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Michael C. Jaeger
31 March 2022

Design patterns and the software operator — part 1

Charms Article

In the early days of software development, computers were sold with compilers and interpreters. Users wrote mostly their own small programs instead of buying software. During that time, most didn’t even consider downloading software as only a few were connected to mailboxes or the UUCP network. Most of the software was provided by the com ...


Michael C. Jaeger
31 March 2022

Operator Day hosted by Canonical at Kubecon EU 2022

Cloud and server Article

May 16th 2022, virtual eventWeek of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2022 What is Operator Day? Software operators are crucial elements in the Kubernetes landscape. They implement operational tasks covering everyday application management. They help human operators, administrators to run their applications efficiently and effectively. On Opera ...


Canonical
31 March 2022

OpenStack Yoga on Ubuntu LTS delivers highly performant infrastructure for telcos and researchers with SmartNICs and DPUs

Cloud and server Article

March 31, London – Canonical today announced the general availability of OpenStack Yoga on Ubuntu 22.04 Long Term Support (LTS) Beta and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. This new version of OpenStack sets a foundation for next-generation, highly performant infrastructure as needed by telco NFV, media streaming, traffic analysis and HPC services, using S ...


amylily
31 March 2022

MasterClass: Concept design

Design Article

Concept design is the fundamental of interaction design and the deepest level of design decisions. A concept in this context is described as a bridge between the designer and the users, who will only be able to make effective use of the interface if they grasp the underlying intent of the concept that is designed.  ...


Edoardo Barbieri
31 March 2022

A guide to Linux for embedded applications

Internet of Things Article

An embedded device is a hardware and software system that performs a dedicated function within a larger computer system. It is typically resource-constrained and comprises a processing engine.  The software of an embedded Linux system runs on top of the Linux kernel, the fundamental core of the OS with complete control over everything occ ...


Miona Aleksic
31 March 2022

LXD vs Docker

Cloud and server Article

When talking about containers, a common confusion for potential users of LXD is that LXD is an alternative to Docker or Kubernetes. However, LXD and Docker are not competing container technologies, and they tend to serve completely different purposes. In this blog, we’ll briefly discuss the differences and the suitable use cases for both. ...


Maciej Mazur
31 March 2022

The Telco Podcast

Telecommunications Telecommunications

The telco podcast announcement ...


Michael C. Jaeger
30 March 2022

Getting started with Juju and Charmed Operators: three awesome videos

Cloud and server Article

Getting started with software can be confusing – depending on the complexity of the software, of course. Despite the extensive documentation available for Charmed Operator SDK and Juju some just prefer to watch video material to start with. So, let’s take the opportunity to have a look at available tutorials and presentations available on ...


Britt Yazel
30 March 2022

The Keys to Successful Bug Reporting

Desktop Article

A key principle of open source computing is the ability for users to directly engage with development efforts, the primary avenue being through the use of bug reporting. Bug reports are a critical component to the success of open source projects world-wide, though how to write one successfully can be, admittedly, somewhat vague. In this ...


Edoardo Barbieri
30 March 2022

The State of IoT – March 2022

Internet of Things Article

It’s Wednesday, and you have less than 2 days to make the quarter. Busy month with no time to catch up with the latest info? No problem! Get up to speed with this curated list of bite-sized chunks of IoT news. In case you missed it, here is the State of IoT from last February! ...


Nathan Hart
29 March 2022

The Evolution of the Smart Home: Future Predictions [Part 3]

Internet of Things Article

In blogs one and two of this series, we covered how far we’ve come from the earliest smart homes, including older technologies and standards, and smart-home ideas that covered the gamut from innovative to total head-scratchers. We also covered the smart home landscape today, and what developments are on the immediate horizon. Here, we’ll ...