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Press Releases

The latest announcements from the largest, independent cloud provider in the world.

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Linode Announces Joseph Zhou as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Alternative cloud provider strengthens leadership team and launches two network security services as independent developers, small businesses, and managed service providers seek greater choice in cloud computing services PHILADELPHIA, JULY 14, 2021 — Linode, the world’s largest independent cloud computing infrastructure provider, appointed Joseph Zhou as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Zhou will lead all […]

Linode Names William Charnock as CTO

Charnock brings nearly two decades of experience leading technical teams and scaling infrastructure across a range of startups and global organizations, including as CTO at StackPath PHILADELPHIA, JULY 7, 2021 — Linode, the world’s largest independent cloud computing infrastructure provider, appointed Will Charnock as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Charnock will lead Linode’s engineering […]

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Cloud Spectator Cloud CPU Benchmarking Report Finds AMD Ahead Of Intel

PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 16, 2021 — Alternative cloud computing provider Linode today released the latest report from Cloud Spectator revealing benchmarking data for cloud computing virtual machines (VMs) across Alibaba, Amazon Web Services (AWS), DigitalOcean, Google Cloud Platform, Linode and Microsoft Azure. The report compares similar cloud services from each company to show what customers should […]

Media Coverage

Recent coverage of Linode in consumer and trade press, blogs, and elsewhere.

Ecommerce and cloud – learning the lessons of the last year

Linode Announces Joseph Zhou as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Global Security Mag Online

Docs as Code – the answer to development teams’ perennial documentation woes?

Linode names William Charnock as CTO

Intelligent Tech Channels

Power Moves: Meet Linode’s new CTO and VP who will oversee its tech team as the Old City company scales up

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Linode appoints Joseph Zhou as CISO

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Linode Blog

Perspectives, research, product updates, trends, best practices, and more.

HackerSploit: Docker Security Essentials

New Docker Container Security Essentials Guide

Jul 29, 2021 by Linode

Hackersploit: Docker Security Essentials discusses container security best practices and techniques to secure your Docker containers.

LKE Now Supporting Kubernetes v1.21.1

Jul 19, 2021 by Hillary Wilmoth

Linode adds support for Kubernetes v1.21.1 to ensure users have the most up-to-date, stable version within the Linode Kubernetes Engine.

New Security and Networking Benefits from Linode

Jul 14, 2021 by Hillary Wilmoth

Cloud Firewall and Private VLANs give you more control over who can access your network and applications.

Unclouded

Commentary from Linode’s corporate communications team on the news and moves happening across the cloud computing industry not covered on the Linode blog.

Unclouded Blog | Linode

Mike Maney

Unpacking the Tenets of Cloud Trust

Jul 29, 2021 by Mike Maney

What does it mean to truly trust a cloud provider? Structure Research's Phil Shih and Linode's Mike Maney unpack the many layers of cloud trust.

Alternative Cloud

Unclouded Blog | Linode

Mike Maney

Using IaaS to Accelerate Innovation in the Cloud

Jun 7, 2021 by Mike Maney

Developers like having an alternative to the costly, complex, and competitive choices on the market.

Awards

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Linode Ranked #14 on List of Philadelphia Tech Employers

The Philadelphia Business Journal ranked Linode as the 14th largest technology employer by number of employees in the Philadelphia region. Want to work with us? Check out the open positions on our career page.

Linode Honored with 2021 People’s Choice Stevie® Award for Favorite Customer Service

Linode voted favorite provider of customer service in computer services in 2021 People’s Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite Customer Service.

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Linode Wins Multiple Stevie® Awards in 2021 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service

“Customer Service Department of the Year” among 4 silvers and a bronze garnered by Linode, now honored by Stevie Awards for three consecutive years PHILADELPHIA – February 1, 2021 – Alternative cloud provider Linode was honored with multiple honors in the 15th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service announced last night. Linode received […]

Customer Stories

The latest innovations from the Linode cloud community highlighted in our Craft of Code series.

The University of Oklahoma

Developing Innovative Approaches to Understanding Social and Natural Risks

Empowering The University of Oklahoma's Risk Institute to do cutting-edge work by providing cloud computing services that fits its budget.

Giannis Zachariadis - Pressidium

A WordPress Platform that Delivers on Availability, Performance, and Support

Pressidium believes that businesses need high-speed websites with capacity to scale. It relies on Linode for its cloud infrastructure.

Partner Network

Durga Gokina, CTO and Head of R&D, and Chetan Venkatesh, Co-Founder and CEO of Macrometa

Bringing Innovation to the Edge

Macrometa receives the needed support from Linode to build the foundation and infrastructure to launch their company into the marketplace.

Events

Jupiter Colony Reunion Meetup Tour

August 4, 2021 Denver, Salt Lake City and More!

Linode is heading out on the road. We’re teaming up with Jupiter Broadcasting on their Jupiter Colony Reunion Tour. Follow along using this live tracker (powered by Linode!) to find the current location of the RV, Lady Jupiter. If we’re heading to your area, let us know using the micro-meetup links below. You can also catch Juniper and […]

Bringing Innovation to the Edge with the Alternative Cloud

September 22, 2021 Online Webinar

Developers have long heard about the benefits of edge computing: lower latency for applications, better bandwidth and cost efficiencies, the ability to put points of presence closer to end-users, and more. The edge opens a new wave of opportunity for developer innovation. In this webinar, you’ll learn how alternative cloud providers are helping developers build […]

Alternative Cloud

HackerSploit Docker Security Webinar Series

Docker Security Essentials Video Series

July 23, 2021 On-Demand Webinar

Docker is an incredibly popular platform to quickly create, deploy and host web applications, databases and other business critical solutions. Adoption of Docker continues to grow by companies and organizations, and raises an important question, how should users better secure their Docker containers? The process of securing Docker is multi-faceted and requires a procedural approach […]

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