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title: "Acquia Cloud - January 13, 2019"
date: "2025-09-12T05:57:24+00:00"
summary: "Acquia Cloud updates: Memcache compression, new user welcome screen, and SSL certificate changes for improved performance."
image:
type: "announcement"
url: "/acquia-cloud-platform/release/2019-01-13/77296-acquia-cloud-january-13-2019"
id: "ce003104-d4bf-447a-97b5-2e28c600b95a"
---

*   Change Memcache compression is now enabled by default for Drupal 7 and Drupal 8 websites running PHP 7.x. The latest stable version of the [Memcache API and Integration](https://www.drupal.org/project/memcache/) module for Drupal 8 enables compression by default.
*   Change The Acquia Cloud interface now redirects new users to a [welcome screen](https://cloud.acquia.com/a/welcome).
*   Change After registering for an Acquia Cloud Free account, users are redirected to the Acquia Cloud interface welcome screen.
*   Change The Acquia Cloud [default SSL certificate](/acquia-cloud-platform/manage-apps/domains) for `*.acquia-sites.com` domains was updated.