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Blog posts tagged
"OpenPower"

Alexia Emmanoulopoulou
24 May 2017

Redefining the Developer Event

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

By Randall Ross, Ubuntu Evangelist We’ve all been to “those other” developer events: Sitting in a room watching a succession of never-ending slide presentations. Engagement with the audience, if any, is minimal. We leave with some tips and tools that we might be able to put into practice, but frankly, we attended because we were ...

Alexia Emmanoulopoulou
23 May 2017

Hacking Through Machine Learning at the OpenPOWER Developer Congress

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

By Sumit Gupta, Vice President, IBM Cognitive Systems 10 years ago, every CEO leaned over to his or her CIO and CTO and said, “we got to figure out big data.” Five years ago, they leaned over and said, “we got to figure out cloud.” This year, every CEO is asking their team to figure ...

Ellen Arnold
2 March 2016

Cognitive computing, Ubuntu and POWER8

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Create a competitive advantage with cognitive computing, and see how IBM has brought back innovation with the OpenPOWER foundation. Last week we attended IBM InterConnect 2016, where we showcased Ubuntu OpenStack, MAAS and Juju on IBM Power Systems. There is a natural synergy between the POWER architecture and Ubuntu, as both are designed ...

John Zannos
5 January 2016

OpenPOWER Foundation: Continuing the Datacenter Revolution

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Today, I am pleased to announce that I have accepted my nomination to be the new Chair of the OpenPOWER Foundation. OpenPOWER represents a gigantic leap forward in revolutionizing the datacenter through open hardware and open software like Linux. Through open source we innovate, collaborate, and scale, and my increasing role within OpenPO ...

John Dolen
8 October 2015

Ubuntu with IBM Power Systems LC models for big data

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Juju makes it easy to model and deploy Spark and other analytics solution bundles IBM has extended its range of Ubuntu supported systems with today’s announcement of the Power Systems LC models. Canonical, along with fellow OpenPOWER Foundation members – Mellanox, NVIDIA, Tyan and Wistron, collaborated with IBM on the development of these ...

Canonical
29 October 2014

IBM briefing: build the future with Ubuntu on OpenPOWER

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Does your application use PHP? Are you looking to quickly increase business opportunities? Are you interested in adding new Cloud, Mobile, or Big Data support? If so, then plan to attend this IBM briefing that highlights how OpenPOWER is working with Ubuntu and Canonical to build the future. Open standards are the future and IBM ...

Jorge O. Castro
17 October 2014

Deploying workloads on IBM POWER8 Systems

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

In this demo we show how you can use Juju to deploy workloads onto IBM POWER8 systems. ...

John Zannos
10 October 2014

Ubuntu with Redis Labs, Altera and IBM Power supply new NoSQL data store solution

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Big Data, scale and cloud are the big topics of technology today. Canonical with Ubuntu continues to drive innovation through commitment to openness and building a collaborative ecosystem. The key elements of this disruption include: innovation, automation, lower TCO, greater density, optimised power/performance ratios and new architectur ...