June 2021 Summaries

Vultr has enhanced its Load Balancers with new features that boost flexibility, convenience, and security, including support for private networks and integrated firewalls. These upgrades allow users to place their infrastructure on private networks while managing public ingress through the Load Balancer, and they support custom configurations such as different firewall rules for public and private networks. The integrated firewall simplifies managing network traffic by allowing control and protection from a single panel, and the Load Balancer-aware Vultr Firewall ensures connections originate from the Load Balancer, enhancing security. These additions, available to all customers and integrated into Vultr's tools like the Terraform provider and API, maintain the expected performance and reliability, supporting various server products and offering features like custom health checks and SSL certificates. Future updates are in development, and users are encouraged to follow Vultr's news for further enhancements.

simPRO, a field-service management technology company founded in Brisbane, Australia, transitioned to Vultr's cloud infrastructure to enhance its service offering for small to medium-sized businesses in the trades and services industry. Initially relying on localized systems, simPRO shifted to the cloud in 2012 to overcome scalability and reliability challenges. After evaluating various cloud providers, simPRO chose Vultr for its robust, cost-effective cloud infrastructure with global availability, especially in key markets like Australia. Vultr's services, including high-performance configurations and a 100% uptime guarantee, met simPRO's requirements for managing extensive data and ensuring fast, reliable performance for end users. The transition to Vultr was seamless, allowing simPRO to efficiently manage over 7,500 PostgreSQL databases and focus more on software development. With Vultr's exceptional price-performance and strategic location of data centers, simPRO's partnership with Vultr has been instrumental in supporting its global operations.