Blog posts written by Tytus Kurek

Tytus Kurek
4 May 2021

OpenStack Wallaby: OpenStack Charms 21.04

Article Cloud and server

OpenStack Charms 21.04 release brings native support for OpenStack Wallaby and Ceph Pacific in Canonical’s Charmed OpenStack. Those latest versions of OpenStack and Ceph come with numerous performance improvements, making the open infrastructure stack even more suitable for network and storage intensive workloads. In...

Tytus Kurek
4 May 2021

Tytus Kurek
26 April 2021

OpenStack CentOS alternatives:
7 reasons to migrate to Ubuntu

Article Cloud and server

Looking for OpenStack CentOS alternatives after recent changes in the CentOS project? Think Ubuntu – the most popular Linux distribution for OpenStack deployments across development and production environments. Wondering what makes Ubuntu different? Here are seven reasons you should consider Ubuntu when planning your...

Tytus Kurek
26 April 2021

Tytus Kurek
23 April 2021

Ubuntu Server 21.04:
What’s new?

Article Cloud and server

Ubuntu Server 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) brings significant improvements to automation and stability fronts with new extensions to the Ubuntu Server Live Installer and phased updates in the Advanced Package Tool (APT). In addition, the latest development cycle includes improved enterprise applications availability with...

Tytus Kurek
23 April 2021

Tytus Kurek
12 February 2021

OpenStack Ironic, Cinder volume replication and Glance multi-store – OpenStack Charms 21.01

Article Cloud and server

Canonical is proud to announce the availability of OpenStack Charms 21.01. This new release includes: a tech-preview version of OpenStack Ironic operators (charms), Cinder volume replication and Glance multi-store support for Charmed OpenStack. OpenStack Ironic The latest version of OpenStack Charms brings initial...

Tytus Kurek
12 February 2021

Tytus Kurek
8 February 2021

Hybrid cloud – everything you need to know

Article Cloud and server

Hybrid cloud allows businesses to optimise their costs associated with cloud infrastructure maintenance. It also brings many other benefits, such as business continuity, compliance, better scalability and improved agility. According to the Forrester Wave: Hybrid Cloud Management, Q4 2020, hybrid cloud is an essential...

Tytus Kurek
8 February 2021

Tytus Kurek
7 December 2020

SUSE OpenStack Cloud reaches the end of life

Article Cloud and server

Time passes by! A year has passed since SUSE announced its decision to discontinue SUSE OpenStack Cloud, and many enterprises are already affected. This is because SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 reaches the end of life (EOL) in late May 2021. There are 6 months left to solve this problem. So it is time to think

Tytus Kurek
7 December 2020

Tytus Kurek
4 November 2020

OpenStack Charms 20.10 – Victoria, OVN, CNTT and more

Article Cloud and server

Canonical is proud to announce the availability of OpenStack Charms 20.10. This new release introduces a range of exciting features and several improvements which enhance Charmed OpenStack. OpenStack Victoria OpenStack Charms 20.10 brings OpenStack Victoria on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (via Cloud Archive) and Ubuntu 20.10 with...

Tytus Kurek
4 November 2020

Tytus Kurek
21 October 2020

Telco cloud: what is that?

Article Telecommunications

Telco cloud or a network function virtualisation infrastructure (NFVI) is a cloud environment optimised for telco workloads. It is usually based on well-known technologies like OpenStack. Thus, in many ways, it resembles ordinary clouds. On the other hand, however, it differs from them. This is because telco workloads...

Tytus Kurek
21 October 2020

Tytus Kurek
8 October 2020

Canonical – Supermicro partnership at the NFV&MEC Plugtests 2020

Article Telecommunications

The NFV&MEC Plugtests 2020, hosted remotely during the week of June 15-19th 2020 by ETSI, offered network function virtualisation (NFV) and mobile edge computing (MEC) solution providers, hardware vendors and other companies involved in open source initiatives an opportunity to meet and assess the level of...

Tytus Kurek
8 October 2020

Tytus Kurek
14 August 2020

OpenStack Charms 20.08 – TrilioVault, Arista and more

Article Cloud and server

Canonical is proud to announce the availability of OpenStack Charms 20.08. This new release introduces a range of exciting features and several improvements which enhance Charmed OpenStack. TrilioVault backup and recovery One of the biggest enhancements brought by the OpenStack Charms 20.08 release is an addition of...

Tytus Kurek
14 August 2020

Tytus Kurek
16 June 2020

Is Ubuntu an enterprise Linux distribution?

Article Cloud and server

Is Ubuntu an enterprise Linux distribution? If you are asking, you are probably wondering if you can use Ubuntu anywhere else other than your workstation or development environment. Perhaps you are wondering whether you can implement Ubuntu in your enterprise, including production environments? If that is the case, I...

Tytus Kurek
16 June 2020

Tytus Kurek
1 June 2020

Open source software for open infrastructure

Article Cloud and server

Using open source software significantly reduces the total cost of ownership (TOC) of your IT infrastructure. Over the last few years, we’ve seen more and more companies gradually moving to open source. Our latest research conducted through The International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that 70% of businesses are...

Tytus Kurek
1 June 2020

Tytus Kurek
27 May 2020

Hybrid cloud vs multi-cloud: what is the difference?

Article Cloud and server

Hybrid cloud and multi-cloud are two exclusive terms that are often confused. While the hybrid cloud represents a model for extending private cloud infrastructure with one of the existing public clouds, a multi-cloud refers to an environment where multiple clouds are used at the same time, regardless of their type....

Tytus Kurek
27 May 2020

Tytus Kurek
18 May 2020

Managed private cloud cheaper than self-managed?

Article Cloud and server

Outsourcing private cloud operations can significantly accelerate the private cloud deployment process. Although most organisations are successful with the initial roll-out of the cloud, many struggle to operate it effectively post-deployment. This is because private cloud platforms, such as OpenStack, are known to be...

Tytus Kurek
18 May 2020