--- title: Blog posts written by John Dolen description: Canonical makes open source secure, reliable and easy to use, providing support for Ubuntu and a portfolio of enterprise-grade technologies. Founded in 2004, Canonical operates globally with team members in over 80 countries. url: https://canonical.com/blog/author/john-dolen --- # John Dolen 5 posts #### [IBM LinuxONE gets its Juju](https://canonical.com/blog/ibm-linuxone-gets-its-juju) This week, via press release, IBM continued its launch of the LinuxONE family of high performance Linux systems. In August, we joined IBM with their launch of LinuxONE, announcing our intent to support the new systems starting with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS release (code named Xenial Xerus). This will bring LinuxONE clients the same Ubuntu experie --- Cloud and server #### [Ubuntu with IBM Power Systems LC models for big data](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-with-ibm-power-systems-lc-models-for-big-data) Juju makes it easy to model and deploy Spark and other analytics solution bundles IBM has extended its range of Ubuntu supported systems with today’s announcement of the Power Systems LC models. Canonical, along with fellow OpenPOWER Foundation members – Mellanox, NVIDIA, Tyan and Wistron, collaborated with IBM on the development of these --- Cloud and server #### [Ubuntu partner ecosystem growth continues](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-partner-ecosystem-growth-continues) Hear what our partners have to say. A primary reason for Ubuntu’s success is an active, and growing ecosystem of partners that work with us to build cloud solutions. This is no accident. We recognize the importance of partner solutions, and have worked diligently to provide programs and support to ensure that an Ubuntu based --- Cloud and server #### [Cisco Systems Releases UCS Big Data CVD Based on Ubuntu OpenStack](https://canonical.com/blog/cisco-systems-releases-ucs-big-data-cvd-based-on-ubuntu-openstack) Ubuntu OpenStack continues to be the “go to” platform for enterprise scale out solutions, as Cisco releases its latest CVD (Cisco Validated Design), Hadoop as a Service (HaaS) with Cisco UCS Common Platform Architecture (CPA v2) for Big Data and OpenStack.  Read this CVD to learn about setting up OpenStack on Ubuntu to deploy and --- Cloud and server #### [Cloud Magic – See the Juju Demo on IBM POWER8](https://canonical.com/blog/cloud-magic-see-the-juju-demo-on-ibm-power8) IBM recently posted  “Cloud Magic! Ubuntu on IBM Power Systems with POWER8”, a video clip of the very first live demo of Ubuntu on POWER8 (with Little Endian mode). Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu and Canonical, provided this demo alongside IBM’s Doug Balog, General Manager, IBM Power Systems, during a keynote at IBM Impact. Check --- Cloud and server