Internet of Things

Adi Singh
1 June 2020

What’s the deal with edge computing?

Article Edgex

With over 41 billion IoT devices expected to be active by 2027 — that’s at least 5 devices for every person on the planet — edge computing has emerged as a tenable solution to prevent the impending snowballing of network traffic. Allow me to lift the veil on this buzzword and explain why it’s been

Adi Singh
1 June 2020

Igor Ljubuncic
20 May 2020

Experimental feature: progressive releases

Article Cloud and server

“No plan survives contact with the enemy.” This is a quote famously attributed to the Prussian field marshal Helmuth von Moltke. It is also quite applicable to software development: “No code survives contact with the user.” In mission-critical environments, staggered deployments of software are a crucial part of...

Igor Ljubuncic
20 May 2020

Rhys Davies
20 May 2020

The Eclipse 2020 IoT developer survey is live

Article Internet of Things

The IoT Developer Survey, by The Eclipse Foundation, is the industry’s largest developer survey. These surveys centralise useful, high-level information about the IoT industry. The goal of the survey is to present a better understanding of the IoT industry; the challenges developers face, and to provide insight into...

Rhys Davies
20 May 2020

Rhys Davies
8 May 2020

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is certified for the Raspberry Pi

Article Internet of Things

The release of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS was April 23, 2020. On the same day, Canonical added full support for Ubuntu Server 20.04 on all of the Raspberry Pis that we certify. Users can flash 20.04 to their Raspberry Pi knowing Canonical guarantees it will ‘just work’ and can make the most out of all of

Rhys Davies
8 May 2020

Rhys Davies
30 April 2020

How to use the Raspberry Pi High Quality camera on Ubuntu Core

Article Internet of Things

The new High Quality (HQ) camera from the people over at Raspberry Pi is now available. And as they say, it is really rather good. It has the option for interchangeable lenses, a 12 MP sensor, a distinct improvement from the previous 8MP V2 camera, and a tripod screw mount. In this post, I’ll walk

Rhys Davies
30 April 2020

cmoullec
24 April 2020

Ubuntu Core: a cybersecurity analysis

Article Internet of Things

An independent evaluation of Ubuntu Core’s security capabilities Manufacturers of Internet of Things (IoT) devices require an embedded operating system that is feature-rich, scalable, and — most importantly — secure. Built from the ground-up to meet these requirements, Ubuntu Core represents a comprehensive ecosystem...

cmoullec
24 April 2020

Rhys Davies
22 April 2020

Ubuntu 20.04 survey results

Article Cloud and server

In December 2019, we asked you what you thought were the most important things for us to include in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (now live!) 21,862 people took the survey, and have since become a part of our decision-making processes. We would like to thank each and everyone who spent their time to take this survey,

Rhys Davies
22 April 2020

cmoullec
20 April 2020

Kubernetes: a secure, flexible and automated edge for IoT developers

Article Cloud and server

The factors for implementing Kubernetes successfully at the edge Cloud native software such as containers and Kubernetes and IoT/edge are playing a prominent role in the digital transformation of enterprise organisations. They are particularly critical to DevOps teams that are focused on faster software releases and...

cmoullec
20 April 2020

Canonical
16 April 2020

You are invited to the virtual Ubuntu Masters event

Telecommunications Cloud and server

The Ubuntu Masters Conference is a platform for IT practitioners to share how they are solving industry-wide challenges with the global engineering community. These are the real-life use cases they are executing in their professional environments today, giving you actionable ideas to take into your own corporate...

Canonical
16 April 2020

Guest
9 April 2020

Ubuntu Core: an independent security analysis

Article Internet of Things

This is a guest blog by Trent R.Hein, Co-CEO of Rule 4. Once in a while an opportunity comes along that brings out our inner geek like no other, which is what happened when Canonical asked if we’d be willing to review the overall cybersecurity model of Ubuntu Core and its ecosystem. We’re no strangers

Guest
9 April 2020

Eduardo Aguilar Pelaez
3 April 2020

Edge AI in a 5G world – part 4: How your business can benefit from ‘smart cell towers’

Article AI

This is part of a blog series on the impact that 5G and GPUs at the edge will have on the roll out of new AI solutions. You can read the other posts here. Recap In part 1 we talked about the industrial applications and benefits that 5G and fast compute at the edge will

Eduardo Aguilar Pelaez
3 April 2020

Rhys Davies
3 April 2020

The State of Robotics – March 2020

Article Internet of Things

Damn it March. 2020 was doing so well. The biggest news last month was the dramatic escalation of COVID-19. We won’t go into any detail, I’m sure you’re seeing enough of that. But due to the outbreak, the state of robotics this March has been, heartwarming. We have seen a surge in online learning platforms,

Rhys Davies
3 April 2020

Eduardo Aguilar Pelaez
2 April 2020

Edge AI in a 5G world – part 3: Why ‘smart cell towers’ matter to AI

Article AI

This is part of a blog series on the impact that 5G and GPUs at the edge will have on the roll out of new AI solutions. You can read the other posts here. Recap In part 1 we talked about the industrial applications and benefits that 5G and fast compute at the edge will

Eduardo Aguilar Pelaez
2 April 2020

Edge AI in a 5G world – part 2: Why make cell towers smart?

Article AI

This is part of a blog series on the impact that 5G and GPUs at the edge will have on the roll out of new AI solutions. You can read the other posts here. Recap In part 1 we talked about the industrial applications and benefits that 5G and fast compute at the edge will

Eduardo Aguilar Pelaez
2 April 2020

Internet of Things

All you need to know about building and managing IoT and embedded devices using Ubuntu.