• WebCat’s Transition to Step Functions

    WebCat’s Transition to Step Functions

    WebCat is Clouden’s domain registrar service. Our customers register and renew domains and manage their DNS records. This is simple on the surface, but involves quite a few integration points. We interact with external services like the .fi top-level-domain registry and external DNS services. We also have an order processing system that has grown…

  • AWS re:Invent 2020

    AWS re:Invent 2020

    As always, we’ve been closely following Amazon’s new cloud technology announcements at re:Invent 2020. The event was fully virtual this year and all the talks were streamed online. Announcements were mostly made during the keynotes, while the rest of the re:Invent presentations typically focused on education and customer showcases. Here are some of our…

  • WebCat Adds Shopping Cart and More

    WebCat Adds Shopping Cart and More

    We’re happy to announce several new features in our .fi domain registrar service WebCat. When you need a .fi domain, visit webcat.fi.

  • New Serverless WordPress Website

    New Serverless WordPress Website

    Happy Summer to all our friends! We’ve just completed an update to our website https://clouden.net which is now built using WordPress. This is mainly to make it easier for us to create and manage content. We’re not using regular WordPress though. We run a Serverless version of WordPress on AWS Lambda, which doesn’t need a server…

  • Our Favorite AWS re:Invent 2019 Product Launches

    Our Favorite AWS re:Invent 2019 Product Launches

    It’s the time of the year again when AWS releases a huge amount of new products and features at the re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. We have been following re:Invent closely at Clouden and we’ve made a list of our favorite product launches. API Gateway HTTP APIs HTTP APIs are a new cost-effective alternative…

  • WebCat adds DNS service support

    WebCat adds DNS service support

    Clouden’s .fi domain registrar service WebCat now offers DNS support. When you register a domain at WebCat, you get a free DNS zone and a web-based management interface for setting up the DNS records. To activate the DNS service for a domain you’ve registered in WebCat, go to the domain’s nameserver settings and select WebCat Managed…

  • How We Have Prepared for PSD2 SCA Payment Requirements

    How We Have Prepared for PSD2 SCA Payment Requirements

    If you’re active in online business, you may have heard of the EU PSD2 directive which sets new rules for online payments in Europe. In September 2019, a new requirement for Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) will take effect. It basically requires online payments to be authenticated with an additional factor, such as a confirmation…

  • WebCat is open for business!

    WebCat is open for business!

    We have just opened WebCat, our new .fi domain registrar service. If you need a .fi domain, just sign up and register one. We also welcome you to sign up for the WebCat Newsletter, which will keep you informed about new features and product offers. You can follow WebCat on Twitter, Facebook and in GitHub Issues if you’re interested in…

  • Happy Pride Month!

    Happy Pride Month!

    Clouden celebrates diversity and wishes our customers and everybody else a happy Pride Month! Amidst the celebration we are hard at work on our upcoming new cloud service and will be announcing it soon.

  • Clouden Ping User Interface Update

    Clouden Ping User Interface Update

    We’ve released an update to Clouden Ping, our pay-per-request website monitoring service. The sign up process is now based on AWS Amplify, which is Amazon’s default solution for user authentication with Cognito. This allows us to leverage all the default functionality provided by Amazon and avoid maintaining a custom solution. If you run into…