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How to prepare your eCommerce site for seasonal traffic spikes
Traffic spikes are coming – is your eCommerce site ready? Follow these 6 steps to prepare for seasonal sales with eCommerce optimisation in the cloud.
Long reads
Steve Midgley joins UpCloud as our new Chair of the Board
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, his appointment is another part of our transformation towards becoming a partner of scaling and […]
Announcements
Vision and culture
UpCloud Managed Databases and how to make the most of them
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. But what was the project like, and what are the benefits of UpCloud Managed Databases? Let’s […]
Vision and culture
Comparing managed databases in the cloud: AWS vs. DigitalOcean vs. UpCloud
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 to further benefit from the expertise of their cloud provider by adopting managed services. But […]
Comparisons
Benefits of cloud hosting for website development
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 immediately in increased user traffic and better overall user experience. Let’s look at the biggest […]
Vision and culture
Timothy Ho: At UpCloud, we inject fun into everything we do
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 any previous experience with cloud computing? In my previous company, I worked as a support […]
People
How important cloud infrastructure resilience is to resellers
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 importance of high availability, and by extent, infrastructure resilience. Luckily, when done right, cloud infrastructure […]
Vision and culture
How to choose the best platform for website development
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 resources. Recurring problems may seal the fate of many promising web businesses. On the other […]
Vision and culture
Antti Vilpponen: My door at UpCloud is always open
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 happy at work? What makes UpCloud stand out from the others? At UpCloud, we focus […]
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