Blog posts written by Canonical

Canonical
22 March 2017

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

Webinar Cloud and server

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

Canonical
22 March 2017

Canonical
16 March 2017

The Orange Pi community gets a snap store

News Internet of Things

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...

Canonical
16 March 2017

Canonical
14 March 2017

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

News Internet of Things

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...

Canonical
14 March 2017

Introducing Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Extended Security Maintenance)

Article Canonical announcements

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...

Canonical
14 March 2017

Canonical
9 March 2017

Mobile World Congress 2017. One for the records – bigger and better!

Article Internet of Things

Mobile World Congress was one for the record books! For starters, we blew-out last year’s number of visitors to Canonical’s Ubuntu booth. The mixture was consumer targeting businesses looking for device/mobility updates, IoT advances, and innovation around artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality. On the other...

Canonical
9 March 2017

Canonical
2 March 2017

Mobile World Congress 2017: day four recap

Article Cloud and server

Today was the final day for Mobile World Congress 2017. It has been a long, hectic, but exciting week. For starters, we had a record number of visitors to Canonical’s Ubuntu booth. The mixture was consumer targeting businesses looking for device updates, IoT advances, and innovation around artificial intelligence (AI)...

Canonical
2 March 2017

Bare metal server provisioning series: the economics of automation

Article Cloud and server

This is the first in a series of blogs posts discussing the value of bare metal server provisioning and the economics it can bring to businesses. The server industry is becoming more and more automated. Robots are helping to deploy servers and clouds that are moving away from large racks of blades and hardware managed

Canonical
2 March 2017

Canonical
1 March 2017

Mobile World Congress 2017: day 3 recap

Article Cloud and server

With day three coming-and-going, it is clear the telecoms are going to come under more and more pressure to change their business models not to just thrive, but survive. The biggest threat to today’s telecom service providers are public cloud. Firms like Amazon, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud have become the supply...

Canonical
1 March 2017

DevOps for netOps

Article Cloud and server

Increasing operational efficiency by managing switches like servers Historically, datacenter switch and network infrastructure has been staged and managed using network specific tooling that required separate teams with their own knowledge base. By disaggregating the network and using standard server management...

Canonical
1 March 2017

Mobile World Congress 2017: day two recap

Article Canonical announcements

One of the overarching themes of day two at MWC has been how software can help telecom service providers to improve operational IT efficiencies – i.e. improved automation and reduced human interaction. For telecom service providers, the problem is not building a cloud, rather operating and maintaining it once...

Canonical
1 March 2017

Canonical
28 February 2017

Canonical wins Orange Award for Converged Computing at MWC 17

Article Phone and tablet

BARCELONA, Spain – February 28, 2017 – Canonical announced today it was awarded the Orange Outstanding achievement for converged computing & digital openness at the Orange Device Partner Awards ceremony. With 25 awards over four categories, the Orange Device Partner Awards celebrates the 10th anniversary of the...

Canonical
28 February 2017

Canonical
27 February 2017

Mobile World Congress 2017: day one recap

Article Cloud and server

It’s the last week of February and that can only mean one thing, Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain. This event, unlike other mega shows, has stood the test of time and has maintained its title as the premier telecom, device, and Internet of Things (IoT) conference in the world. For the past several

Canonical
27 February 2017

The Dell Edge Gateway 3000 launches with Ubuntu Core 16

Article Internet of Things

See the small Dell Edge Gateway 3000 with Ubuntu Core at the Ubuntu booth at MWC 2017 – Hall P3 3K1 Dell Technologies is today announcing the new Dell Edge Gateway 3000 series, at Mobile World Congress 2017. The latest in the line of its purpose built gateways, the 3000 Series includes three unique models

Canonical
27 February 2017

Canonical
23 February 2017

Technologic Systems Inc. brings Ubuntu Core to the i.MX6 based TS-4900

Article Internet of Things

Ubuntu Core and the TS-4900 makes for one the most secure, easy to manage, and flexible i.MX6 powered boards on the market The TS-4900 with Ubuntu Core will be on the Ubuntu Booth in Hall P3 – 3K31 at Mobile World Congress 2017 London, UK and Fountain Hills, AZ – 23 February 2017 : Today,

Canonical
23 February 2017