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July 2, 2025

Crafting code to make developers’ lives easier

Senior Software Engineer Toni Kangas took a delightfully unconventional path into the world of code. While studying a completely different field, Toni stumbled into a course assistant gig for C++ programming. And just like that, a spark ignited. Coding felt natural. After a few summer programming jobs, it became clear: programming opportunities far outnumbered those […]

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June 27, 2025

Mastering cloud sales at UpCloud

Our Sales Lead and Senior Account Executive Jannika Jokinen landed in sales almost by accident. Growing up with entrepreneurial parents, she was always immersed in a sales-driven environment, even tagging along to her parents’ workplaces as a kid. It turns out, this early exposure stuck. Despite studying marketing management and initially envisioning a career as […]

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April 29, 2025

Introducing the five 9’s – New and improved service level

At UpCloud, we are proud to announce an exciting update to our service levels. Starting May 1st, 2025, UpCloud services will offer a 99.999% service level agreement (SLA) by default. You can expect the same outstanding reliability from UpCloud as before, now with even greater transparency and more clearly aligned with industry-leading standards. This change […]

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March 31, 2025

Arno Schäfer joins UpCloud as CEO

Seasoned executive to lead next stage of growth as Helsinki-based cloud infrastructure provider strengthens its position in the global cloud landscape. Helsinki, Finland, March 31, 2025 – UpCloud Oy, a leading European cloud infrastructure provider, today announced the appointment of Arno Schäfer as its new Chief Executive Officer. Schäfer takes over from Antti Vilpponen, who […]

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August 20, 2024

Helena Rivas: Even working remotely, I’ve felt like a part of the team from day one

Helena Rivas joined UpCloud’s IaaS team two years ago as a Senior Software Engineer. Originally from Uruguay, she has lived in Finland for over 17 years. Her rich experience in development and operations positions is accompanied by an 8-year career as a research scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. After being a researcher […]

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August 13, 2024

Introducing Helena Telaranta, Chief People and Culture Officer

We are extremely pleased to welcome Helena Telaranta as our new Chief People and Culture Officer at UpCloud. Previously, Helena has been working in global HR leadership roles in industrial, tech, and professional services, such as Wärtsilä, Qt Group, and Deloitte. Joining our team in April 2024, Helena’s experience in different growth environments, as well […]

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July 9, 2024

Get reacquainted with UpCloud

With the market shifting and evolving, we wanted to reintroduce ourselves, but more importantly, we wanted to pinpoint the “how” and the “why” behind UpCloud.  Yes, we offer a comprehensive suite of European cloud computing solutions from 13 global data centres that are tailored to meet the evolving needs of modern businesses – but how […]

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July 2, 2024

Sini Luukkanen: Tailored company benefits make employees feel cared for

Well-being, joy, and work-life balance are highly valued at UpCloud. People who feel good at work create a great company such as ours. That’s why our offices, after-work activities, and benefits are tailored to our people’s wishes and promote health and good work-life balance. Join us in a conversation with Sini Luukkanen, Senior HR Manager […]

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June 25, 2024

Simplified cloud infrastructure: Unveiling four new products

At UpCloud, we’re thrilled to announce the upcoming launch of four new product offerings designed to further empower developers and businesses globally. Returning to our roots and building from developer to developer, these new products are a direct response to our community’s valuable feedback. With the success of our recent zero-cost egress initiative, we’re excited […]

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