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Christian Reis
14 March 2016

Delivering Cloud Storage using Ubuntu

Cloud and server Article

Are you offering cloud storage solutions to your end-customers? You could be, and given the potential, we reckon you should be. In the past 5 years software-defined storage (SDS) platforms like Ceph and Swift have evolved dramatically; today they are redefining the cost of durable, shared storage infrastructure delivered at enterprise-lev ...


Stéphane Graber
14 March 2016

LXD 2.0: Introduction to LXD

Cloud and server Article

This is the first blog post in this series about LXD 2.0.A few common questions about LXDWhat’s LXD?At its simplest, LXD is a daemon which provides a REST API to drive LXC containers.Its main goal is to provide a user experience that’s similar to that of virtual machines but using Linux containers rather than hardware virtualization. How ...


Stéphane Graber
14 March 2016

The LXD 2.0: Blog post series [0/12]

Ubuntu Article

As we are getting closer and closer to tagging the final releases of LXC, LXD and LXCFS 2.0, I figured it would be a good idea to talk a bit about everything that went into LXD since we first started that project a year and a half ago.This is going to be a blog post series similar to what I’ve done for LXC 1.0 a couple years back.The topi ...


Jeff Pihach
10 March 2016

Juju GUI 2.1.0 – Juju 2.0 support and improvements to model creation

Cloud and server Article

We are excited to announce a new major release of the Juju GUI with support for Juju 2.0 (currently in beta). Juju 2.0 brings with it a ton of improvements, but one we’d like to highlight is the ability to create new models without needing to bootstrap them one by one. Interested? We explain all ...


James Donner
4 March 2016

Canonical Cloud Chatter: February 2016

Cloud and server Article

February was dominated by Mobile World Congress preparations, followed by an intense week in Barcelona. In parallel, we worked on our latest webinar, launched a new OpenStack cloud solution, and started planning for the OpenStack Summit in Austin! Read up to learn about our newest partners, and don’t forget to check out the video demo ...


Guest
3 March 2016

Pentaho Data Integration quickly with Juju

Cloud and server Article

Tom Barber at Meteorite explains how beneficial Juju Charms has been when migrating customer services from old, tricky servers. I promised a demo of Juju GUI in my earlier blog and we’ve worked hard on a Pentaho Data Integration charm, so I figured we’d combine the two. For those of you who don’t know, Juju ...


Amrisha Prashar
3 March 2016

Ubuntu and Startups are a match made in code

Internet of Things Article

We’ve just come back from an awesome MWC! Not only did we showcase new tablets, phones and developments in Cloud, but we had a whole wall dedicated to IoT established companies and startups using Ubuntu Core. Our partner startups ranged from wireless base stations, smart cities, autonomous drones through to showing how the future of ...


Amrisha Prashar
3 March 2016

Why does reinventing the Personal Mobile experience matter?

Phone and tablet Article

We released our first tablet last month, the M10 Ubuntu Edition which is the first of our fully converged devices that changes the Personal Mobile Computing Experience as we know it. It has an adaptive user experience that can transform your tablet into a PC within seconds! This means greater freedom and flexibility as that ...


Amrisha Prashar
3 March 2016

The value of the Ubuntu community

Internet of Things Article

Without the community, Ubuntu would not exist. Ubuntu software is free and accessible to all and without the rich contributions, it wouldn’t be the service and brand it is today. The community is welcoming to people of all background and skills, it thrives to keep the Ubuntu project growing and is committed to open source ...


Ellen Arnold
2 March 2016

Cognitive computing, Ubuntu and POWER8

Cloud and server Article

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 ...


Thibaut Rouffineau
2 March 2016

Intel and Canonical continue to build large IoT gateway ecosystems

Internet of Things Article

Over the past year Intel and Canonical (the company behind Ubuntu) have been working together to launch a number of new devices in the IoT space. In less than 9 months we have successfully brought to market a number of IoT gateways and reference designs, which have captured the attention of a number of product managers ...