Cloud Infrastructure for Canadian Businesses
NETLAB deploys and manages websites on modern cloud infrastructure built for performance, security, and reliability. Our primary platform is Cloudflare Workers, which serves your website from edge data centers across Canada and around the world -- delivering sub-50ms response times, automatic DDoS protection, and SSL encryption. For backend services, we integrate with AWS and Supabase to provide databases, file storage, email delivery, and authentication.
Cloudflare Workers Edge Deployment
Cloudflare Workers is our primary deployment platform. Unlike traditional hosting where your website runs on a single server in a single data center, Workers runs your code on a global network spanning over 300 cities. When a visitor in Toronto loads your website, they are served from a Toronto data center. When a visitor in Vancouver loads the same page, they are served from Vancouver. This architecture eliminates the cross-country latency that traditional hosting creates.
The performance benefits are measurable. Traditional Canadian web hosting typically delivers Time to First Byte (TTFB) of 200-500 milliseconds depending on the visitor's location relative to the server. Cloudflare Workers consistently delivers TTFB under 50 milliseconds for Canadian visitors and under 100 milliseconds globally. For your visitors, this means pages that feel instant. For Google, this means excellent Core Web Vitals scores that contribute to better search rankings.
Workers also provides automatic scaling with zero configuration. Whether your website receives 100 visitors or 100,000 visitors in an hour, it performs identically. There are no servers to provision, no auto-scaling groups to configure, and no risk of downtime during traffic spikes. This is particularly valuable for Canadian businesses that run seasonal promotions, get media coverage, or experience unpredictable traffic patterns.
Every deployment to Cloudflare Workers is zero-downtime. When we push an update, the new version is distributed globally within seconds, and traffic is seamlessly shifted to the new code. If an issue is detected, we can roll back to the previous version instantly. Your customers never experience maintenance windows or loading screens during updates.
| Feature | Cloudflare Workers (NETLAB) | Traditional Hosting |
|---|---|---|
| Global Data Centers | 300+ cities worldwide | 1-3 locations |
| TTFB (Canada) | < 50ms | 200-500ms |
| DDoS Protection | Included, always on | Often extra cost |
| SSL/TLS | Automatic, free, TLS 1.3 | Manual setup, often paid |
| Auto-Scaling | Instant, unlimited | Manual or delayed |
| Deployment Downtime | Zero downtime | Maintenance windows typical |
| Server Management | None (fully managed) | OS updates, patching required |
Backend Services: AWS & Supabase
While Cloudflare Workers handles the front-end delivery and server-side rendering, many applications need backend services for databases, file storage, email delivery, and authentication. We integrate with AWS and Supabase to provide these capabilities without the overhead of managing dedicated servers.
AWS Simple Email Service (SES) handles transactional email delivery -- contact form submissions, order confirmations, password resets, and notification emails. SES delivers emails reliably at scale with high inbox placement rates. We configure SPF, DKIM, and DMARC authentication to ensure your emails are not flagged as spam.
AWS S3 provides file storage for user uploads, product images, documents, and media. S3 offers virtually unlimited storage with 99.999999999% durability (11 nines), meaning your files are effectively never lost. We configure CDN distribution through Cloudflare so files are served from edge locations worldwide.
Supabase provides managed PostgreSQL databases with built-in authentication, real-time subscriptions, and auto-generated APIs. For applications that need a full backend -- user accounts, data storage, role-based access control -- Supabase lets us deliver these features quickly without managing database servers. It includes automatic backups, point-in-time recovery, and the ability to scale up as your data grows.
We choose managed infrastructure over self-hosted servers because it reduces ongoing maintenance costs and eliminates the need for server administration. Your application gets automatic security patches, database backups, and performance scaling without a dedicated DevOps team. For most Canadian businesses, this approach is both more reliable and more cost-effective than maintaining your own servers.
Infrastructure Technologies
Security & Protection
Every website and application we deploy includes multiple layers of security by default. SSL/TLS encryption ensures all data in transit is encrypted. DDoS protection through Cloudflare absorbs malicious traffic before it reaches your application. Content Security Policy headers prevent cross-site scripting attacks. And HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) ensures browsers always connect over HTTPS.
