Thibaut Rouffineau

Thibaut Rouffineau

34 posts

VP Marketing at Canonical

Technologist, marketer and entrepreneur. On a constant mission to make things happen.

Thibaut Rouffineau
27 March 2017

Putting Ubuntu in embedded

Article Internet of Things

This year Canonical joined Embedded World 2017 for the first time with a booth. And the initial reaction from anyone visiting the booth was one of surprise quickly followed by the question: ‘Ubuntu is what I run on my desktop, not on my embedded systems. Why is Ubuntu at an embedded show?’ First of all

Thibaut Rouffineau
27 March 2017

Thibaut Rouffineau
20 March 2017

Three flaws at the heart of IoT security

Article Internet of Things

This blog has been syndicated from SCMagazine UK, contributed by Thibaut Rouffineau – head of devices marketing. According to the latest estimates by Gartner, the total number of connected devices will reach 6.4 billion by the end of this year. From connected homes, to autonomous vehicles, to futuristic smartdust, the...

Thibaut Rouffineau
20 March 2017

Thibaut Rouffineau
15 December 2016

Research: Consumers are terrible at updating their connected devices

Article Internet of Things

Many developers and manufacturers of IoT connected devices will know that consumers are bad at updating the firmware on their connected devices, and that this fact is at the heart of many of the IoT’s security vulnerabilities. But what they might not know is just how bad. Ubuntu recently surveyed 2000 consumers to...

Thibaut Rouffineau
15 December 2016

Thibaut Rouffineau
26 September 2016

Canonical joins Linaro and co-founds LITE project

Article Internet of Things

Canonical joins Linaro as one of the founding members of the LITE project, fostering collaboration and interoperability in the  IoT and embedded space. “Linaro the collaborative engineering organization developing open source software for the ARM® architecture, today announced the launch of the Linaro IoT and Embedded...

Thibaut Rouffineau
26 September 2016

Thibaut Rouffineau
22 September 2016

Rocket.chat, a new snap is landing on your Nextcloud Box and beyond

Article Internet of Things

Last week Nextcloud, Western Digital and Canonical launched the Nextcloud box, a simple box powered by a Raspberry Pi to easily build a private cloud storage service at home . With the Nextcloud box, you are already securely sharing files with your colleagues, friends, and/or family. The team at Rocket.chat has been...

Thibaut Rouffineau
22 September 2016

Thibaut Rouffineau
16 September 2016

Nextcloud Box – a private cloud and IoT solution for home users

News Internet of Things

Companies launch Raspberry Pi-based device to enable consumers greater control over their data Stuttgart, Germany – September 16, 2016 – Nextcloud, Canonical and WDLabs, are today launching the Nextcloud Box, a secure, private, self-hosted cloud and Internet of Things (IoT) platform giving consumers a way to take back...

Thibaut Rouffineau
16 September 2016

Thibaut Rouffineau
7 September 2016

Welcoming the Parrot S.L.A.M.dunk: the new drone development kit

Article Internet of Things

Parrot collaborates with Canonical to launch the Parrot S.L.A.M.dunk, a new development kit for the creation of autonomous and obstacle avoidance drones and robots. Powered by Ubuntu and ROS (Robot Operating System), it gives developers a familiar environment to prototype solutions such as autonomous driving, 3D...

Thibaut Rouffineau
7 September 2016

Thibaut Rouffineau
31 May 2016

Snaps on NAS: IOT apps for your private network

Article Desktop

QNAP selects snaps and Ubuntu to bring IOT apps to its NAS On Friday QNAP announced that they were adopting snaps as the application format of choice for their NAS going forward. Behind this decision are two factors, the ease of development of snaps and the universality of snaps, especially to create IoT applications. NAS

Thibaut Rouffineau
31 May 2016

Thibaut Rouffineau
18 May 2016

Digital signage solution Screenly chooses Canonical’s Ubuntu Core

News Internet of Things

Increased security, reliability and ease of use, now available on Raspberry Pi May 18, 2016, London. Today Screenly, the most popular digital signage solution for the Raspberry Pi, and Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, the world’s most popular open-source platform, jointly announce a partnership to build Screenly on...

Thibaut Rouffineau
18 May 2016

Thibaut Rouffineau
16 May 2016

Ubuntu Core sees the light on NXP/Freescale i.MX 6 and HiKey

Article Internet of Things

This week the worlds of open source and embedded development are all gathering in Austin for OSCON and the NXP FTF. This is the opportunity for Canonical to showcase the progresses done with Ubuntu Core, a slimmed down version of Ubuntu built for IoT. In a week full of talks of open source communities, Linux,

Thibaut Rouffineau
16 May 2016

Thibaut Rouffineau
5 May 2016

Ubuntu Core now available for Samsung ARTIK 5 and 10

Article Internet of Things

If you have been waiting to try Ubuntu Core on the Samsung ARTIK 5 or 10… the wait is over! Developer images for the 2 boards are now available from developer.ubuntu.com . This image gives access to a number of the Samsung ARTIK functionalities, Bluetooth, wifi, and gives developer a powerful platform to build their

Thibaut Rouffineau
5 May 2016

Thibaut Rouffineau
26 April 2016

Samsung Developer Conference 2016

Article Internet of Things

It’s arrived! Samsung’s big yearly developer event kicks off from April 27th – 28th in SF. A place where developers, creators and builders alike come together to discuss the latest technologies and future innovations. This year, IOT will be one of the big focuses, especially around smart home and ARTIK – their new chipset for

Thibaut Rouffineau
26 April 2016

Thibaut Rouffineau
2 March 2016

Intel and Canonical continue to build large IoT gateway ecosystems

Article Internet of Things

Over the past year Intel and Canonical (the company behind Ubuntu) have been working together to launch a number of new devices in the IoT space. In less than 9 months we have successfully brought to market a number of IoT gateways and reference designs, which have captured the attention of a number of product managers

Thibaut Rouffineau
2 March 2016

Thibaut Rouffineau
23 February 2016

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

News Internet of Things

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

Thibaut Rouffineau
23 February 2016

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