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By Upsun
Key takeaway: Real cloud strategy isn't about running the same workload everywhere at once; it’s about the freedom to move when you need to. By standardizing the unified configuration file, Upsun enables true cloud optionality, moving provider migration from a re-architect project to a data move project.
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By Upsun
Years back I sat in on a platform evaluation with a customer who spent forty-five minutes of the meeting focusing on one thing: their custom PHP content management system. They had opinions about the CMS. Strong opinions. They had benchmarks, a migration plan, a proof of concept. They had a diagram. They had questions about the deployment pipeline for this CMS that were, for a single application, more thoroughly considered than most organizations' entire infrastructure strategies.
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By Upsun
I live in Manchester, England now. I moved here from Texas last summer (which is its own story), but the thing I wasn't prepared for is how the Industrial Revolution isn't history here. It's the city itself. And if you're American like me, you might need to hear this: the Industrial Revolution didn't start in the US. It started here. Manchester is where the modern world was born. You see it everywhere. The old cotton mills converted into apartments.
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By Upsun
Key takeaway: AI agents and RAG pipelines only reach production-grade accuracy when they are developed against byte-level clones of real production data. Without environment parity, the "repro gap" leads to inevitable AI failure.
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By Upsun
"Anything but that cloud." I asked why. "Our biggest customer is a giant retailer," he said. "That hyperscaler's parent company is the retailer's biggest competitor. So our customer refuses to do business with anyone who uses that cloud. We use that cloud, we lose our biggest customer. Full stop." That was the entire conversation about cloud choice. It wasn't a technical preference. It wasn't a pricing optimization. It wasn't a sovereignty concern.
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By Upsun
If you're building a modern web application in 2026, Vercel is almost certainly on your shortlist, and probably near the top of it. The developer experience Vercel pioneered for Next.js and the frontend ecosystem around it is a real achievement. Push a branch, get a preview URL, ship. It works, it's fast, and an entire generation of frontend teams have built their workflow around it. This article is not here to argue with any of that.
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By Upsun
Key takeaway: Development velocity in e-commerce is often throttled not by headcount, but by invisible infrastructure friction that forces developers to spend time on environment management and deployment pipelines instead of shipping revenue-generating features. Ecommerce teams rarely think they have an infrastructure problem.
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By Upsun
Key takeaway: Upsun eliminates the need for code freezes during ecommerce migrations by using instant, data-complete preview environments to validate replatforming efforts against production-grade data without interrupting the live store. Ecommerce replatforming is one of the highest-stakes decisions an online retailer makes, and for most, the biggest risk is what happens to revenue during the migration.
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By Upsun
Code review and infrastructure validation are distinct problems. While AI can review syntax, only an active, data-complete environment can validate system-wide state. Upsun provides the unified configuration file needed to turn "looks good to me" into verified production-readiness.
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By Upsun
This post is also available in German and in French. Tracking environmental impact can be fragmented, time-consuming, and disconnected from operational data. Beyond simply checking ESG reporting boxes or making sure your company is CSRD compliant, actively monitoring environmental impact is the foundation for building an effective sustainability strategy. At Upsun, we know that measuring progress is the first step toward improvement.
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By Upsun
In this video, we'll guide you through the process of monitoring and managing your usage of front-end observability features in Blackfire. Learn how to access your Browser usage dashboard to view browser traces collected per environment, track your quota consumption, and understand the concept of spike protection. You'll discover how Blackfire's automatic detection of abnormal traffic spikes protects your monthly quota and ensures continuous data collection.
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By Upsun
In this video, learn how to enable and configure Front-end Observability in Blackfire. The tutorial covers steps to enable features across multiple environments via the Organization settings / Front-end usage in the Blackfire dashboard. Control front-end observability by enabling or disabling Browser Monitoring and Analytics per environment, using a JavaScript probe and a unique browser key. The video emphasizes the importance of naming transactions and explains how to manually add tracking snippets to HTML for better control.
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By Upsun
Blackfire continuously profiles and monitors decoupled PHP and Python applications, helping you optimize performance, anticipate issues, and future-proof your apps so you can stay in full control—even before crises.
