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Michael C. Jaeger
15 December 2022

Repatriation to reduce public cloud spend – easier said than done?

Article Cloud and server

Repatriation in cloud computing refers to moving workloads from the public cloud to on-premise infrastructure. Sarah Wang and Martin Casado from Andreessen Horowitz have written one of the most popular articles about repatriation: they explain the motivation with the significant cost savings possible. For software-based...

Michael C. Jaeger
15 December 2022


Michael C. Jaeger
8 December 2022

Application migration: best practices for success

Article Cloud and server

Large enterprises usually have more than 1,000 systems running. Even smaller organisations may have hundreds of applications in their public cloud spaces or on their servers. In this world of IT systems, application migrations are common for the following reasons: At some point, software reaches its end of life and is...

Michael C. Jaeger
8 December 2022


Miona Aleksic
29 November 2022

VMware to open source: what do you need to consider?

Article Cloud and server

Read on for some of the most important considerations when thinking about migrating from VMware to Ubuntu-based open-source infrastructure.

Miona Aleksic
29 November 2022


Andreea Munteanu
11 November 2022

Rencontrez Canonical à Cloud Expo Europe Paris 2022

Article Apps

Le salon leader de Londres, Paris, Francfort et Singapour ouvrira ses portes aux leaders du business tech à Paris les 16 & 17 novembre 2022. Retrouvez Canonical au stand F42, Hall 3 pour tout savoir sur nos technologies cloud, y compris les services et applications cloud, ainsi que les services multi-cloud et infogéré....

Andreea Munteanu
11 November 2022


Philip Williams
10 November 2022

What is object storage?

Article Ceph

Object storage is a type of storage where data is manipulated as distinct units. It has accompanied the cloud computing revolution, with S3 (Simple Storage Service) being the very first AWS service. The API for which later turned into the industry standard for the majority of object stores. Object stores have a very...

Philip Williams
10 November 2022


Canonical
9 November 2022

Azure pricing explained

Article Cloud and server

Have you ever wondered how Azure pricing actually works? So, you’ve decided to use Azure as your primary cloud platform and want to calculate your infrastructure costs. You estimate them based on listed prices, and rest assured that your startup/project will meet its budget. And then, suddenly, at the end of the month,...

Canonical
9 November 2022


Canonical
3 November 2022

How GCP pricing works

Article Cloud and server

Have you ever wondered how GCP pricing actually works? If you’re embarking on a new project and evaluating public clouds, the cost involved will be one of your main considerations.  You might decide to use Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as your primary cloud platform. If so, you’ll want to estimate costs based on listed prices.

Canonical
3 November 2022


Wajeeha Hamid
1 November 2022

Public cloud for telco – Part 3: Microsoft Azure

Article Cloud and server

This is the third blog from a series focusing on how public clouds meet telecommunication operators’ business demands. In the previous two blogs, we talked about how Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform have enabled telcos to run critical workloads on public clouds. In this last part of our series, you’ll...

Wajeeha Hamid
1 November 2022


Canonical
27 October 2022

Understanding AWS pricing

Article Cloud and server

Have you ever wondered how AWS pricing actually works? You launch a startup or a new project in your organisation. You decide to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) as your primary cloud platform. You estimate costs based on listed prices, and rest assured that your startup/project will meet its budget. However the actual bill does

Canonical
27 October 2022


Michael C. Jaeger
25 October 2022

Participate in the Kubernetes and Cloud Native Operations Survey 2023

Article Charms

Canonical has conducted surveys about Kubernetes and Cloud Native Operations in the past two years. As a member of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and an active part of the community, we contribute the anonymised results back, along with our analyses and the insights of industry experts. Everyone can submit...

Michael C. Jaeger
25 October 2022


Shunde Zhang
21 October 2022

Integrating Charmed Kubernetes with AWS via OIDC

Article Cloud and server

Canonical’s Charmed Kubernetes is a suite of open-source Kubernetes software bundled with many addons, including CNIs, CSIs, monitoring tools and cloud integrations. As Juju supports AWS, Charmed Kubernetes can be deployed and run on AWS seamlessly. In fact, many of our customers run their Charmed Kubernetes on AWS for...

Shunde Zhang
21 October 2022


Bill Wear
20 October 2022

Join our Ubuntu circle

Article Canonical announcements

The Ubuntu circle: We are because you are The MAAS 3.3 Beta 1 release is out.  You should take a look. Normally, a blog like this would wait for the final release.  And that blog will still happen, later, but this feels like a watershed moment: There are some significant new features, including better search

Bill Wear
20 October 2022


Rajan Patel
20 October 2022

Landscape beta: test the Landscape Server migration to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Article Cloud and server

The new Landscape beta makes it easier than ever to administer your entire Ubuntu estate across any architecture, from amd64, riscv, to arm64. Landscape beta’s charms have been rewritten in Juju’s new operator framework, and offer high availability in 3 simple steps.

Rajan Patel
20 October 2022


Canonical
20 October 2022

Canonical releases Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu

Article Cloud and server

Ubuntu 22.10 improves the experience of IT administrators and enterprise developers with a particular focus on the IoT ecosystem.

Canonical
20 October 2022