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Canonical
11 March 2015

NFV and SDN on OpenStack for network operators

Cloud and server White paper

Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) are two of the hottest infrastructure technologies around, particularly for telecoms and network operators wanting to map their services in a more efficient, scalable, and cost-effective way. One of the biggest areas of interest for operators as they look to inte ...


Canonical
11 March 2015

How to face the challenges of becoming a cloud operator

Cloud and server White paper

In a shifting market, the traditional revenues of telcos and service providers are under threat. Voice revenues are at an all-time low, and high wireless data costs are negatively impacting margins. As an additional challenge, many enterprises are moving low-value workloads and applications to public clouds such as Amazon, eroding traditi ...


Canonical
11 March 2015

How Ubuntu OpenStack makes the cloud work for telcos and SPs

Cloud and server White paper

Telcos and Service Providers expect near 100% uptime and the flexibility to scale their infrastructure up and down on-demand. This requires a proven cloud platform that minimises time-to-revenue and ensures predictable costs. Here’s why you should consider Ubuntu OpenStack for your next cloud project: Up to 75% of OpenStack clouds are bui ...


Canonical
11 March 2015

Make IT rain: public cloud on Ubuntu OpenStack

Cloud and server White paper

Ubuntu OpenStack is the most trusted platform on which to build a public cloud. One of the best things about it is the ease of moving from a proof of concept or small lab-based deployment to a large, scalable, production one. In this brochure, we discuss some basics about running Ubuntu OpenStack for public clouds, ...


Canonical
11 March 2015

Architecting OpenStack for enterprise reality

Cloud and server White paper

With OpenStack becoming more and more popular as a cloud-building technology for enterprises, companies are asking themselves several important questions. How viable is OpenStack as an enterprise platform? Is it possible (and feasible) to integrate it with existing virtualisation infrastructure, e.g. vSphere from VMware? Is there a busine ...


Canonical
11 March 2015

Building a private cloud? Taking the leap

Cloud and server White paper

In this whitepaper, you will read about moving your Ubuntu OpenStack private cloud from the proof-of-concept stage to a production environment. It covers technical and organisational aspects, and gives you some best practices on running your Ubuntu OpenStack private cloud in production and making it future-proof. Download eBook ...


Canonical
11 March 2015

A reference architecture for implementing OpenStack on VMware vSphere

Cloud and server White paper

This technical whitepaper, a collaboration between Canonical and VMware, proposes a reference architecture for running OpenStack on VMware vSphere. It draws on experience both companies have in joint customer engagements, and lists some best practices and recommendations for getting the most out of existing enterprise IT infrastructure wh ...


Canonical
28 July 2014

Dell/Canonical Whitepaper: Juju with KVM and LXC in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Cloud and server White paper

This whitepaper, co-authored by Dell and Canonical,will show you how to easily deploy cloud services on a single Dell PowerEdge server or a laptop (if that’s all you have). It illustrates how easily you can take the cloud with you using Linux containers, virtualization and Juju orchestration software from Canonical. Though Juju is normall ...


Canonical
12 June 2014

Enterprise class Ubuntu management with Canonical Landscape

Cloud and server White paper

In this recently-published white paper, Enterprise Management Associates detail the return on investment that can be expected when managing Ubuntu systems using Landscape. They outline the software’s features before providing hard financial data based on real-world study of the software in use. Download the white paper ...


Mark Baker
2 July 2013

Create trusted compute pools in the cloud

Cloud and server White paper

Security is a big topic and concerns about security in the cloud is often cited by enterprises as a reason for not migrating workloads….featured-article a.button { display: none; } ...


Canonical
26 October 2012

Top 10 questions about Ubuntu Server

Desktop White paper

What’s different about Ubuntu Server? Is it secure enough to use in my business? Will it work on my hardware? Whether you’ve already deployed Ubuntu in your business or are just starting to consider it, we know that you’re bound to have questions as have others before you. We have asked our customer-facing technical heads ...