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Canonical
30 August 2016

Canonical certifies big software solutions at Facebook’s new lab

Article Canonical announcements

Written by David Duffey, Director of Technical Partnerships for Canonical’s cloud division Today at the OCP Technology Day, Facebook announced the grand opening of its new hardware lab space in Menlo Park to validate and certify software solutions and Canonical was one of the first to test its solutions are OCP...

Canonical
30 August 2016


Brent Clements
26 August 2016

Conjure-up is magic!

Article Cloud and server

There are few things that really get me excited when it comes to technology. But those that do can be classified as follows: Technology that makes my life easier Technology that makes my job easier Anything Ubuntu Linux related Canonical, the company I work for, has released a tool which touches each of my interest…...

Brent Clements
26 August 2016


Jane Silber
25 August 2016

25 years on and Linux is still going strong

Article Canonical announcements

I embarked on the Linux journey in 2004 when I joined the newly founded Canonical and its not-yet-named Ubuntu team. I knew there was incredible opportunity around Linux but even then it wasn’t clear how pervasive Linux would become in all corners of technology, industry and society. Linux started its journey as a platform for

Jane Silber
25 August 2016


Canonical
22 August 2016

QTS and Canonical unveil private, fully managed OpenStack cloud

News Canonical announcements

OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS, and LONDON, U.K. (August 22, 2016) – Responding to increasing demand for flexible, open source and cost-predictable cloud solutions, QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: QTS) and Canonical (the company behind Ubuntu, the leading operating system for container cloud, scale out, and hyperscale computing)...

Canonical
22 August 2016


Mark Baker
15 August 2016

Lunch and learn with OpenStack containers

Article Cloud and server

Follow the instructions in this article to spend around an hour over your lunch time to get an entire Ubuntu OpenStack cloud up and running in containers on a single machine. The resulting cloud will launch container based workloads. News about containers with OpenStack is everywhere right now. Be it OpenStack running...

Mark Baker
15 August 2016


Ellen Arnold
9 August 2016

Professional support for Ubuntu now easier than ever

Article Cloud and server

Canonical’s professional support subscription Ubuntu Advantage (UA)—for cloud, server and desktop—is now even easier to purchase or renew with the launch of the UA store [buy.ubuntu.com]. UA helps organisations around the world to manage their Ubuntu deployments. It includes: Bug fixes & security updates, documentation,...

Ellen Arnold
9 August 2016


Dustin Kirkland
9 August 2016

Howdy, Windows! A Six-part Series about Ubuntu-on-Windows for Linux.com

Article Cloud and server

I hope you’ll enjoy a shiny new 6-part blog series I recently published at Linux.com.The first article is a bit of back story, perhaps a behind-the-scenes look at the motivations, timelines, and some of the work performed between Microsoft and Canonica

Dustin Kirkland
9 August 2016


Canonical
5 August 2016

IBM and Canonical: This Is Just The Beginning

Article Cloud and server

The partnership between Canonical and IBM continues to thrive. As we embark on the era of Containerization, Cloud, NFV, IoT, and Machine Learning, companies like IBM are innovating to meet the demands of modern computing. We caught up with IBM’s GM of Power Systems, Doug Balog, at OpenStack Summit Austin to get his...

Canonical
5 August 2016


Charles Butler
5 August 2016

Layer Docker deep dive

Article Cloud and server

Juju is all about modeling your application. That means that an application can be in a docker container, use a configuration management utility on top of a traditional machine, or is a single binary golang application. This is the beauty of abstracting via models; we can concentrate on the applications themselves...

Charles Butler
5 August 2016


Canonical
3 August 2016

Cloud Chatter: August 2016

Article Cloud and server

Welcome to the latest issue of Cloud Chatter. This month, don’t miss: An overview of our widely applauded universal “snap” packages launch A fantastic free trial offer for using Ubuntu on POWER8 with IBM’s Softlayer A story about a leading middle eastern telco launching an NFV cloud using OpenStack and Juju Steps on how to

Canonical
3 August 2016


Brent Clements
26 July 2016

What is and Why Micro-Segmentation for multi-tenant big software?

Article Cloud and server

Working with enterprises particularly those in health, financial services and government sectors who are required to be serious about security and who need to meet regulatory compliance requirements,  micro-segmentation has emerged as a hot security topic. It is currently the preferred method for securing big software...

Brent Clements
26 July 2016


Elvi
22 July 2016

Introducing the new Juju store

Article Cloud and server

Over the past few months, the Juju team has been working on a whole redesign of the Juju store homepage and we’re very happy to announce that it is now live! Juju is an application and service modelling tool that enables you to quickly model, configure, deploy and manage applications in the cloud. Juju comes

Elvi
22 July 2016


Ellen Arnold
14 July 2016

Charm Partner Newsletter: July

Article Cloud and server

In this issue… Ecosystem growth: Welcome to our new partners New features and tips: Juju GUI 2.0, using ZFS and LXD, and OPNFV charming Upcoming events: Juju Charmer Summit 12-14 September and upcoming office hours Ecosystem Growth Canonical announced multiple signatories to its Juju Charm Partner Program (CPP) in June....

Ellen Arnold
14 July 2016


Brent Clements
14 July 2016

How Canonical Battles Zero-Day​ Threats

Article Cloud and server

I work for Canonical as a Consulting Architect. Every design I put together I try to secure as best as possible. One reason I came to Canonical was because of the way we handle security updates and our approach to security.  This blog post outlines how we handle updates, specifically around zero-day vunerabilities. We...

Brent Clements
14 July 2016