--- title: Ubuntu highlighted in IBM Systems Magazine description: IBM Systems Magazine caught up with us recently, for a discussion regarding Linux on Power – today, and heading into the future. As you may have seen from recent blogs and announcements, IBM and Canonical announced Ubuntu support for IBM’s POWER8 platform in April. This became available immediately upon POWER8 availability in June, making […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-highlighted-in-ibm-systems-magazine?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 4 July 2014 # Ubuntu highlighted in IBM Systems Magazine [IBM](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/ibm) [Juju](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/juju) [MAAS](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/maas) [OpenStack](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/openstack) [power](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/power) [POWER8](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/power8) --- Share the article IBM Systems Magazine caught up with us recently, for a discussion regarding Linux on Power – today, and heading into the future. As you may have seen from recent blogs and announcements, IBM and Canonical announced Ubuntu support for IBM’s POWER8 platform in April. This became available immediately upon POWER8 availability in June, making Ubuntu the first Linux distribution to support the new processors. Check out the IBM Systems Magazine article, *[Roundtable Reveals Linux is Flourishing on Power Systems](http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/linuxonpower/Trends/What-s-New/growing_proposition/ "read the article on ibmsystemsmag.com")*, for some perspective regarding Ubuntu on Power, and the overall trends regarding Linux on Power, big data and analytics workloads, and OpenStack. With POWER8, IBM has provided little endian mode for the first time on Power Systems. This enabled a fast and smooth port of Ubuntu, and helps enable Ubuntu’s vast ecosystem of cloud and scale-out solutions. It also brings Canonical’s cloud tooling with Juju for cloud orchestration, and MAAS (metal as a service) for provisioning of bare metal. To help understand the power which these tools bring to POWER8, [see this video segment, live and on stage, at IBM Impact](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFj--qiJRPo&feature=youtu.be&t=39m55s "youtube video"). As we stated in the article, there is a movement towards more scale-out cloud workloads such as data analytics. With [over 50% of production OpenStack environments on Ubuntu](http://www.slideshare.net/ryan-lane/openstack-atlanta-user-survey "slideshare"), and tools that help deploy clouds and scale-out solutions with velocity, it is now easy for clients to begin optimizing the latest cloud workloads with POWER8. For more information regarding Ubuntu OpenStack, Juju and MAAS, go to [www.ubuntu.com/cloud](http://www.ubuntu.com/cloud "ubuntu.com website"). Please be sure to [contact us](http://www.ubuntu.com/cloud/contact-us "contact us") if you have any questions about Ubuntu on POWER8. ## 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 [### MAAS installation: bare metal provisioning is easier than ever](https://canonical.com/blog/maas-installation-bare-metal-provisioning-is-easier-than-ever) MAAS brings cloud-like automation to physical servers. It helps teams discover, commission, deploy, and repurpose machines from a central control plane, turning bare metal into... [David Beamonte](https://canonical.com/blog/author/dbeamonte) 14 July 2026 [### Managing Ubuntu on bare metal at scale](https://canonical.com/blog/managing-ubuntu-on-bare-metal-at-scale) Modern infrastructure teams are expected to deliver cloud-like speed, consistency, and reliability, even when their workloads run on physical servers. Bare metal remains... [David Beamonte](https://canonical.com/blog/author/dbeamonte) 9 July 2026 [### Ubuntu Server: a platform made for enterprise scale](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-server-a-platform-made-for-enterprise-scale) A platform is an environment that allows software to run smoothly across the infrastructure, runtime, and application layers. The key word there is “smoothly”: a good platform... [Rhys Knipe](https://canonical.com/blog/author/rhysknipe) 7 July 2026 [### A decade of Ubuntu on IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE](https://canonical.com/blog/a-decade-of-ubuntu-on-ibm-z-and-ibm-linuxone) This year we celebrate a decade of Ubuntu Server support on the s390x architecture: marking a long-standing collaboration between Canonical and IBM that began at LinuxCon 2015.... [Pedro Lazzarotto](https://canonical.com/blog/author/pedro-lazzarotto) 12 June 2026