The DigitalOcean Newsletter: April 2024

The DigitalOcean Newsletter

Your monthly deep dive into all things DigitalOcean, including product updates, new tutorials, upcoming events, and more.

• We are excited to announce the early availability of daily backups in our Singapore datacenter, SGP1. Daily Droplet backups are also available in NYC1, NYC3, SFO3, and AMS3. Stay tuned as we announce more regions soon!
• Participate in DigitalOcean’s public paid bug bounty program to collaborate with security researchers and help improve platform security, now accessible through Intigriti with rewards for identifying vulnerabilities.
• We’re excited to announce the availability of Custom Scopes for API Tokens and Custom Scopes for OAuth Applications. With this feature release, customers can create personal access tokens that help secure workflows by granting only the permissions the token needs and restricting access to other resources.
• Premium CPUs are now available for memory-optimized Droplets. The new plans are available through the control panel and the API in NYC1, NYC3, SFO2, TOR1, FRA1, BLR1, and SYD1.
• Cloudways is excited to introduce Client Billing, a comprehensive tool designed to simplify invoicing and billing processes for agencies and freelancers.

Blogs:

• Explore 15 powerful GPTs from OpenAI’s GPT Store for learning, research, productivity, and creativity.
• Learn about Database as a Service (DBaaS) and how it provides a managed, scalable, and cost-effective solution for deploying and managing databases in the cloud.
• Discover 2024’s top conversation AI platforms to help your business improve customer interactions, streamline support, and improve communication.
• Implement these essential cloud security best practices to help protect your data and maintain a secure cloud environment.
• Understand how to calculate cloud ROI effectively to make informed cloud investment decisions for your business.
• Align your cloud strategy with IDC’s new cloud buying criteria for 2024, which focuses on the five key value drivers of cloud adoption to help businesses, startups, and ISVs make informed decisions.
• Accelerate your business with DigitalOcean’s App Platform, which provides a simplified, hands-free experience for deploying and managing applications, with features like auto scaling and robust security.
• For businesses looking to harness the full potential of Kafka without the overhead of managing it themselves, learn about the top 10 reasons to choose DigitalOcean’s Managed Kafka solution.

Customer Stories:

• Blub Blub’s Speech Blubs, a popular interactive speech therapy app for children, scaled up its service and streamlined cloud management by transitioning to the DigitalOcean App Platform, benefiting from cost-efficiency and dedicated support.
• PlayFlow Cloud, founded by Haseeb Sheikh, is revolutionizing the game development industry by simplifying the setup and management of game servers.
• Spitfire Competitions, a competition website offering people from the UK and Ireland a unique opportunity to win a thrilling flight in a WWII Spitfire for only £1 a ticket doubled down on its user experience with Cloudways Autonomous during high traffic competition periods.