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Canonical
17 February 2016

Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition launches globally

Article Phone and tablet

Highest specification Ubuntu phone launches internationally with Meizu Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition available for pre-order during Mobile World Congress 2016 Host of new features: the fifth Ubuntu device launched by Canonical and partners in 12 months Chinese smartphone manufacturer Meizu, jointly with Canonical,...

Canonical
17 February 2016

Canonical
4 February 2016

Canonical reinvents the personal mobile computing experience

Article Phone and tablet

Ubuntu launches the first in a series of converged devices alongside European partner, BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet brings full Ubuntu experience to life Ubuntu is the only platform that runs both a mobile-based full touch interface and a true PC experience from a single smart device Canonical’s long held vision...

Canonical
4 February 2016

Canonical
3 February 2016

Juju Charmer Summit Update

Article Cloud and server

Author Tom Barber is the Technical Director of Canonical Charm Partner Meteorite Consulting. He is currently attending the Juju Charmer’s Summit in Ghent, Belgium. Juju Management Camp Day 1 Okay it’s a lie, it was really Config Management Camp, but I was really only there for one purpose. Over the years as a small

Canonical
3 February 2016

Canonical
31 January 2016

Nodes Networking: Deploying OpenStack on MAAS 1.9+ with Juju

Article Cloud and server

This is part 4 of my ongoing “Deploying OpenStack on MAAS 1.9+ with Juju” series. The last post, MAAS Setup: Deploying OpenStack on MAAS 1.9+ with Juju, described the steps to deploy MAAS 1.9 itself and configure it with the fabrics, subnets, and VLANs we need to deploy OpenStack. In this post we’ll finish the MAAS...

Canonical
31 January 2016

Canonical
27 January 2016

Canonical teams with Oracle to drive enterprise cloud adoption

Article Cloud and server

Collaboration to drive innovation and flexibility into enterprise cloud deployments Ubuntu Certified Images now available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace Running development and production on Ubuntu can remove migration and engineering costs Canonical today announced that it is working with Oracle to provide enterprises...

Canonical
27 January 2016

Canonical
22 January 2016

Hardware Setup: Deploying OpenStack on MAAS 1.9+ with Juju

Article Ubuntu

This is part 2 of my new “Deploying OpenStack on MAAS 1.9+ with Juju” series, and it follows up on my last week’s post Introduction: Deploying OpenStack on MAAS 1.9+ with Juju. In this post I’m going to explain the steps I used to configure the actual hardware – physical networking and wiring needed before

Canonical
22 January 2016

Canonical
21 January 2016

Introduction: Deploying OpenStack on MAAS 1.9+ with Juju

Article Cloud and server

In the past months our Juju Core Sapphire team has been working on the design, planning, and implementation of a set of extended networking features for Juju 1.25 and the upcoming (January 2016) 1.26 releases. The main focus is enabling users of Juju to have a finer-grained control over how their services are deployed on

Canonical
21 January 2016

Canonical
13 January 2016

AT&T selects Ubuntu for cloud and enterprise applications

News Cloud and server

AT&T has selected Canonical to be part of its effort to drive innovation in the network and cloud. Canonical will provide the Ubuntu OS and engineering support for AT&T’s cloud, network and enterprise applications. AT&T chose Ubuntu based on its demonstrated innovation, and performance as the leading platform for...

Canonical
13 January 2016

Canonical
6 January 2016

New Year, New Data

Article Cloud and server

Happy New Year, everybody! I hope everyone had a chance to take a break over the holiday season. At Canonical, we generally take a break the last week of the year. It gave me a chance to catch up on some shows I’d recorded to watch later. Upon returning to our duties this week, we

Canonical
6 January 2016

Canonical
16 December 2015

Resolving Big Data in the New Year

Article Cloud and server

It’s probably best to have your New Year’s resolutions planned before January 1st is actually here. I started talking about this a few days ago with my friends. I have a few things in mind, one is to ride a century ride on my bike this year (that’s 100 miles or 160km). Another is to

Canonical
16 December 2015

Canonical
15 December 2015

WANdisco joins the Charm Partner Programme

News Cloud and server

Canonical is excited to announce that WANdisco has joined the Charm Partner Programme (CPP). Canonical’s CPP helps solution providers get the best use of Canonical’s universal service modeling tool, Juju, enabling instant workload deployment, integration and scaling with a click of a mouse. The Juju Charm Store has over...

Canonical
15 December 2015

Canonical
14 December 2015

Ubuntu is about people

Article Cloud and server

Ubuntu has been around for just over a decade. That’s a long time for a project built around a field that evolves at such a rapid pace as computing. And not just any computing –software made for (and by) human beings, who have also inevitably grown and evolved with Ubuntu.Over the years, Ubuntu has changed and has lead...

Canonical
14 December 2015

Canonical
9 December 2015

Capturing the real IoT market, Telcos taking a data first approach

Article Cloud and server

I recently read on a Wall Street Journal blog that IDC says the IoT market is supposed to reach $1.7 Trillion by 2020. Let’s be clear here, not 1.7 BILLION, but 1.7 TRILLION US Dollars. At Canonical, we’re feverishly working to help our telco and service provider partners best monetize themselves in that burgeoning space.

Canonical
9 December 2015

Canonical
2 December 2015

6WIND Partners with Canonical to Accelerate Ubuntu Cloud Networking

News Cloud and server

6WIND to Integrate Virtual Accelerator with Juju 6WIND, a high-performance networking software company, today announced it will work with Canonical to help customers accelerate cloud networking on Ubuntu. 6WIND Virtual Accelerator™ has been validated on Canonical’s Ubuntu platform and both companies are working together...

Canonical
2 December 2015