For applications that handle sensitive data -- e-commerce stores with payment information, client portals with personal data, healthcare applications with protected health information -- we implement additional security measures. This includes rate limiting on authentication endpoints, CSRF protection on forms, input validation and sanitization, secure session management, and encrypted database connections.
We also configure security headers that protect against common web attacks: X-Frame-Options to prevent clickjacking, X-Content-Type-Options to prevent MIME sniffing, Referrer-Policy to control information leakage, and Permissions-Policy to restrict browser feature access. These headers are configured on Cloudflare and apply to every response from your website.
Monitoring & Observability
Knowing that something is wrong before your customers tell you is the difference between a minor incident and a major business impact. We configure monitoring and observability for every production deployment so you have real-time visibility into how your website is performing.
Uptime monitoring checks your website every 60 seconds from multiple global locations. If your site goes down or responds slowly, automated alerts are triggered immediately via email and Slack. Performance monitoring tracks real-user metrics including page load times, Core Web Vitals scores, and server response times. Error tracking captures JavaScript exceptions and server-side errors with full stack traces, so we can diagnose and fix issues quickly.
For enterprise clients, we provide custom monitoring dashboards with SLA-backed uptime guarantees, detailed analytics on traffic patterns and user behavior, and on-call incident response within agreed timeframes. We also conduct regular security audits and performance reviews to proactively identify issues before they affect your business.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are your websites hosted?
We deploy websites and applications to Cloudflare Workers, which operates on a global edge network spanning over 300 cities in more than 100 countries, including multiple data centers across Canada (Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and others). Your website is served from the data center closest to each visitor, which means a visitor in Toronto is served from Toronto, a visitor in Vancouver is served from Vancouver, and a visitor in London is served from London. This edge architecture delivers Time to First Byte (TTFB) under 50 milliseconds for most visitors.
What is edge deployment?
Edge deployment means running your website on servers distributed around the world rather than on a single server in one location. Traditional hosting serves your website from a single data center -- if that server is in Toronto and a visitor is in Vancouver, every request has to travel across the country and back. Edge deployment eliminates this latency by running copies of your application in hundreds of locations simultaneously. Cloudflare Workers, our primary deployment platform, executes your code at the edge in over 300 cities worldwide, with no cold starts and automatic scaling.
Do you provide SSL certificates?
Yes. Every website we deploy includes a free SSL/TLS certificate, automatically provisioned and renewed through Cloudflare. SSL encrypts all data transmitted between your visitors' browsers and your website, which is required for PCI compliance if you accept payments, protects login credentials and form submissions, and is a Google ranking signal. We configure HTTPS-only access with automatic HTTP-to-HTTPS redirects, HSTS headers for strict transport security, and TLS 1.3 for the strongest available encryption.
How do you protect against DDoS attacks?
DDoS protection is included automatically with every website we deploy on Cloudflare Workers. Cloudflare's network handles over 50 million HTTP requests per second and has mitigated some of the largest DDoS attacks in internet history. Protection is always on -- there is no need to detect an attack and manually enable mitigation. Cloudflare absorbs malicious traffic at the edge before it reaches your application, with no performance impact on legitimate visitors. For enterprise clients, we configure additional security rules including rate limiting, bot management, and Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules.
Do you offer website monitoring?
Yes. We configure monitoring for every production website including uptime monitoring that checks your site every 60 seconds and sends alerts if it goes down, performance monitoring that tracks page load times and Core Web Vitals, error tracking that captures and logs JavaScript errors and server-side exceptions, and traffic analytics that show visitor counts, geographic distribution, and device breakdowns. For enterprise clients, we provide custom monitoring dashboards, SLA-backed uptime guarantees, and on-call response within agreed timeframes.
What happens if my website gets a traffic spike?
Cloudflare Workers automatically scales to handle traffic spikes with no configuration or intervention required. Unlike traditional hosting where a sudden traffic surge can overwhelm your server and cause downtime, edge deployment distributes traffic across hundreds of data centers worldwide. Whether you get 100 visitors or 100,000 visitors in an hour, your website performs the same. There are no scaling limits to worry about, no auto-scaling delays, and no additional charges for traffic spikes.
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