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title: softlayer | Blog
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/softlayer?format=md
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# Blog posts tagged *"softlayer"*

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[Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical)

5 August 2016

### [IBM and Canonical: This Is Just The Beginning](https://canonical.com/blog/ibm-canonical-this-is-just-the-beginning)

Cloud and server

Ubuntu tech blog

The partnership between Canonical and IBM continues to thrive. As we embark on the era of Containerization, Cloud, NFV, IoT, and Machine Learning, companies like IBM are innovating to meet the demands of modern computing. We caught up with IBM’s GM of Power Systems, Doug Balog, at OpenStack Summit Austin to get his thoughts about ...

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[Christian Reis](https://canonical.com/blog/author/kiko)

15 March 2016

### [Renting bare-metal (as a Service) with MAAS](https://canonical.com/blog/delivering-bare-metal-as-a-service-with-maas)

Cloud and server

Ubuntu tech blog

With the amount of industry excitement around virtualized cloud, it is easy to downplay the importance of directly utilizing bare metal infrastructure. And yet bare-metal is the one thing every experienced operator knows they can rely on when deploying mission-critical services, representing guaranteed resource, predictable performance, a ...

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