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Mark Baker
10 October 2013

Ubuntu 13.10 delivers faster cloud setup and management for scale-out environments

Ubuntu Server

Ubuntu Server 13.10 is available from 17th October; first fully supported release of the new OpenStack Havana, with VMWare vSphere integration, faster node installation and a new version of Juju that supports ultra-dense containerised application deployment. Canonical today announced that the next version of Ubuntu for server and cloud en ...


Canonical
10 October 2013

Ubuntu 13.10 delivers faster cloud setup and management for scale-out environments

Cloud and server News

Ubuntu Server 13.10 is available from 17th October; first fully supported release of the new OpenStack Havana, with faster node installation and a new version of Juju that supports ultra-dense containerised application deployment. Canonical today announced that the next version of Ubuntu for server and cloud environments will be released ...


Canonical
7 October 2013

Deploying web applications using Juju on EC2 (Part 2/3)

Cloud and server Article

The goal of this tutorial series is to demonstrate the power of Juju service orchestration for deploying web applications and infrastructure services. Juju is a service orchestration framework that is designed to make it very easy for application designers to deploy their applications in an easy, repeatable and logical manner without all ...


Mark Baker
3 October 2013

OpenStack India Day and APAC Momentum

Cloud and server Article

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 Foundation and other key contributors to OpenStack. The conversations generated at the sold-out event covered a broad range of both technical and industry topics, but the overall tak ...


Maria Bonnefon
1 October 2013

Ubuntu pre-installed and in retail worldwide

Ubuntu Article

In the early days of Ubuntu, it was always a challenge to promote an OS that was so new and little known to the market; we were often asked ‘Ubun what…?”! Over the years, Canonical has grown rapidly, has innovated even faster and the community has spread the word all across the globe. Today, with ...


Mark Baker
30 September 2013

Launching new Telco services daily – TADS Summit 2013

Ubuntu Server

The telco business has long prided itself on providing dependable services all day every day. Today, dial tones generally survive earthquakes, hurricanes, wars and power cuts and that is testimony to the service quality telcos provide. This high level of service quality runs through a telco’s DNA, which gives their applications the renown ...


Luca Paulina
27 September 2013

Designing a product you don’t use

Ubuntu User Experience

Over the last year we have been working on the Juju GUI to reach a broader audience. Juju is a way of building complex cloud environments. It connects different services, allows complex configuration and the ability to scale out quickly and easily. Juju is offered as a command line tool or as a GUI on ...


Canonical
26 September 2013

Deploying web applications using Juju on EC2 (Part 1/3)

Cloud and server Article

The goal of this tutorial series is to demonstrate the power of Juju service orchestration for deploying web applications and infrastructure services in the cloud, in this case on Amazon EC2. Juju is a service orchestration framework that is designed to make it very easy for application designers to deploy their applications in an easy, ...


Inayaili de León Persson
26 September 2013

Latest from the web team — September 2013

Ubuntu Article

We might have been quiet, but we have been busy! Here’s a quick overview of what the web team has been up to recently. In the past month we’ve worked on: New juju.ubuntu.com website: we’ve revamped the information architecture, revisited the key journeys and updated the look to be more in line with www.ubuntu.com Fenchurch ...


Canonical
26 September 2013

Wednesday App Clinic – Update

Ubuntu Notes

Over the last few weeks, we’ve enjoyed running 2 Wednesday App Clinics. Thanks to all those who sent us their apps and questions. It’s been a fantastic response! It certainly has helped us to see how you’ve been using the design guides and the components, and I hope it has helped you. The first clinic started ...


Canonical
19 September 2013

Creating Evernote on Ubuntu for smartphones

Phone and tablet Article

The Ubuntu community has been supporting app development for Ubuntu on phones since its  launch in January. Volunteer developers have contributed significant amounts of code to the phone, including core applications such as the calendar, calculator, the music app and more. We are now announcing a project to create an Open Source Evernote ...