--- title: Blog posts tagged "Open Infrastructure" 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/tag/open-infrastructure?format=md --- # Blog posts tagged "Open Infrastructure" #### [Join Canonical at the first-ever African OpenInfra Days](https://canonical.com/blog/join-canonical-at-the-first-ever-african-openinfra-days) For the second time, and in less than one month, Canonical is coming to East Africa! Three weeks ago, we had the first-ever UbuCon Africa, which was co-located with DjangoCon Africa 2025, and on September 6, Canonical will be coming to Kenya to support OpenInfra Days Kenya 2025. This event is set to be the --- Ceph #### [The Linux Foundation and OpenStack – a new chapter for cloud-native infrastructure](https://canonical.com/blog/linux-foundation-openstack) Effective July 23rd, 2025 the Open Infrastructure Foundation (OIF) has officially joined one of the world’s largest and most influential open source communities: the Linux Foundation. This strategic move reflects the accelerating trend toward open source standardization and democratization – a movement Canonical has proudly supported sinc --- Cloud and server #### [Composable infrastructure, sustainable computing and more: OIS 2022 highlights](https://canonical.com/blog/ois-2022-highlights) OIS 2022 is over, but the OpenInfra community stays tuned for the next OpenInfra Summit, taking place in Vancouver in 2023! This year’s summit in Berlin offered a lot of insightful keynotes and technical sessions. Speakers discussed the most recent trends in the industry, including composable infrastructure and sustainable computing, and --- Cloud and server #### [Cost optimised private cloud for financial services](https://canonical.com/blog/cost-optimised-private-cloud-for-financial-services) Why private clouds? Regulatory compliance and data privacy requirements require financial institutions (FIs) to consider carefully where their applications are running and where the customer data is stored. The data protection and data sovereignty laws in most countries require an enterprise to keep data in certain geographic locations. P --- Financial Services #### [Ubuntu becomes #1 OS for OpenStack deployment](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-becomes-number-one-os-for-openstack-deployment) One of the core values of Canonical, that we all identify with, is the mission of bringing the power of open source to everyone on the planet. From developing to developed countries. From individuals to big enterprises. From engineers to CEOs. And there is only one way to find out if we are efficient in --- Cloud and server #### [Finserv open source infrastructure powers digital transformation](https://canonical.com/blog/finserv-open-source-infrastructure-powers-digital-transformation) Covid-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges and opportunities for financial institutions to embrace digital transformation initiatives at pace and scale.  Finservs are enhancing their purview of digital transformation initiatives to stay relevant and create a technology foundation that enables them to quickly bounce back from --- Financial Services #### [Forecasting the future of cloud with OpenStack experts](https://canonical.com/blog/forecasting-the-future-of-cloud-with-openstack-experts) OpenStack, the cloud computing platform, has proved to be a beacon of success for open source. It rounds off 10 years in existence this year, a period which has seen it reach nearly 200 countries, and we want to look ahead to what the future holds for the technology.  We’ve spoken to a number of --- Company #### [Canonical & Ubuntu at Open Infrastructure Summit 2020](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-at-open-infrastructure-summit-2020) When is Open Infrastructure Summit 2020: October 19th-23rd Where: Everywhere! This year’s OIS is virtual. Get your free ticket Book a meeting This year we’ve probably used the word ‘unprecedented’ almost as often as we’ve said ‘Linux’ and yet life must go on, and certainly so does tech. That’s why we were so thrilled to --- Ceph #### [Open source software for open infrastructure](https://canonical.com/blog/open-source-software-for-open-infrastructure) Using open source software significantly reduces the total cost of ownership (TOC) of your IT infrastructure. Over the last few years, we’ve seen more and more companies gradually moving to open source. Our latest research conducted through The International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that 70% of businesses are adopting open source soft --- Cloud and server #### [Provisioning ESXi with MAAS: An overview](https://canonical.com/blog/provisioning-esxi-with-maas) MAAS has supported provisioning ESXi starting from MAAS 2.5. However, MAAS 2.6 has expanded its support and provides new features that significantly improves the provisioning experience. What is supported? The support MAAS provides for provisioning an operating system varies depending on the operating system in use. Even though MAAS tries --- Cloud and server #### [The 10 new rules of open source infrastructure](https://canonical.com/blog/10-new-rules-open-source-infrastructure) Recently, I gave a keynote at the Cloud Native / OpenStack Days in Tokyo titled “the ten new rules of open source infrastructure”. It was well received and folks pointed out on Twitter that they would like to see more detail around those ten rules. Others seemed to benefit from clarifying commentary. I’ve attempted to --- Cloud and server #### [Canonical at Open Infrastructure Summit -Denver](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-at-open-infrastructure-summit-denver) Open Infrastructure Summit is coming to Denver from April 29th to May 1st, 2019. Will you be there? We sure will! Come and visit us in Booth B1! Canonical experts will be at the event ready to answer your questions and walk you through our booth demos. Just to name a few: Open Infrastructure developers --- Cloud and server #### [Goodbye OpenStack, hello Open Infrastructure Summit](https://canonical.com/blog/goodbye-openstack-hello-open-infrastructure-summit) We have reached the end of an era, the end of the OpenStack Summit, but we’ve started a new era – the beginning of the Open Infrastructure Summit. Canonical has been with the OpenStack Summit since its inception, designing, building, operating and supporting OpenStack private clouds on Ubuntu. We understand the importance of certainty, st --- Cloud and server