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All you need to know about designing, building, and managing your
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Tytus Kurek
9 August 2023

What is virtualization? A beginner’s guide

Article Cloud and server

While information technology continues to evolve rapidly, virtualization remains a cornerstone of modern computing, enabling businesses to maximise resource utilisation, enhance flexibility, and reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO). It is a key building block of the cloud computing paradigm, and millions of...

Tytus Kurek
9 August 2023


Jehudi
8 August 2023

Announcing In-Place Upgrade from Ubuntu Server to Ubuntu Pro on Azure

Article Cloud and server

Seamlessly upgrade from Ubuntu Server to Ubuntu Pro on Azure without downtime. Explore advanced security, compliance, and long-term support features. Enhance your enterprise functionality and optimize your cloud journey with Ubuntu Pro.

Jehudi
8 August 2023


Oliver Smith
7 August 2023

Making a move: How migrating to Ubuntu saved a life insurance company 60% in costs

Article Cloud and server

Tech Mahindra details how their partnership with Canonical enabled them to shift the balance for a major Fortune 500 life insurance company.

Oliver Smith
7 August 2023


Philip Williams
2 August 2023

Meet the Canonical team at stackconf 2023

Article Cloud and server

Date: 13-14 September,  2023 Location: Berlin, Germany Join us for stackconf at the NH Hotel Alexanderplatz to learn about the latest developments in open source technology.  Find out how to accelerate your development and deployment cycles, and how to make your operations more robust and efficient with mature...

Philip Williams
2 August 2023


Jehudi
1 August 2023

Enhancing the Ubuntu Experience on Azure: Introducing Ubuntu Pro Updates Awareness

Article Cloud and server

Canonical integrates Ubuntu Pro update awareness into Azure, highlighting additional updates including extended security maintenance for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This feature helps identify Ubuntu instances lacking security updates, offering a solution through Ubuntu Pro subscription, enhancing the security of Ubuntu on Azure.

Jehudi
1 August 2023


Felipe Vanni
27 July 2023

University of Alabama at Birmingham accelerates research with Canonical and Dell

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The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is an internationally renowned public research university and academic medical centre that has more than 22,000 students enrolled, and 24,000 faculty members. UAB generates $12.1 billion in annual economic impact within the State of Alabama. UAB is committed to empowering...

Felipe Vanni
27 July 2023


Hugo Huang
21 July 2023

Start your SEV VMs on Google Cloud

Article Cloud and server

SEV is a new security feature that is available on AMD’s EPYC processors. It stands for Secure Encrypted Virtualization Secure Nested Pages. SEV provides a new level of protection for firmware by encrypting the memory pages that contain the firmware code. This makes it much more difficult for attackers to gain access to...

Hugo Huang
21 July 2023


Alex Murray
20 July 2023

Securing open source through CVE prioritisation

Article Cloud and server

According to a recent study, 96% of applications in the enterprise market use open-source software. As the open source landscape becomes more and more fragmented, the task to assess the impact of potential security vulnerabilities for an organisation can become overwhelming. Ubuntu is known as one of the most secure...

Alex Murray
20 July 2023


Lukas Märdian
18 July 2023

A declarative approach to Linux networking with Netplan

Server Cloud and server

Learn how Netplan simplifies Linux networking by providing a common interface across a range of technology stacks to enable easier administration.

Lukas Märdian
18 July 2023


Hugo Huang
14 July 2023

Ubuntu Pro is now available on Arm VMs on Google Cloud

Article Cloud and server

We are happy to announce that Ubuntu Pro is now available on Arm series Virtual Machines on Google Cloud. You can now launch or upgrade Ubuntu Arm instances to Ubuntu Pro on Google Compute Engine. Arm series Virtual Machines on Google Cloud Renowned for their exceptional performance per watt efficiency, Arm-based chips...

Hugo Huang
14 July 2023


Miona Aleksic
27 June 2023

Early access to the LXD graphical user interface

Article Cloud and server

Early access to LXD graphical user interface is now available.

Miona Aleksic
27 June 2023


Michael C. Jaeger
22 June 2023

Adopting a low-ops approach with software operators

Article Charms

How enterprise DevOps teams can automate repetitive tasks while staying in control  Low-ops means minimising the effort for operating applications by automating as many tasks as possible. However, given the maximum automation, how can an SRE or DevOps engineer stay in control? Doesn’t automating tasks and being in...

Michael C. Jaeger
22 June 2023


Canonical
13 June 2023

Canonical extends its commercial OpenStack offering to small-scale cloud environments with project Sunbeam

Article Cloud and server

June 13, Vancouver, OpenInfra Summit – Canonical today announced the extension of its commercial OpenStack offering to small-scale cloud environments with a new project Sunbeam. The project is 100% open source and is available free-of-charge. Early adopters can also opt-in for comprehensive security coverage and full...

Canonical
13 June 2023


Felipe Vanni
12 June 2023

Canonical at HPE Discover 2023

Partners Cloud and server

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is proud to sponsor HPE Discover this year again and have a presence at the Expo. Join us in Las Vegas on June, 20–22 to learn how Canonical and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) can help you securely advance your business with comprehensive open source solutions that span from...

Felipe Vanni
12 June 2023