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Guest
17 January 2017

Mir: 2016 end of year review

Desktop Article

This is a guest post by Alan Griffiths, Software engineer at Canonical. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com 2016 was a good year for Mir – it is being used in more places, it has more and better upstream support and it is easier to use by downstream projects. ...


Guest
13 January 2017

Welcome the new Ubuntu-based Precision line-up

Desktop Article

This is a guest post by Barton George from Dell. If you would like to contribute a guest post, please contact ubuntu-devices@canonical.com Today I am excited to announce the next generation of our Ubuntu-based Precision mobile workstation line. Not only have we revamped the current line-up but we have also added the Precision 5720 All-in- ...


David Callé
9 January 2017

How to snap: introducing classic confinement

Desktop Article

Last Thursday, January 5, the snapd team was delighted to announce a new release of snapd (2.20), the daemon that enables systems to work with snaps and provides the snap command. It’s time we take a look at the most prominent feature of this release: classic confinement. A new relaxed security policy for snaps, aimed at ...


Amrisha Prashar
5 January 2017

Interested in joining us at MWC?

Desktop Article

Mobile World Congress is round the corner! We’ll be in Hall P3 and can’t wait to see those of you that can make it there. So we’re giving away tickets! Instead of us telling you what we’re excited about, we want to hear from you. In one tweet, tell us a cool story about what ...


Amrisha Prashar
5 January 2017

IoT predictions for 2017

Internet of Things Article

Big movements took place in the space of IoT last year from voice-controlled home assistants to block chain solutions. As we enter 2017, Maarten Ectors has put together predictions across the IoT ecosystem that will shape the way industries interact with the online world. We saw big movements in the space of IoT last year ...


Amrisha Prashar
5 January 2017

10 desktop snaps written in December

Desktop Article

It’s that time of the month! Evan Dandrea put together a selection of top ten snaps written in December. To recap for those of you that may not know, snaps are a new way for developers to package their apps, bringing with it many advantages over the more traditional package formats such as .deb, .rpm, ...


Tom Callway
4 January 2017

Join our OpenStack and Containers Office Hours

Cloud and server Article

Sign-up for a 1 hour web session with an expert from Canonical Starting in 2017, we will be running a series of ‘Office Hours’ online sessions to help community members and customers deploy, manage and scale their Ubuntu-based cloud infrastructure. Upcoming sessions New sessions will be announced soon, stay tuned! What’s covered? These in ...


Mark Baker
3 January 2017

What IT directors should know about the economics of OpenStack

Cloud and server Article

The world of business technology is under tremendous pressure and most organizations are ill-equipped to deal with the challenges and opportunities that are arising. Software as a Service, big data, cloud, scale-out, containers, OpenStack, and microservices are not just buzz-words, they are disrupting traditional business models. Further, ...


Inayaili de León Persson
1 January 2017

December’s reading list

Ubuntu Notes

We hope everyone has had a great start to the year and fun holiday season. Here are the best links shared by the design team during the last month of 2016: Creating a Weekly Research Cadence We’ve updated the radios and checkboxes on GOV.UK A new algorithm for finding a visual center of a polygon ...


April Wang
22 December 2016

The 4th China Mobile Global Partner Conference Forum

Internet of Things Article

China Mobile units 24 industry leaders forming the Digital Home Cooperation Alliance Canonical attends the partner conference and becomes a member of the alliance The 4th China Mobile Global Partner Conference took place on the 18th December 2016 at the 17,000 square meters Pazhou Poly Plaza in Guangzhou, this four-day event is themed as ...


James Donner
21 December 2016

Cloud Chatter- December 2016

Cloud and server Article

Welcome to our final cloud news round-up for 2016. In this issue, you’ll find details of our upcoming OpenStack and Containers office hours sessions and you can take a look at our latest webinar exploring OpenStack clouds on hyperconverged architecture. Read how Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is our most secure distribution yet; and how Canonical’s Dis ...