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Canonical
14 December 2015

Ubuntu is about people

Cloud and server Article

Ubuntu has been around for just over a decade. That’s a long time for a project built around a field that evolves at such a rapid pace as computing. And not just any computing –software made for (and by) human beings, who have also inevitably grown and evolved with Ubuntu.Over the years, Ubuntu has changed and has lead change to keep thri ...


Tom Haddon
10 December 2015

Using bcache for performance gains on the Launchpad Database Servers

Cloud and server Article

Launchpad is the code hosting, bug tracking and build system for the Ubuntu distribution itself, and is used by many other software projects, including OpenStack, Inkscape & MySQL. There are two main data stores in Launchpad. The first is the Librarian, which is a 22TB object store using OpenStack’s Swift as its backend. The second ...


Femma
10 December 2015

Helsinki SDK sprint

Ubuntu User Experience

We arrived in Helsinki on Sunday evening, ready to start our week long SDK sprint on Monday. Our hotel was in a nice location, by the sea. The work stuff The SDK is a core part of Ubuntu and provides an array of components and flexibility needed to create applications across staged and windowed form ...


James Donner
9 December 2015

Juju Charmer Summit: Charm Evolution

Cloud and server Article

Whether you want to deploy an OpenStack solution at full scale on a public cloud or just want to deploy services on your own private OpenStack cloud, Juju is the perfect solution. At Canonical, we have a team working to ensure that Juju works across all combinations of OpenStack. Join one of our OpenStack QA ...


Canonical
9 December 2015

Capturing the real IoT market, Telcos taking a data first approach

Cloud and server Article

I recently read on a Wall Street Journal blog that IDC says the IoT market is supposed to reach $1.7 Trillion by 2020. Let’s be clear here, not 1.7 BILLION, but 1.7 TRILLION US Dollars. At Canonical, we’re feverishly working to help our telco and service provider partners best monetize themselves in that burgeoning space. ...


Tom Callway
9 December 2015

Analytics and Big Data, Flexible Solutions for Evolving Telcos

Cloud and server White paper

This eBook describes what analytics processes telcos should be implementing to most benefit from the tremendous amounts of data available to them. Download this eBook to answer the following questions: How big data and analytics can mitigate many of the challenges faced by modern telecoms providers? How a data-first approach by telcos to ...


Thibaut Rouffineau
8 December 2015

UAVIA unveils first 100% remotely controlled drones; powered by Ubuntu

Internet of Things News

Today, at TechCrunch Disrupt, the next generation of remote controlled drones is being unveiled by UAVIA, powered by Snappy Ubuntu Core. For the first time, UAVIA is demonstrating a new generation of completely remote controlled drones. The first being used for inspection and surveillance. This will be the first time that 100% remotely op ...


James Donner
4 December 2015

Juju Charmer Summit: Testing For Success

Cloud and server Article

We’re only two months away from our next Juju Charmer Summit, and we can’t wait to share our latest developments and innovations in charm design, best practices, and real deployment expertise from experienced DevOps folks. Get more information here! In the meantime, we have more exciting content to share from our previous summit. Join Mar ...


Canonical
2 December 2015

6WIND Partners with Canonical to Accelerate Ubuntu Cloud Networking

Cloud and server News

6WIND to Integrate Virtual Accelerator with Juju 6WIND, a high-performance networking software company, today announced it will work with Canonical to help customers accelerate cloud networking on Ubuntu. 6WIND Virtual Accelerator™ has been validated on Canonical’s Ubuntu platform and both companies are working together to integrate 6WIND ...


Tom Callway
1 December 2015

Test-drive the OpenStack Autopilot with a virtual appliance

Cloud and server Article

Thanks for your interest in Ubuntu OpenStack. Canonical has sunsetted OpenStack Autopilot and replaced it with conjure-up. We welcome you to visit our OpenStack product page to find an Ubuntu OpenStack solution that meets your needs.   Canonical today published a virtual appliance to help organisations experience first-hand the easiest wa ...


Inayaili de León Persson
1 December 2015

November’s reading list

Ubuntu Notes

Here are the best links shared by the design team in November: Interview with Darrin Henein Rapid Prototyping with Gulp, Framer.js and Sketch: Part One Visualizing Sketch 3.4 New Features UX Myths Pantone Smoothies Shia LaBeouf “Just Do It” How To Go To Space (with XKCD!) Astropy: A Community Python Library for Astronomy Typing “a ...