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Sarah Dickinson
28 October 2019

Standardising software to quickly deliver a smart city platform for millions

Internet of Things Article

New York has the highest population density of any city in the United States with over 27,000 people per square mile. The average New Yorker has a commute of 40 minutes, 14 more than the national average. There are over 200 languages spoken in the city. These statistics alone illustrate the challenge of communicating to ...


anaqvi
28 October 2019

Digest #2019.10.28 – AI for Biodiversity Research

Ubuntu Kubeflow

AI for Biodiversity Research – Google, in collaboration with Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), iNaturalist, and Visipedia is making a push to bring AI to biodiversity research. While ML is prevalent in biodiversity research, proper attribution and oversight is a hit or miss. Google is hoping to bridge the gap and raise the ...


Galem KAYO
28 October 2019

Learn about our differentiated approach to IoT digital transformation at IoTSWC.

Canonical announcements Article

Canonical will be present at the 2019 IoT Solutions World Congress (IOTSWC) in Barcelona from Tuesday 29th October at booth 224 in hall 2.  We are convening to the flagship IoT event, alongside more than 350 leading suppliers of IoT, artificial intelligence and blockchain solutions. Businesses attending IOTSWC are investing to transform t ...


Thibaut Rouffineau
25 October 2019

Ubuntu at Open Infrastructure Summit Shanghai

Cloud and server Article

On November 4-6, Open Infrastructure Summit sees its second instalment in Shanghai. It’s the opportunity to check on the progress of some of the key projects from the Openstack Foundation: OpenStack, Kata containers. It’s also the occasion for Canonical to talk about the latest features and use cases around its open infrastructure product ...


Rhys Davies
24 October 2019

Canonical at ROSCon Macau 2019

Internet of Things Article

Hey everyone, listen up, ROSCon 2019 is days away, and the Ubuntu team is going to be there. If you’re coming to Macau be sure to come and say hi at booth 22. Mention reading this blog and get a free high five? It’s going to be an event to remember. If you were at ...


Igor Ljubuncic
24 October 2019

Bauh is a nifty snap manager

Desktop Article

If you’re looking for an easy, non-techie way to install snaps, you want a simple store-like utility. Snap integration is available in both GNOME Software and KDE Discover, which cover a large portion of the Linux user base. However, in distributions and desktop environments that do not natively provide a snap-capable graphical frontend, ...


Sarah Dickinson
24 October 2019

FinTechs discuss security, regulation and innovation at New York City roundtable

Cloud and server Article

Earlier this month, Canonical, IBM and FinTech specialists Medici held a joint roundtable in New York for executives within the financial services sector to hear and discuss their pain points, the most prominent emerging technologies and what the future holds. Entitled ‘Graduating from FinTech to FinServ’, the roundtable was hosted by Ros ...


Peter Jose De Sousa
24 October 2019

Kubernetes storage options: StorageOS

Kubernetes Article

Kubernetes offers a range of storage solutions out of the box, but the majority of these are specific to cloud providers, for example, AWS or Google Cloud. This means that the options left for bare metal deployments are Ceph, NFS or local. “StorageOS is a newcomer to this area providing an easy to setup solution ...


Lech Sandecki
22 October 2019

How Ubuntu Advantage for Infrastructure delivers top-notch Linux security

Ubuntu Article

Linux security is central to each release of Ubuntu, the most widely-used Linux distribution. With Ubuntu’s predictable six-month release cycle, users know when to expect the latest upstream open source capabilities and security. Long Term Support (LTS) vs Interim releases Every two years in April, a Long Term Support (LTS) release is pub ...


anaqvi
22 October 2019

NVIDIA GPU Operator – Simplifying AI/ML Deployments on the Canonical Platform

Ubuntu Article

Leveraging Kubernetes for AI deployments is becoming increasingly popular. Chances are if your business is involved in AI/ML with Kubernetes you are using tools like Kubeflow to reduce complexity, costs and deployment time. Or, you may be missing out! With AI/ML being the tech topics of the world, GPUs play a critical role in the ...


Camille Rodriguez
17 October 2019

Kubernetes on a single machine

Cloud and server Article

As developers, we do not always have access to a production-like environment to test new features and run proof-of-concepts. This is why it can be very interesting to deploy Kubernetes on a single machine. Of course, there is the new microk8s snap that allows a super fast deployment of a k8s cluster on a laptop ...