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Canonical
23 March 2017

Huawei and Canonical integrate OpenStack and CloudFabric

Canonical announcements News

Huawei Extends its Cooperation with Canonical with the Integration of CloudFabric Data Center Network Solution and Ubuntu Cloud Solutions Hannover, Germany, March 23, 2017 – Huawei and Canonical today announced they are expanding their cooperation in enterprise and telecom clouds to announce that they have completed the integration of Clo ...


Canonical
23 March 2017

Out of date software leaves you vulnerable

Internet of Things Article

Two weeks ago, Der Spiegel wrote an article highlighting that out of date software on private clouds was leaving government and political party information vulnerable to being hacked. Given that political organisations being targeted is currently such a hot topic, it is somewhat of a surprise how widespread this issue appears to be. After ...


Canonical
22 March 2017

Webinar: How to ensure the ongoing security compliance of Ubuntu 12.04

Cloud and server Webinar

Many enterprises still run Ubuntu 12.04 LTS but updates will end soon. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS users are encouraged to upgrade to 14.04 LTS or 16.04 LTS. For some this is easy but for others, particularly for larger deployments, upgrading can be complex. Watch this on-webinar to learn: How Ubuntu 12.04 LTS users will be impacted ...


Kyle Fazzari
22 March 2017

Distributing a ROS system among multiple snaps

Internet of Things Article

One of the key tenets of snaps is that they bundle their dependencies. The fact that they’re self-contained helps their transactional-ness: upgrading or rolling back is essentially just a matter of unmounting one snap and mounting the other. However, historically this was also one of their key downsides: every snap must be standalone. For ...


Guest
21 March 2017

When products and digital signage speak the same language

Internet of Things Article

This is a guest post by Dominique Guinard, Co-founder & CTO at EVRYTHNG. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com Digital signage is booming. From stores to offices and public buildings, screens are now commonplace. This is a domain our partner Screenly masters, managing 10,000 screens and ...


Thibaut Rouffineau
20 March 2017

Three flaws at the heart of IoT security

Internet of Things Article

This blog has been syndicated from SCMagazine UK, contributed by Thibaut Rouffineau – head of devices marketing. According to the latest estimates by Gartner, the total number of connected devices will reach 6.4 billion by the end of this year. From connected homes, to autonomous vehicles, to futuristic smartdust, the Internet of Things h ...


Canonical
16 March 2017

The Orange Pi community gets a snap store

Internet of Things News

Shenzhen Xunlong Software partners with Canonical to build the Orange Pi App Store Developers can distribute their applications packaged as snaps to Orange Pi owners Hackers and tinkerers can install complex IoT and server projects in seconds Shenzhen Xunlong Software benefits from the existing snap community through the branded store off ...


Tom Callway
16 March 2017

Webinar: Learn the secrets to innovative and scalable VNF deployment

Cloud and server Webinar

Experts from Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, and Fraunhofer FOKUS explain how Open Baton, an open source, carrier-grade NFV Management and Orchestration (MANO) platform can integrate with Canonical’s Juju to easily deploy scalable VNF services. If you’re a service provider interested in understanding the state-of-the-art for orchest ...


Canonical
14 March 2017

NXP and Canonical to demo Ubuntu Core on the LS1043A at Embedded World

Internet of Things News

The LS1043A, NXP’s quad-core ARM 64bit-powered SoC, is built for embedded networking and IoT Gateways with high throughput needs. Ubuntu Core is a versatile operating system for IoT and networking equipment based on snaps, the cross-platform Linux package format. Device manufacturers can use snaps and branded stores to quickly go from dev ...


Canonical
14 March 2017

Introducing Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Extended Security Maintenance)

Canonical announcements Article

  Canonical announced the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) release almost 5 years ago, on April 26, 2012. As with all LTS releases, Canonical has provided ongoing security patches and bug fixes for a period of 5 years. The Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Long Term Support) period will end on Friday, April 28, 2017. Following the end-of-life of Ubunt ...


Maarten Ectors
13 March 2017

The smart multi-personality vending machine

Internet of Things Article

This vending machine is unlike you have seen before. It is a telecom operator in a box. Minutes later it cures the chronic ill via an Uber for Doctors and saves public health care billions. Sell you a house. Be your bank. Anything is possible.   The vending machine we displayed at MWC 2017 was ...