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Canonical
21 October 2015

Snappy Core unlocks IoT value within the Dell Edge Gateway 5000 Series

Internet of Things News

Yesterday marked the launch of the Dell Edge Gateway 5000 Series, a purpose-built IoT gateway designed to work in the most extreme conditions and to enable customers to perform analytics on the edge of the network; pre-transmitting them to the cloud. It has many mounting and connectivity options which enables it to be used in previously ...


Richard Collins
20 October 2015

Ubuntu’s path to convergence

Desktop Article

Ubuntu device convergence is now starting to happen as we move closer to bringing the first smartphones to market carrying a full Ubuntu desktop interface. The real test for a smartphone which can double up as a PC is to give users the same experience from their smartphone as they get from their primary PC. ...


Andrew McLeod
19 October 2015

Juju Big Data at Strata+Hadoop World

Cloud and server Article

Earlier this month, myself and Kevin — another member of the Juju big data team — attended the 2015 Strata+Hadoop World conference in New York City. As my first big data conference since joining the Juju team, it was an impressive experience, both running the competition pod at our Canonical booth and hearing speakers go ...


Jorge O. Castro
19 October 2015

Announcing the 2nd Juju Charmer Summit

Cloud and server Article

After a wonderful start in Washington DC the Juju Charmer Summit is back! This time we’ll be colocated with Config Management Camp, 1-3 February 2016, in beautiful Gent, Belgium. Join us for three full days of training, workshops, talks, and community collaboration with other automation tool communities. We’ve launch a little mini-site wi ...


Amrisha Prashar
19 October 2015

Phone update: OTA-7

Phone and tablet Article

The full list of Ubuntu Phone updates are provided below: Scopes Improved social media handling – support for ‘Likes’ and ‘Retweets’ Browser Add search to history view Improved context menu with options to download links Http basic auth support Gallery Support SVG format Soundcloud webapp now plays in the background Bug Fixes Fix for test ...


Maria Bonnefon
19 October 2015

Tendering with Ubuntu

Ubuntu Article

Why are companies still panic stricken about the use of Linux? When you ask the general public how they feel about Android, Chrome or Chromium, most individuals have few concerns. They tend to cite numerous reasons for choosing a preferred operating system; raving about its superior quality. However, if you ask them how they feel ...


Amrisha Prashar
16 October 2015

Origami Wily Werewolf Competition

Phone and tablet Article

In March we held a competition that asked participants to create their best version of a Unicorn Origami to celebrate our design theme for the Ubuntu Phone. With the upcoming launch of 15.10, we’d love to see your best version of Wily Werewolf using your Origami skills. The following pdf can help you design your ...


Maarten Ectors
16 October 2015

PiGlow API: one small snap for humanity…

Internet of Things Article

Victor Palau created a very nice blog post around the PiGlow. With his permission we are reproducing it here. My first steps into snappifying, I have publish a RestApi for PiGlow (glowapi 0.1.2). I though it might be a good first step and mildly useful for people wanting to set up build notifications, twitter mentions, ...


Amrisha Prashar
15 October 2015

Dell World

Desktop Article

Dell World 20th-22nd October 2015 Austin, Texas Austin Convention Center Dell World is a three day event held in Austin, Texas bringing together technology leaders and decision makers from organisations of all sizes across a variety of different industries. This fifth annual event of its kind presents a forum for businesses to showcase ho ...


Olli Ries
15 October 2015

Update on Ubuntu Phone security issue

Phone and tablet Article

A security vulnerability has been discovered on the Ubuntu Phone. We take security very seriously, and want to provide clear information as to what happened; and what steps have been taken to rectify the issue and protect against future similar incidents. At this point, we believe that the core issue has been addressed. An app ...


Canonical
15 October 2015

Quobyte joins the Charm Partner Programme

Cloud and server News

Canonical is excited to announce that Quobyte has joined the Charm Partner Programme. Canonical’s Charm Partner Programme helps solution providers make best use of Canonical’s universal service modeling tool, Juju; enabling instant workload deployment, integration, and scaling with a click of a mouse. Juju makes it easy to deliver complet ...