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[Helsinki, 18.11.2021] UpCloud, the European leader in high-performance cloud infrastructure services, announces their new Chair of the Board, Steve Midgley. UpCloud’s new Board Chair, Steve Midgley, brings a wealth of knowledge regarding the cloud infrastructure industry. After the €18 million...

[Helsinki, Finland, 30.6.2021] UpCloud, a European cloud service provider for small and medium-sized companies, has just announced the appointment of Erik Rehn as its new Head of Sales. UpCloud is delighted to announce Erik Rehn joining the company as its new...

[Helsinki, Finland, 15.6.2021] UpCloud, the European leader in high-performance cloud computing, introduces its Managed Databases. To enable its users to deploy professional-grade database services without a manual installation, UpCloud has launched Managed Databases. Including MySQL and PostgreSQL services in the...

[Helsinki, 17.5.2021] NerdCloud and UpCloud both globally positioned technology companies today announced a partnership. The partnership complements both companies’ service portfolios and is designed to offer added value for their existing and new customers. Starting today, the partnership will allow...

[Helsinki, 25.3.2021] UpCloud, the European leader in high-performance cloud hosting, announces the opening of a new data centre AU-SYD1 in Sydney to satisfy growing demand from Australian customers. After three new global data centre openings in 2020, UpCloud expands to another continent....

[Helsinki, 3. 11. 2020] UpCloud, the European leader in high-performance cloud hosting, introduces their 11th data centre – in Warsaw, Poland. Europe is one of UpCloud’s most significant markets. And therefore, after Helsinki, London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Madrid, the company announces...

[Helsinki, 22.10.2020] UpCloud, the European leader in high-performance cloud hosting, introduces Object Storage, a cloud storage solution for content delivery and data archival. “Object Storage provides a delivery platform for static content separate from Cloud Servers, as well as a...

[Helsinki, 20. 10. 2020] UpCloud, the European leader in high-performance cloud hosting, opens a new data centre in Madrid, Spain. To continue their international expansion, UpCloud has announced the opening of the newest addition to their European data centres. Located in...

[Helsinki, 11.8.2020] UpCloud, the European leader in high-performance cloud hosting, opens a new data centre in New York, USA. UpCloud’s customers in North America can now choose from three different data centres. In addition to their Chicago and San Jose...

[Helsinki, 17.6.2020] Suomalainen pilvi-infratarjoaja UpCloud on nimittänyt Sonja Semmelmayrin uuden HR-osastonsa vetäjäksi. Vuonna 2011 perustetun suomalaisen UpCloudin uniikin yrityskulttuurin ytimenä on aina ollut yhtiön ainutlaatuinen kansainvälinen asiantuntijayhteisö. Koska UpCloud kilpailee kansainvälisillä markkinoilla maailman suurimpia teknologiayhtiöitä vastaan, tuotekehitys ja palvelun ylläpito edellyttää maailman kovimpia...

[Helsinki, 19.5.2020] European cloud hosting provider UpCloud lets new business customers migrate their current infrastructure at no cost. Migrating servers or the whole infrastructure from one cloud provider to another is a process that may require time and money. This...

[Helsinki, Finland, 21.1.2020] UpCloud, the European leader in high performance cloud computing services fuels its growth with €18 million in new funding. UpCloud is incredibly excited to announce that it has secured €18 million in equity and debt funding to expedite...

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...

We at UpCloud have been shocked and appalled by the actions of Russia towards Ukraine. The illegal aggression Russia has taken towards a sovereign state, Ukraine, is a clear violation of international law and treaties. We stand in full support...

Looking for a storage solution? Object storage could be the answer if you have a lot of static, unstructured data to tackle on the cloud. Thanks to its highly scalable and API-friendly nature, it is perfect for storing videos, photos,...

Meet Wilhelmina, our new Talent Acquisition and HR Manager! Since the beginning of 2022, she has been in charge of UpCloud’s recruiting, talent sourcing, and employer branding, ensuring a fun and pleasant recruitment process for every candidate. She’s also the...

New year, new mighty development plans! After a year full of exciting releases, we are committed to continuing developing our services to fulfil all our users’ cloud hosting needs and, who knows, even secret wishes. To give you a glimpse...

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...

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...

We’re extremely happy to announce that Steve Midgley has joined UpCloud as our new Board Chair. Steve brings a wealth of knowledge regarding the cloud infrastructure industry. After the €18 million investment that UpCloud secured at the beginning of 2020,...

The rapid transition of databases to the cloud, together with the challenges of database maintenance, has caused a massive demand for user-friendly managed services. To meet the demand, UpCloud launched Managed Databases – a scalable and fully automated database solution....

With the wide-scale migration of SMEs onto cloud infrastructure, managed services have become increasingly popular. They work as a natural extension to the offerings of Infrastructure-as-a-Service companies as a suite of services on a single platform. Cloud customers can look...

Our Business Development Manager Vincent is responsible for users in the Asia-Pacific region. With a support background, he assists both our new and existing users with their business and development needs, ensuring that UpCloud’s platform helps them achieve their goals....

As a development company, you take responsibility not only for running your websites and applications but mainly for the flawless website performance you provide to your customers. When your websites are running on high performing servers, you see the results...

Timothy has been a part of UpCloud’s Singapore office for almost two years. As a Technical Support Specialist, he helps our users globally with various technical issues and questions related to our infrastructure. When you joined UpCloud, did you have...

In the world of instant gratification, we expect every service to be always available. The success of on-demand streaming is a clear example of the trend, but the expectation of availability extends to other businesses as well. This highlights the...

For efficient website and application development, it is crucial to have stable and high performing servers providing a suitable environment to developers. Any technical issues will affect the development process negatively, slow down the flow of work and require additional...

Antti Vilpponen became UpCloud’s CEO in 2014. Since then, the company has successfully grown from a start-up to the European leader in providing high-performance cloud hosting. How does Antti see the company and its users nowadays, and what makes him...

We’re delighted to announce Erik Rehn joining UpCloud as our new Head of Sales. Erik will be a great addition to our global team leading UpCloud’s sales and business development strategy towards our key user segments among small and medium-sized...

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 in upkeep. To solve this headache once and for...

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...

We couldn’t be more thrilled about how promising the year 2021 has started. After announcing our newly updated UpCloud Terraform provider, we have more exciting news to share. UpCloud is expanding to another continent with a brand new data centre! We...