Canonical Blog

Andreea Munteanu
30 January 2024

AI on-prem: what should you know?

Cloud and server Article

Organisations are reshaping their digital strategies, and AI is at the heart of these changes, with many projects now ready to run in production. Enterprises often start these AI projects on the public cloud because of the ability to minimise the hardware burden. However, as initiatives scale, organisations often look to migrate the workl ...

Serdar Vural
26 January 2024

Meet Canonical at Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2024

Ubuntu Article

The world’s largest and most influential telecommunications exhibition event, Mobile World Congress (MWC), is taking place in Barcelona on 26-29 February 2024. Canonical is excited to join this important annual event once again and meet the telecom industry. Telecommunications is a key sector for Canonical. We offer solutions for private ...

Edoardo Barbieri
25 January 2024

Real-time Linux vs RTOS – Part I

Internet of Things Article

Discover Real-time with our latest whitepaper: A CTO’s Guide to Real-time Linux Welcome to this two-part blog series on Linux vs RTOS (Real-time Operating System). This series will explain the differences between achieving real-time requirements with a Linux kernel and doing the same with an RTOS. Part I will explain the basics behind a r ...

Hasmik Zmoyan
25 January 2024

Ubuntu AI podcast: AI for day-to-day tasks

AI Ubuntu

Welcome to Ubuntu AI podcast, where we talk about AI with the industry leaders. This episode was recorded in Riga, during the Ubuntu Summit 2023. We’re talking about the implementation of AI solutions for day-to-day tasks with the CEO of Nextcloud Frank Karlitschek. AI usage in Nextcloud We are talking about the AI usage at ...

Igor Ljubuncic
24 January 2024

Canonical’s recipe for High Performance Computing

HPC HPC

In essence, High Performance Computing (HPC) is quite simple. Speed and scale. In practice, the concept is quite complex and hard to achieve. It is not dissimilar to what happens when you go from a regular car to a supercar or a hypercar – the challenges and problems you encounter at 100 km/h are vastly ...

Bill Wear
23 January 2024

The kernel of open source: community

Community Article

It’s easy to see commits as the be-all and end-all of open source. They aren’t. This isn’t your run-of-the-mill post. I’ll come right to the point. It’s time to chmod some perspectives about life, the universe, and everything, at least in the realm of open source. The thesis? Viewing your fellow devs as comrades isn’t ...

Holly Hall
15 January 2024

Managing software in complex network environments: the Snap Store Proxy

Internet of Things Article

As enterprises grapple with the evolving landscape of security threats, the need to safeguard internal networks from the broader internet is increasingly important. In environments with restricted internet access, it can be difficult to manage software updates in an easy, reliable way. When managing devices in the field, change management ...

Tytus Kurek
12 January 2024

Cloud-native infrastructure – When the future meets the present

Cloud and server Article

We’ve all heard about cloud-native applications in recent years, but what about cloud-native infrastructure? Is there any reason why the infrastructure couldn’t be cloud-native, too? Or maybe it’s already cloud-native, but you’ve never had a chance to dive deep into the stack to check it out? What does the term “cloud-native infrastructur ...

Igor Ljubuncic
10 January 2024

High Performance Computing – It’s all about the bottleneck

HPC Article

The term High Performance Computing, HPC, evokes a lot of powerful emotions whenever mentioned. Even people who do not necessarily have vocational knowledge of hardware and software will have an inkling of understanding of what it’s all about; HPC solves problems at speed and scale that cannot be achieved with standard, traditional comput ...

Tytus Kurek
10 January 2024

What is sovereign cloud?

Cloud and server Article

In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing, the concept of a sovereign cloud has recently emerged in response to data management challenges. As governments increasingly recognise the importance of safeguarding their data, ensuring compliance with local regulations, and asserting digital autonomy, sovereign cloud solutions have gain ...

Michael C. Jaeger
9 January 2024

Understanding roles in software operators

Charms Article

In today’s blog we take a closer look at roles – the key elements that make up the design pattern – and how they work together to simplify maintaining application infrastructure. ...