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24 posts from January 2016
NFV does not equal Hypervisor
By Maarten Ectors, 20 January 2016
Summary: This blog post will explain why network equipment providers are incorrectly investing in hypervisors to provide network function virtualisation and...
MAAS 1.9: Taking bare-metal beyond “minimal provisioning”
By Christian Reis, 20 January 2016
Complex node configuration now fully supported, including NIC bonding, tagged VLANs, bcache, LVM, software RAID devices and more One of the (only somewhat...
Data Driven Analysis: /tmp on tmpfs
By Dustin Kirkland, 20 January 2016
tl;drPut /tmp on tmpfs and you’ll improve your Linux system’s I/O, reduce your carbon foot print and electricity usage, stretch the battery life of your...
Ubuntu Clock Update Reflects Convergence Design Thinking
By Rae Shambrook, 18 January 2016
In the coming months, users will start noticing things looking more and more different on Ubuntu. As we gradually roll out our new and improved Suru visual...
Ubuntu is coming to a city near you
By Marcin Kierdelewicz, 15 January 2016
Happy New Year! I’ve been busy planning our first ever Ubuntu Day. Ubuntu Day is a local event organised with our partners to support awareness and adoption...
5 reasons you should only use certified images on the public cloud
By Udi Nachmany, 14 January 2016
Ubuntu has a long history in the cloud. Not only is it the world’s number one platform for deployments of OpenStack (as we’ve covered here), it also runs more...
Big Data Explained, Analysed, Solved
By Alexia Emmanoulopoulou, 14 January 2016
This eBook gives an overview of what big data is and its growing importance. Download this eBook to answer the following questions: What is Big Data and what...
AT&T selects Ubuntu for cloud and enterprise applications
By Canonical, 13 January 2016
AT&T has selected Canonical to be part of its effort to drive innovation in the network and cloud. Canonical will provide the Ubuntu OS and engineering...
Mojo Updates
By Tom Haddon, 12 January 2016
It’s been a while since we’ve talked about Mojo, and since then, there have been quite a few changes. I wanted to take the opportunity to highlight some of...
New Year, New Data
By Canonical, 6 January 2016
Happy New Year, everybody! I hope everyone had a chance to take a break over the holiday season. At Canonical, we generally take a break the last week of the...
OpenPOWER Foundation: Continuing the Datacenter Revolution
By John Zannos, 5 January 2016
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...