49 posts by Mark Baker
Ubuntu
OpenStack Summit Hong Kong 2013: Interoperability and collaboration for a stronger OpenStack
by Mark Baker on 15 November 2013
To paraphrase from Mark Shuttleworth’s keynote at the OpenStack Developer Summit last week in Hong Kong, building clouds is no longer exciting. It’s easy....
Cloud and server
The open cloud future is here: Ubuntu 13.10 and OpenStack Havana
by Mark Baker on 17 October 2013
We’re very happy to announce the arrival of Ubuntu 13.10 and OpenStack Havana. Ubuntu is the fastest and easiest way to deploy an OpenStack Havana-based...
Ubuntu
Ubuntu 13.10 delivers faster cloud setup and management for scale-out environments
by Mark Baker on 10 October 2013
Ubuntu Server 13.10 is available from 17th October; first fully supported release of the new OpenStack Havana, with VMWare vSphere integration, faster node...
Cloud and server
OpenStack India Day and APAC Momentum
by Mark Baker on 3 October 2013
Recently I had the privilege of presenting at OpenStack India Day in Bangalore. I was in great company, alongside speakers from SwiftStack, HP, the OpenStack...
Ubuntu
Launching new Telco services daily – TADS Summit 2013
by Mark Baker on 30 September 2013
The telco business has long prided itself on providing dependable services all day every day. Today, dial tones generally survive earthquakes, hurricanes,...
Ubuntu
Ubuntu on Windows Azure gets the Juju magic
by Mark Baker on 18 September 2013
September 17th, 2013. Today, Canonical, in cooperation with Microsoft, is announcing that Juju fully supports deploying services on Ubuntu into Windows Azure....
Cloud and server
Ubuntu on Windows Azure gets the Juju magic
by Mark Baker on 17 September 2013
September 17th, 2013. Today, Canonical, in cooperation with Microsoft, is announcing that Juju fully supports deploying services on Ubuntu into Windows Azure....
Ubuntu
Ubuntu the challenger?
by Mark Baker on 10 September 2013
When it comes to using Linux on an enterprise server, Ubuntu is generally seen as the new challenger in a market dominated by established vendors specifically...
Ubuntu
Cloud gets a boost with VMware vCHS
by Mark Baker on 2 September 2013
On Monday August 26th, VMware announced the general availability of their vCloud Hybrid Service. This service, initially opened back in May to a restricted...
Cloud and server
When it comes to scale, size doesn’t matter
by Mark Baker on 2 August 2013
This is the first in a series of articles about the best ways to manage scale out workloads. Scale. We hear a lot about managing scale being one of the key...
Ubuntu
Juju GUI for continuous deployment / integration and cloud orchestration
by Mark Baker on 22 July 2013
Juju, the leading tool for continuous deployment, continuous integration (CI/CD), and cloud-neutral orchestration, now has a refreshed GUI with smoother...
Ubuntu
Ratnadeep Bhattacharjee joins Canonical
by Mark Baker on 18 July 2013
We are pleased to announce a seriously good addition to the our product team: Ratnadeep (Deep) Bhattacharjee. Deep joins Canonical as Director of Cloud...