DigitalOcean launches high performance cloud servers for compute intensive applications

Although cloud-based server infrastructure is becoming more common, it's not usually suited to applications that need very high levels of CPU performance. Developer-focused cloud platform DigitalOcean wants to change this with High CPU 'Droplets' featuring the latest Intel Xeon Scalable processors. These provide ideal support for applications such as ad exchanges, game servers, highly active front-end application servers, and batch processing. "High CPU is our sixth new offering in twelve months and it's a response to developers who need access to newer and higher performing CPUs," says Julia Austin, CTO of DigitalOcean. "These Droplets are backed by Intel's most powerful… [Continue Reading]