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371 posts from 2015
Eurecom join the Charm Partner Programme
By Ellen Arnold, 21 May 2015
Canonical are excited to announce that Eurecom, a graduate school and research centre in Communication Systems, is the newest member of the Charm Partner...
Charm Store now includes Galera Cluster
By Ellen Arnold, 19 May 2015
Canonical and Codership are excited to announce that the Galera Cluster charm is now available for use in the Juju Charm Store. With 300 charms and growing,...
The Open Enterprise Cloud – OpenStack’s Holy Grail?
By Canonical, 19 May 2015
The way people think about the enterprise IT is changing fast, putting into question many common assumptions on how hardware and software should be designed...
IoT World and the power of Snappy Apps everywhere
By Maarten Ectors, 19 May 2015
IoT World was an eye opener for many. The same open source operating system that everybody loves from the cloud now powered the first smart fridge with apps...
LXD crushes KVM in density and speed
By Canonical, 18 May 2015
LXD achieves 14.5 times greater density than KVM LXD launches instances 94% faster than KVM LXD provides 57% less latency than KVM LXD is the container-based...
What are the different types of storage: block, object and file?
By Canonical, 18 May 2015
Networked storage services are generally classified in the way they are consumed and interfaced with on the client side. The most traditional service type is...
What is software-defined storage?
By Canonical, 18 May 2015
What is software-defined storage, and how do NAS and SAN appliances compare to software-defined storage? Large-scale storage presents an inherent scalability...
Meizu launches the Ubuntu MX4 for Developers in China
By Amrisha Prashar, 17 May 2015
In the first of a series of launches, Meizu has announced that the Ubuntu MX4, which will be sold across Europe soon, is immediately available to developers...
IoT World: Snappy for Whitebox Switches
By Tom Callway, 13 May 2015
Canonical announces snappy switches with Ubuntu Core and network function apps Penguin Computing the first to ship network switches with snappy Ubuntu Core...
Ubuntu Security Update on VENOM (CVE-2015-3456) [UPDATED]
By Robbie, 13 May 2015
A buffer overflow in the virtual floppy disk controller of QEMU has been discovered. An attacker could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash or execute...
Canonical Cloud Chatter: April 2015 Newsletter
By Canonical, 12 May 2015
This April saw our new release, Ubuntu 15.04! We also have some great webinars, training courses and product announcements to tell you about and some exciting...
IoT World: Canonical & Industry Leaders Drive IoT Commercialization
By Canonical, 11 May 2015
Host of new Snappy Ubuntu Core-enabled devices demonstrate revenue opportunities in IoT First commercially-designed IoT devices with GE’s FirstBuild, Acer,...