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Jorge O. Castro
23 February 2016

Juju Charmer Summit: Design For Success

Ubuntu Article

This talk from Juju Charmer Summit 2015 provides a comprehensive introduction to the pieces that make Juju magic happen. We recommend that anyone interested in writing Charms or the process of charming watch this talk as, like Juju itself, it distills best practices into a repeatable formula for success. Topics covered in this video inclu ...


Mark Baker
23 February 2016

Stop what you are doing and complete the OpenStack User Survey now

Cloud and server Article

The OpenStack user survey is a key input into many decisions that are made in the OpenStack community: it helps determine which projects are prioritised by the Product Working Group and as well as shaping distributions like Ubuntu OpenStack.  So if you haven’d completed it please do so today: https://www.openstack.org/user-survey/survey-2 ...


Maarten Ectors
23 February 2016

The Internet of Scary Things – #IoScaryT

Ubuntu Article

Your broadband modem is likely vulnerable to critical security bugs that allow hackers to remotely control it and you are at their mercy because your telecom operator is not going to do anything about it. Imagine a connected world with billions of things that are insecure. What should you do? Last Thursday a critical GNU ...


Canonical
23 February 2016

Mobile World Congress 2016, Day 1 Recap

Cloud and server Article

Bhaskar Gorti, President, Applications and Analytics at Nokia discusses Service Modeling and NFV deploymentThis is my first Mobile World Congress (MWC), and I have to say, the event is truly huge. Canonical is here demonstrating converged mobile/desktop technology, IoT drones and robots, top of rack switch integration on Snappy Ubuntu Cor ...


Thibaut Rouffineau
23 February 2016

SoDeRa: First app-enabled open-source software-defined base stations

Internet of Things News

The telecom industry is seeing its revenues from calls and SMS being attacked by over the top players like Facebook and Google. At the same time they are asked to invest in more and faster networks. What the telecom world needs are solutions to reduce costs, reduce complexity, roll-out new solutions faster and most importantly ...


John Zannos
22 February 2016

Canonical becomes founding member of Open Source MANO (OSM) group

Cloud and server Article

Earlier today, Telefonica announced the creation of the Open Source MANO (OSM) group and I am delighted to say that Canonical is one of the eight founding members of this community. A total of 23 Service Providers and Solution Vendors will work together to focus on delivering an open source Management and Orchestration (MANO) stack ...


Canonical
22 February 2016

Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition is now available to pre-order

Phone and tablet Article

The most powerful Ubuntu phone was just announced last week, Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu edition is now available to pre-order from Meizu retailing at USD$369.99 The Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition will be showcased for the very first time at Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona, drop by the Ubuntu stand in Hall 3 (booth 3J30) ...


John Zannos
22 February 2016

Canonical’s VNF PIL for NFV scale out architectures

Cloud and server Article

Co-authored by Nic Lemieux, Artur Tyloch and John Zannos The promise of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is to supply Service Providers a way to create and deliver new services faster. With this promise comes new complexity. Earlier today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Canonical announced the first VNF Performance Interoperab ...


Canonical
22 February 2016

Canonical creates first VNF Performance Interoperability Lab (V-PIL)

Cloud and server News

Canonical announces the creation of the first VNF Performance Interoperability Lab for scale out infrastructure Enables service providers to rigorously test their VNF performance and interoperability before deploying in live network architecture Dramatic reduction in cost and time for deploying new services Affirmed, Metaswitch and GENBAN ...


Ellen Arnold
21 February 2016

Charm Partner Programme

Ubuntu Article

If you’re an ISV focused on the cloud or big data, you’ll know how difficult it can sometimes be for your customers to realise the full value of your software. Juju, the award-winning application modelling tool from Canonical, automates and accelerates the deployment, scaling and integration of distributed applications in virtually any pu ...


Canonical
19 February 2016

MWC stand: behind the scenes (part 3)

Ubuntu Featured

It’s day 3 and the stand is nearing completion. The funky lights have been fitted, the meeting rooms have curvaceous walls inspired by the Ubuntu shape, and the cloud and phone demo pods are ready to rock some products for you to try. Stay tuned tomorrow for some final pictures of behind the scenes at MWC! One ...