--- title: EMC partners with Ubuntu for OpenStack storage description: Canonical is pleased to announce an expansion of EMC’s participation as an Ubuntu Cloud Partner.  Today at the OpenStack Paris Summit, EMC announced two new offerings – an OpenStack Reference Architecture Program and an EMC Enterprise Hybrid Cloud (EHC) OpenStack®-powered Edition. This announcement is an indication of EMC’s continued comm […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/emc-partners-with-ubuntu-for-openstack-storage?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [John Zannos](https://canonical.com/blog/author/john-zannos "More about John Zannos") 4 November 2014 # EMC partners with Ubuntu for OpenStack storage [cloud](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/cloud) [OIL](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/oil) [Storage](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/storage) --- Share the article Canonical is pleased to announce an expansion of EMC’s participation as an Ubuntu Cloud Partner.  Today at the OpenStack Paris Summit, EMC [announced](http://pulseblog.emc.com/2014/11/04/emc-doubles-openstack) two new offerings – an OpenStack Reference Architecture Program and an EMC Enterprise Hybrid Cloud (EHC) OpenStack®-powered Edition. This announcement is an indication of EMC’s continued commitment to OpenStack and collaboration with Canonical to expand the OpenStack ecosystem. Currently EMC is part of Canonical’s [OpenStack Interoperability Lab](http://partners.ubuntu.com/partner-programmes/openstack) (OIL) as well as its Technical Partner Programme.  As part of OIL, Canonical conducts interoperability testing on 3,000 cloud configurations each month with EMC storage along with 25 other OIL partners on Ubuntu OpenStack.  OIL delivers customers the confidence that components of an OpenStack cloud work together – making it easier to consume cloud resources.  As part of OIL, Canonical and EMC will work together to simplify and automate the installation, deployment and management of OpenStack cloud storage components. EMC and Canonical have expanded our partnership by providing customers with tested, qualified OpenStack cloud solutions.  As Canonical and EMC move our customers into OpenStack clouds, we are helping them use EMC storage solutions with Ubuntu OpenStack.  Today around 70 per cent of the Linux images downloaded on all major public clouds are Ubuntu images. And more than 64% of the OpenStack production clouds today are built on Ubuntu, according to the latest [OpenStack Survey](http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/openstack-user-survey-insights-november-2014). Canonical and EMC are working together to develop the right storage solutions for customers for cloud and scale out production environments.  Together Canonical and EMC are committed to building a open and stronger OpenStack cloud ecosystem. ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Run agentic workloads on Arm and Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/blog/run-agentic-workloads-on-arm-and-ubuntu) In the lead-up to Ubuntu Summit 26.04, Canonical and Arm are collaborating to certify the new Arm AGI CPU on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon). Learn what this means for... [Youssef Eltoukhy](https://canonical.com/blog/author/usf197) 26 May 2026 [### Predict, compare, and reduce costs with our S3 cost calculator](https://canonical.com/blog/predict-compare-and-reduce-costs-with-our-s3-cost-calculator) Previously I have written about how useful public cloud storage can be when starting a new project without knowing how much data you will need to store. However, as datasets... [Philip Williams](https://canonical.com/blog/author/philwilliams) 18 February 2026 [### Building new revenue streams: 3 strategic cloud opportunities for telcos in 2026](https://canonical.com/blog/new-telco-cloud-opportunity) PWC claimed the ‘fundamental challenge’ behind slowing growth is that telecom’s ‘core products and services’ are ‘becoming commodities.’ The way forward lies in modernizing and... [Isobel Kate Maxwell](https://canonical.com/blog/author/iso-maxwell) 10 February 2026 [### Deploy your Spring Boot application to production](https://canonical.com/blog/deploy-spring-application-to-production) In this article we walk through the steps required to deploy a Spring Boot application to production using Juju and Kubernetes. The goal is to showcase the integration of the... [Javier de la Puente](https://canonical.com/blog/author/javierdelapuente) 13 January 2026