We’re excited to announce that Leaseweb Object Storage has officially arrived in the Netherlands!  It’s the perfect combination of cost-effective, scalable and secure storage that can handle vast amounts of data. If you’re looking for durable, highly available storage but don’t necessarily need to pay for especially high performance, then this is the perfect solution […]

Organizing infrastructure and the various teams involved can create confusion and headaches. Terraform is an excellent tool for managing infrastructure as it gives you easy control over all your infrastructure from one place.  As part of our effort to provide customers with more tooling to help them manage their infrastructure in a simple and reliable […]

In this blog post, we explain everything you need to know about routing strategies in multi-CDN.  CDNs each have their own routing strategies when it comes to connecting edge nodes to end users. Some use Anycast while others might use DNS records to distribute the traffic between their edge nodes. This alone comes with its […]

Leaseweb is happy to announce that iWeb in Montréal, Canada, will officially be a Leaseweb entity by February 2023.  iWeb was acquired by Leaseweb in August last year and offers high-performance dedicated servers and cloud hosting from its three Montréal-based data centers. The acquisition will allow Leaseweb to cater to customers requiring services in the […]

Leaseweb is excited to announce the release of our Cloud Connect product in the UK! Hybrid cloud computing is increasingly popular in the UK IT industry because it can offer companies more scalability and security with reduced costs. For many businesses, this is the ideal solution. That is why we are excited to release our […]

Leaseweb is deeply committed to protecting our planet for present and future generations, and creating green data centers is key to honoring that commitment. With the recent acquisition of iWeb in Montreal, Leaseweb has established a foothold in one of the cleanest energy regions in the world. Sustainable mindsets are at the core of Leaseweb […]

Leaseweb is excited to announce Pieter Kraan as the new Managing Director of Singapore and Australia as of September 2022! Pieter is the perfect fit for this dynamic role with over 20 years of global experience in growing businesses, including 10 years in Asia. He joined the Leaseweb family in 2021 as Managing Director of […]

At Leaseweb, the Product Engineering teams are constantly working on adding and improving features based on customer feedback. After learning about the need for easy deployment of a database server, Leaseweb is glad to introduce Unmanaged Database Installation on a single dedicated server instance. It allows for a basic setup of a single database as […]

Monitoring your IT infrastructure is a critical part of ensuring both internal and external performance.  Just as your business continues day-in and day-out, your services need to be provided in the same fashion. If something goes wrong, you need to know about it and fix it as quickly as possible. The best practice is to […]

Are cloud and colocation complementary or competitive solutions? It’s a debate that’s been raging in the wake of the rising dominance of cloud technologies over the past decade.  Offering flexible, scalable, and cost-effective infrastructure, demand for cloud solutions jumped as the pandemic hit and businesses moved at speed to support remote workforces and a raft […]

Leaseweb USA is proud to announce Richard Copeland as the new CEO!  He receives a well-deserved promotion after being with Leaseweb for nine years – most recently as Sales Director for the USA. Richard’s passion for the industry and considerable experience make him the perfect fit for the position. Whilst outgoing USA CEO Lex Boost […]

With 25 years of reliable hosting behind it, Leaseweb knows that none of its achievements could have been possible without a strong backbone of talented, dedicated staff members. Since the hiring of its first employee in 1999, Leaseweb has passed many milestones and grown to over 500 employees based in 9 countries. Some of them […]

With Leaseweb’s Anycast DNS, you get it all. It’s a highly available, reliable, resilient and low latency Domain Name System (DNS). Leaseweb’s Anycast DNS is designed to give businesses an extremely reliable and cost-effective way to route end-users to Internet applications by translating domain names (e.g. www.leaseweb.com) into numeric IP addresses (e.g. 185.28.68.130) that computers […]

In 2022, one of the greatest assets any organization can have is the ability to adapt and change direction quickly. Technology has never evolved faster and this means business needs change constantly. In this environment, many are looking to hybrid cloud hosting strategies that offer the scalability benefits of public cloud solutions while simultaneously keeping […]

As Leaseweb celebrates its 25th anniversary, I’d like to reflect on how the company has evolved and how it will continue to grow.  From its beginning in 1997, Leaseweb has provided technical expertise to assist businesses of all sizes, from small startups to multinational corporations, to achieve their business goals. Leaseweb itself has grown from […]

Six months ago, Leaseweb Global acquired iWeb. You may be wondering why are we so eager to gain market share in Canada? How is the streamlining of processes going? And why do the cultures of Leaseweb and iWeb match so well? Read about it in this blog. In August 2021, we announced the acquisition of […]

The 20th of January marked this year’s first ‘Get to Know Your Customer Day’. The day occurs four times a year, on the third Thursday of each quarter (January, April, July, October) and serves as an important reminder for all businesses to reflect on their own service and consider what more they can do. The […]

Even with the global supply chain crisis sparked by the emergence of COVID-19 and a sky-rocketed increase in consumer demand, eCommerce business is showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, 2022 is expected to be another record-breaking year for the industry. Total U.S. eCommerce sales are projected to grow 16.1% and will increase 2.5% […]

Need a fast, flexible, and secure infrastructure to connect your internal ERP system to Salesforce? Here is how. The Challenge No company wants to willingly expose their business-critical systems to the threats of the Internet via a shared and slow connection. Unfortunately, this creates a challenge for many organizations: how should IT teams securely connect […]

Don’t bet on a single horse Design your IT infrastructure in such a way that it can survive major outages (the easy way) If you run a webshop, are in the ad-serving world, or another industry that requires a continuous online presence, you are aware that (long) downtimes are risky for your business. This means […]