpCloud’s 2020 milestones: How we upgraded our services
For most of us, 2020 was an unexpectedly challenging year. The ongoing global pandemic has significantly changed lives around the world. Luckily, we at UpCloud have been able to continue operations to provide you, our users, with many new features and services throughout the year and by extent tried to make your year a little […]
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Vision and culture