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Information regarding Foreshadow, the Intel L1 Terminal Fault vulnerability
Intel recently shared information about a newly identified vulnerability in their processors. It concerns a speculative execution side-channel method that Intel calls L1 Terminal Fault or L1TF for short. The vulnerability was discovered by two independent groups of researchers who have titled it Foreshadow. L1TF aka Foreshadow The Foreshadow vulnerability (CVE-2018-3615) is an exploit on the speculative execution […]
Announcements
Announcing US-SJO1: Welcome to Silicon Valley! New data centre launched in San José
Welcome to Silicon Valley! Today we are announcing the expansion into a new region with the launch of our new data centre US-SJO1, located in San Jose, California! US-SJO1 is situated in the economic and cultural centre of the famous technology capital Silicon Valley. We believe this to be a great location for many fast-growing startups […]
Announcements
For the open Internet, against the EU Copyright Directive Article 13!
A committee of MEPs recently voted in favour of the overreaching EU Copyright Directive’s Article 13 regardless of opposition from influential tech leaders and the general public. To fight copyright infringement, policymakers want to force Internet companies to scan literally everything users attempt to post on their platform. Many of our users as online companies could be […]
Industry analyses
How we provide the best support for the fastest cloud
‘World’s fastest cloud servers’ has been our long-standing slogan, but we are also proud to provide our users with world-class customer support. How do we achieve this and what effects have we seen since we began offering an always-available support service? Read on as we introduce you to what goes on behind the scenes. Customer support […]
Vision and culture
Updated Terms of Service and Privacy Policy: UpCloud is still fully GDPR-compliant!
The General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, is the new important regulation for data privacy. Originally approved back in April 2016 by the EU Parliament, the GDPR is coming into effect on the 25th May 2018. (And GDPR replaces EU legislation that was established over 20 years ago in 1995, so it’s about time!) What […]
Announcements
Introducing the new $5/mo plan
You asked for it, and we listened! Today, we are launching a highly requested $5/monthly pricing plans for cloud servers. This is an especially attractive offer for our new users, who can experience our industry-leading performance with their own eyes for the cost of a cup of coffee! It also allows current users to run […]
Product Updates
Updates to the API client libraries and something extra!
We first introduced a set of new API client libraries for the UpCloud API almost two months ago and are continuing the work. The code base has been getting better by the day with bug fixes and other updates. You guys, our users, have been a huge help by reporting issues and suggestions. With this […]
Open Source
Templating custom cloud servers with UpCloud Packer builder
One of the best options for templating is Packer the open-source, easy to use, automation solution for custom servers.
Industry analyses
Benchmarking Magento Open Source edition: UpCloud vs. AWS vs. Linode vs. DigitalOcean
To help newcomers and seasoned online retailers alike to make an educated decision, we benchmarked Magento on some of the most popular cloud providers.
Comparisons