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Building VC-ready AI companies: sustainability as an advantage

This blog post is based on a panel discussion about AI sustainability and investment trends, featuring insights from industry leaders at an AI conference. We utilized AI tools for transcription and to enhance the structure and clarity of the content. The AI investment is increasingly growing. While major tech companies plan to spend over $300 billion on AI infrastructure in 2025, investors are no longer just asking about powerful models or rapid scalability.

Transforming Symfony monolith to multi-apps: a step-by-step guide

This blog post is based on Florent Huck, Developer Advocate at Upsun, at SymfonyCon 2023. We utilized AI tools for transcription and to enhance the structure and clarity of the content. The journey from a single monolithic application to a multi-application architecture doesn't have to be daunting. At a recent developer conference, Florent from Upsun's Developer Relations team shared a practical step-by-step guide on how to refactor a monolith into multiple applications using Upsun.

Breaking things fast: A new Approach to QA and testing

This post is based on Greg Qualls, Director of Product Marketing, presentation, "Accelerating QA and Testing," at SymfonyCon 2024. We utilized AI tools for transcription and to enhance the structure and clarity of the content. Before we dive in, I have over 18 years of experience in sales. If, at times, I sound like I'm trying to sell you something, please forgive me. I promise I'm not.

Build or buy, that is the question

For IT leaders who need to move fast without breaking governance. If you’re running IT for a bank, a SaaS company, or a Higher education institution, you’re carrying a brutal balancing act on your shoulders. On one side, your developers are pushing for autonomy, velocity, and the freedom to ship. On the other hand, you’re on the hook for governance, compliance, security, cost controls, and now that AI has entered the chat, innovation at scale.

Preparing your eCommerce platform performance for Black Friday

This blog is based on an Upsun livestream discussion featuring Guillaume Moigneu, Field Engineer, and Thomas di Luccio, Product Manager at Upsun. The conversation was moderated by Greg Qualls. We utilized AI tools for transcription and to enhance the structure and clarity of the content. When Black Friday approaches, the stakes are high for eCommerce businesses.

Discover how to build AI-augmented applications with enterprise-grade security

IT leaders want AI that moves the needle without blowing up risk, cost, or changing control. Your teams need a path to productize AI features on top of existing apps, connect safely to external models, and satisfy audit requirements without slowing delivery. Those are the core buying criteria we hear from IT middle management: buy over build, predictable outcomes, and a strong compliance posture.

Crafting a microservice that fits your needs

This blog is based on Haylee Millar's talk at the Symfony 2024 conference. Haley is a Product Engineer at Upsun. We utilized AI tools for transcription and to enhance the structure and clarity of the content. When faced with an aging system that needs new features, many development teams find themselves at a crossroads. Do you patch the old system and risk technical debt, or do you take the leap into microservices architecture?

Why cloud fragmentation is slowing teams down and how unified platforms solve it

Engineering teams today manage infrastructure spread across multiple clouds and tools. Whether this happened through gradual accumulation or deliberate strategy, the result is the same: complexity that slows teams down. Managing each cloud separately with different tools and workflows is a bottleneck to delivery speed, operational efficiency, and platform reliability.

Cutting tech debt at the source: how cloud application platforms put IT back on offense

For most Central IT leaders, tech debt isn't a surprise. It's the silent tax on every roadmap, every quarterly plan, every conversation about why things take so long. Modern cloud application platforms (true PaaS environments) give IT leaders a path to unwind years of accumulated complexity while simultaneously accelerating innovation. You no longer have to tolerate the tax.