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By Upsun
Looking to maximize the performance of your Magento or Adobe Commerce store? In this deep-dive session, Platform.sh experts Jared Wright and Jerry’s Ida share best practices for optimizing infrastructure, caching strategies, database tuning, and deployment processes. Learn how to scale for high-traffic events like Black Friday Discover Magento-specific optimizations for caching, Redis, and MySQL Reduce downtime with efficient deployment strategies Use tools like Blackfire to track and improve performance.
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By Upsun
In this insightful webinar, Corey Dockendorf and Michael Riley delve into the critical challenges facing IT leaders today. They tackle three main issues: the lack of visibility with traditional hosting providers, scaling infrastructure efficiently without increasing complexity, and keeping IT teams focused, productive, and well-rested. Learn how modern cloud application platforms and PaaS solutions can transform your operations, enhance transparency, and optimize performance. Discover practical insights, real-life examples, and strategies to improve your IT workflow and leverage smarter solutions for better business outcomes.
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By Upsun
Discover how the right PaaS can reduce your IT team's stress, keeping them focused and well-rested. Join us for a transformative online session where we will discuss: Why IT leaders are moving away from hosting providers that keep them in the dark. How to scale and optimize infrastructure without adding complexity. How choosing the right platform allows your IT team to stay focused, productive, and well-rested.
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By Upsun
Get in depth learnings on how to effortlessly manage multiple WordPress sites including cutting-edge strategies and tools to streamline your workflow, optimize performance, and scale with confidence.
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By Upsun
Get in depth learnings on how to effortlessly manage multiple WordPress sites including cutting-edge strategies and tools to streamline your workflow, optimize performance, and scale with confidence. Discover how to: Thursday 30 January 2025.
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By Upsun
Get a deep dive understanding of SymfonyCloud and how Symfony and Platform.sh bring this PaaS offering to the market. Learn more from Nicolas Grekas, member of the Symfony core team at the Platform.sh EVOLVE Summit 2024 held earlier this year in Paris.
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By Upsun
What is Shopware? Find out in this in depth demonstration from Jörn Paulsen, Strategic Business Development Manager at Shopware from the Platform.sh EVOLVE Summit 2024 held earlier this year in Paris.
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By Upsun
Welcome to Platform.sh! Start improving your workflow and process with our simple but comprehensive training guide.
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By Upsun
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By Upsun
Explore how Platform.sh uses container orchestration technology to make it easier for you to build and manage your websites.
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Upsun is the multi-cloud application platform trusted by 6,000+ enterprises and 16,000 developers worldwide to eliminate infrastructure complexity and accelerate digital delivery. Named to the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Application Platforms, Upsun provides the standardization, security, and global scalability that IT leaders need to empower their teams without compromising on governance.
In an era of increasing complexity, Upsun makes application management simple. Our Git-native workflows and AI-assisted deployment features empower both human developers and AI coding assistants to ship faster while reducing operational risk. We provide the "guardrails as a service" that allow small teams to operate at enterprise standards, focusing on innovation rather than infrastructure.
Key capabilities:
- AI-native ops: Leverage AI-assisted onboarding to automatically generate configurations and debug deployments. Use Isolated AI Agent Testing to clone production-grade environments (code, data, and services) for safe evaluation before public release.
- Built for regulated environments: Secure-by-design, auditable hosting tailored for financial services and other highly regulated sectors. Upsun provides SOC 2, PCI DSS, GDPR, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 compliance out of the box.
- Production-equivalent environments: Automatically create isolated, production-like environments for every change. This ensures every deployment is versioned, traceable, and tested against real-world data to satisfy internal controls and audits.
- Polyglot and portable: Full support for Node.js, Python, PHP, Java, Ruby, Go, and Rust, alongside managed services like PostgreSQL, MariaDB, and OpenSearch. Our portable architecture ensures no cloud lock-in, allowing you to deploy on AWS or any major cloud provider.
- Sustainable, global scale: Maintain a 99.99% uptime SLA while meeting sustainability goals. Upsun offers greener region discounts for low-carbon hosting, allowing you to scale globally and responsibly.
By bridging the gap between developer autonomy and enterprise governance, Upsun ensures your architecture remains portable, your deployments remain repeatable, and your team stays focused on delivering value.