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robgibbon
3 May 2023

Big data security foundations in five steps

Data Platform Article

We’ve all read the headlines about spectacular data breaches and other security incidents, and the impact that they have had on the victim organisations. And in some ways there’s no place more vulnerable to attack than a big data environment like a data lake. ...


Canonical
2 May 2023

Ubuntu Pro is now part of the Amazon EC2 console

Ubuntu Article

[London, UK, May 2, 2023] – Canonical, a leading open-source provider of cloud computing services, has announced that Ubuntu Pro is now available in a subscription-included model on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Users can now launch Ubuntu Pro on-demand instances and purchase Ubuntu Pro Compute Savings Plans from the Amazon Elastic Compute C ...


Kris Sharma
1 May 2023

Accelerating the adoption of AI in banking with MLOps

Financial Services Article

There is rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the finance sector. AI in banking is reshaping client experiences, including communication with financial service providers (for example, chat bots). Banks are exploring ways to use AI/ML to handle the high volume of loan applications and to improve their ...


Carlos Bravo
28 April 2023

Upgrade your existing Ubuntu LTS instances to Ubuntu Pro in AWS

Cloud and server Article

In April 2023, Amazon Web Services (AWS) released a new functionality that allows users running Ubuntu LTS to upgrade their instances to Ubuntu Pro with just a few clicks. This upgrade provides additional security features, including patching for universe packages, extended security management for an additional five years, live kernel pat ...


gbeuzeboc
27 April 2023

Optimise your ROS snap – Part 6

Robotics Article

Welcome to Part 6 of our “Optimise your ROS snap” blog series. Make sure to check Part 5. This sixth and final part will  summarise every optimisation that we did. We will provide a critique for every optimisation that we tried along this series of blogs. Finally, we have reached the last part of this ...


Bill Wear
26 April 2023

No more DHCP(d)

Cloud and server Article

“He’s dead, Jim.”  Dr. McCoy DHCP is dead; long live DHCP. Yes, the end-of-life announcement for ISC DHCP means that the ISC will no longer provide official support or updates for the software. Our ever-faithful, omnipresent friend — the familiar dhcpd daemon — is retiring, albeit over a really long walk to that cabin in the ...


Tytus Kurek
26 April 2023

ChatGPT uncertain about the future of cloud computing

Cloud and server Article

ChatGPT has been the talk of the town for more than four months now. As the first ever artificial intelligence (AI) -powered chatbot, it has quickly gained immense popularity, helping students, engineers and even executives generate content, write and debug code and run market analyses. But could ChatGPT be used for anything other than na ...


Carlos Bravo
25 April 2023

Ubuntu Pro is now part of the AWS EC2 console

Cloud and server Article

We are happy to announce that Ubuntu Pro is now available as a native product on AWS. You can now enjoy premium enhanced security coverage for your Ubuntu machines by launching Ubuntu Pro instances from the EC2 console with no additional requirements, subscriptions or long term commitments. Why is this good? Ubuntu Pro features now ...


ijlal-loutfi
25 April 2023

Try Ubuntu confidential VMs with Intel TDX today: limited preview now available on Azure

Confidential computing Confidential computing

On behalf of the Canonical confidential computing team, I am happy to announce the limited preview of Ubuntu Confidential VMs with Intel TDX on Microsoft Azure. As part of the DCev5-series and ECesv5-series VMs, they’re available for you to try today! This exciting development is an important milestone in Ubuntu’s journey to power the con ...


gbeuzeboc
24 April 2023

Optimise your ROS snap – Part 5

Robotics Article

Welcome to Part 5 of our “Optimise your ROS snap” blog series. Make sure to check Part 4. This fifth part is going to cover two different optimisations. The first one, covers the compression algorithm. The second one, is about implementing extremely risky but efficient file deletion. We are going to present two completely different ...


Massimiliano Gori
22 April 2023

US Public Sector regulatory compliance with Ubuntu Pro and AWS GovCloud

Security Article

Ubuntu Pro is available for AWS GovCloud, where it combines comprehensive open-source security with the aforementioned AWS compliance features. ...