More and more businesses are seeing the benefits of cloud usage, with a scale going beyond large corporations and reaching more small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in recent years. Furthermore, individual developers are relying on cloud-based solutions seeing how easy they are to calculate and how they can be adapted as required. To cover the needs of more SMEs and developers, Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, today introduced Lighthouse, a one-stop cloud server service that is suitable for lightweight business scenarios. Tencent Cloud Lighthouse comes with the following out-of-the-box features that are tailored for SMEs and developers:

• Easy to use – With one-stop integration of basic cloud services, including computing, storage, and network, Lighthouse makes the creation and management of cloud servers and applications simple and intuitive.
• One-click app deployment – Lighthouse provides a rich set of out-of-the-box app images and preconfigured software stacks for websites, blogs, forums, and other application systems which allow users to deploy apps in seconds.
• Cost-effective packages – The packages for computing, storage, and network resources as well as high bandwidth/traffic packages are available to make the deployments highly cost-effective.
• Unified Operations and Maintenance – From servers to applications, operations and maintenance can be carried out from a single unified management console of Lighthouse.

The product features of Tencent Cloud Lighthouse allow it to be the ideal solution for SMEs and developers in different scenarios, such as building websites, web applications, mini programs, mini games, online stores, cloud storage, image hosting, audio/video services, building development and test environment. With Lighthouse, they can deploy applications with cost-effective resource packages and popular opensource software already preconfigured at a favourable price. Find out more about the billing package at: https://intl.cloud.tencent.com/document/product/1103/41403?lang=en&pg=

Poshu Yeung, Senior Vice President, Tencent Cloud International, said, “As we usher in the new digital era, there’s a surge in demand for cloud technologies, particularly with SMEs and the developer community around the world. As one of the world’s leading cloud service providers, we are committed to empowering businesses of all sizes and fields to embrace digital transformation. We are pleased to introduce Tencent Cloud Lighthouse, a simplified and easy-to-use cloud server product that can assist them as they embark on their cloudification journey efficiently.”

Tencent Cloud also recently launched the SME Booster Program, offering SMEs up to USD500 exclusive rebate packages, various product free trials and promotional offers, including Lighthouse. The special offers are suitable for various scenarios including website building, application cloudification, cloud migration, application or content acceleration, and audio and video solutions. Businesses and developers interested in trying Tencent Cloud’s high-quality services can find out more about the Program and sign up at https://intl.cloud.tencent.com/campaign/SMEPromotion.