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Update on 2015 Security Incident

Aug 8, 2019
by The Linode Security Team
We recently received new information regarding our 2015 security incident which is relevant to Linode customers who activated their account before 2016. As detailed in our January 2016 blog post, we reset passwords for all users at that time after investigating unauthorized access to some customer accounts. This new information confirms the scope of database […]
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Linode

July Technical Docs: Kubernetes, Pulumi, and More

Aug 2, 2019
by Linode
Linode’s latest technical docs include a robust beginner’s guide to Kubernetes, how to add WireGuard VPN security measures, and how to use Pulumi for your Linodes. Take a look and leave a comment on the docs to share your feedback. Kubernetes resources A Beginner’s Guide to Kubernetes A robust, five-part series to help you better […]
Containers (Kubernetes, Docker)
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Our Favorite Content Channels for Developers

Jul 11, 2019
by Linode
The developer community is always looking for new resources to help them launch and scale their applications in the cloud. But finding those trusted resources is often a challenge. So today, we’re sharing 15 of the top developer blogs, podcasts and YouTube channels that we and our customers turn to for the insights that help […]
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Linode

2019 Summer Events

Jul 2, 2019
by Linode
School is not out for the summer for us Linode folk. Between beach trips and ice cream outings, we’ve got a whole bunch of events we’ll be attending. Check out the scoop below and make sure to stop by if we’ll be in your area. Follow us along our social media adventures at #LinodeOnTheRoad Support […]
Cloud Overviews
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From Kubernetes to GPU, Catch Up On the Latest Linode Guides

Jun 28, 2019
by Linode
Between launching the Mumbai Data Center beta and introducing our GPU pilot, Linode’s docs team still found time to publish a new stack of helpful step-by-step guides. Take a look and learn something new. Deploying Kubernetes on Linode Kubernetes is quickly becoming the standard way to orchestrate containerized applications. Find out how it can make […]
Linode
Rick Myers

Why You Need A Support Training Team

Jun 25, 2019
by Rick Myers
Richard Myers is Vice President of Customer Support & Success at Linode. Here he shares his expertise on building a training team and why such an investment has already paid huge dividends for Linode and its customers. This post was originally published here. In 2016, Linode had a problem. Our Support Team was growing at […]
Linode
Blair Lyon

Linode Mumbai Data Center Now Open

Jun 21, 2019
by Blair Lyon
We’re proud to announce the opening of our newest data center: Mumbai, India. Home to more than 5 million software developers, India is one of the world’s fastest growing developer and technology regions, and our most requested international data center location. Linode Mumbai is our 10th global data center and was built with all our […]
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Blair Lyon

Introducing Linode GPU Instances

Jun 19, 2019
by Blair Lyon
We are excited to announce the pilot launch of Linode GPU instances. These instances are tailored towards workloads such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, high quality graphics rendering, video transcoding and scientific computing. Linode GPU instances are built on NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 GPU cards. This is the first time these cards are being offered […]
Compute
Christopher Aker

Linode turns 16: Triples Dedicated plan storage, halves NodeBalancer cost

Jun 19, 2019
by Christopher Aker
This week we’re celebrating Linode’s 16th birthday and we want you to celebrate with us. Like we’ve done in the past we’re using our birthday to also celebrate you. Here’s what we’ve got in store: NodeBalancer pricing reduction Starting today, NodeBalancer pricing has been reduced from $20/mo to $10/mo, for both new and existing NodeBalancers. […]
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Linode

Intel’s MDS (ZombieLoad) CPU Vulnerabilities & Linode

May 15, 2019
by The Linode Security Team
This week Intel publicly disclosed a group of processor vulnerabilities known as Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS), also referred to as “ZombieLoad”. MDS affects systems that host virtual machines from varying security domains and/or that the system owner does not fully trust, which includes Linode's infrastructure and Linodes themselves.
Linode
Sal Carrasco

Linode Toronto Data Center Now Available

Apr 30, 2019
by Sal Carrasco
We’re excited to announce the opening of our newest data center in Toronto, Canada. Linode Toronto is our 10th global data center and will allow our Canadian customers to deploy cloud workloads on Canadian soil.
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