Blog posts written by James Donner

James Donner
10 June 2016

June 2016: big software, new releases, and a CIO’s guide to telco

Cloud and server Article

Welcome to our brand new monthly blog! This month, learn about the industry trend toward Big Software, highlights of the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS release, and our latest eBook – “CIO’s guide to SDN, NFV and VNF”. Be sure to check out our roundup of Industry news! Mark Shuttleworth: Big Software is THE biggest problem facing ...

James Donner
5 April 2016

Canonical Cloud Chatter: March 2016

Cloud and server Article

The focus for March has been preparing for our presence at the OpenStack Summit next month. We also announced our collaboration with Tele2 on moving their Network and IT infrastructure to the cloud. As always, you can learn more about Juju, MAAS, LXD and partner ecosystem updates in this month’s newsletter. Webinar: Discover the Cloud ...

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 ...

James Donner
12 February 2016

Telco Demos With Juju: APIdaze

Cloud and server Article

From Big Data to web services, there is so much that can be made with our service modeling tool Juju. As we count down to Mobile World Congress, we’ll be diving into the telco focused Juju solutions that make deploying innovative SaaS services simple. APIdaze provides an API for building telecom services and web applications. ...

James Donner
3 February 2016

Telco Demos With Juju: DataStax

Cloud and server Article

Mobile World Congress is weeks away, and we can’t wait to demonstrate the power of Ubuntu on OpenStack alongside the capabilities of NFV. In the meantime, we’re taking a deep dive into innovative telecom focused applications that can be easily enabled with our services modeling tool Juju. TeleStax provides Open Source Communications softw ...

James Donner
29 January 2016

Telco Demos With Juju: DataArt

Cloud and server Article

Telecom operators currently need months to deploy new value added services to production. Not any more! Take a look into how DataArt is using Juju, Docker and other Webscale technologies and applying them to the telecom world. You can deploy a telecom solution in minutes, auto-scale it and change services even while a live audience ...

James Donner
29 January 2016

Canonical Cloud Chatter: January 2016

Cloud and server Article

Happy New Year! This January we’ve been busy with the release of Juju GUI 2.0 and MAAS 1.9 whilst getting ready for Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona in February. As always, catch up on our partner news, download our brand new eBook and enjoy this month’s video – a presentation about the Juju app ...

James Donner
26 January 2016

Telco Demos With Juju: Intro

Cloud and server Article

In this blog series, we’ll be running through presentations featured during the Dangerous Demos session at TADsummit to show you how the next great innovations in telecom applications are only a click away with Juju. Stay tuned for more stories over the next few weeks as we approach Mobile World Congress. From big data to web ...

James Donner
22 December 2015

Juju Charmer Summit: Docker Lightning Talk

Cloud and server Article

Ubuntu is the number one platform for Docker deployments by a wide margin. With Juju, deploying Docker is as easy as a visit to the charm store. Join Canonical’s Charles Butler for a five minute lightning talk to learn about What the Juju team are doing with Docker The Juju Solutions community on Github The ...

James Donner
18 December 2015

Canonical Cloud Chatter: December 2015

Cloud and server Article

With the holiday season upon us, we are feeling festive! Before you start your holiday, here’s a bit about what we’ve been up to lately! We have just release an eBook on Big Data for Telcos and a new webinar about upgrades of OpenStack with running workloads. Meanwhile, we have news about new Charm partners ...

James Donner
9 December 2015

Juju Charmer Summit: Charm Evolution

Cloud and server Article

Whether you want to deploy an OpenStack solution at full scale on a public cloud or just want to deploy services on your own private OpenStack cloud, Juju is the perfect solution. At Canonical, we have a team working to ensure that Juju works across all combinations of OpenStack. Join one of our OpenStack QA ...

James Donner
4 December 2015

Juju Charmer Summit: Testing For Success

Cloud and server Article

We’re only two months away from our next Juju Charmer Summit, and we can’t wait to share our latest developments and innovations in charm design, best practices, and real deployment expertise from experienced DevOps folks. Get more information here! In the meantime, we have more exciting content to share from our previous summit. Join Mar ...

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