Internet of Things

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


Alex Cattle
7 February 2019

Creating multi-purpose hardware with IoT app stores

Article Internet of Things

The traditional approach to IoT requires customised hardware and kernels with a monolithic software image being flashed at the manufacturing stage leaving devices static. This renders devices unable to evolve functionality and subject to unmitigated security risks. A new software defined IoT approach helps produce...

Alex Cattle
7 February 2019


Canonical
6 February 2019

Ubuntu at Mobile World Congress 2019

Article Cloud and server

Mobile World Congress (MWC) is the world’s largest annual gathering for the mobile industry, held in Barcelona, Spain. This year, there will be a number of people from Canonical at the event. If you want to get in touch and discuss your business requirements you can book a meeting below. Book a meeting OpenStack &

Canonical
6 February 2019


Canonical
4 February 2019

Ubuntu at Embedded World 2019

Article Internet of Things

Event Details: Date: February 26 – 28, 2019 Location: Nuremberg, Germany Venue: Messe Stand: 4-660 Canonical is excited to return to one of the leading events in the IoT calendar – Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany. At Embedded World we will be demonstrating how organisations can bring their IoT solutions to market...

Canonical
4 February 2019


Anthony Dillon
4 February 2019

Design and Web team summary – 04 February 2019

Design Cloud and server

Welcome to the latest work and updates from the design and web team. Web squad Three new homepage takeovers This iteration we designed three, built two and are showing one new homepage takeover. Branded snap appstores is live Broadsign and arrow webinar is build Financial services webinar is designed Built a new version of the

Anthony Dillon
4 February 2019


Igor Ljubuncic
31 January 2019

Where eagles snap – A closer look

Desktop Desktop

A couple of weeks ago, we talked about snap security, taking a journey through the eyes of a developer and handing over to a user who wants to install applications from the Snap Store. We discussed concepts like application confinement, interfaces, store review, and automatic updates. Today, we will look under the hood,...

Igor Ljubuncic
31 January 2019


Canonical
22 January 2019

Ubuntu Core 18 released for secure, reliable IoT devices

Canonical News Internet of Things

Canonical today published Ubuntu Core 18, bringing the popular Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to high-security embedded devices. “Dell has been working closely with Canonical over the past three years to certify Ubuntu Core on all our Edge Gateway platforms. Ubuntu Core enables our customers to build highly secure, stable IoT...

Canonical
22 January 2019


Canonical
21 January 2019

What will be the biggest development trends in 2019?

Article Cloud and server

What’s the most popular programming language today among software developers? It’s still JavaScript, with over 10M users globally. Python has reached 7M active developers and is climbing up the ranks. How do we know that? Thanks to the Developer Economics survey. Every year it reaches over 40,000 developers in 167+...

Canonical
21 January 2019


Sarah Dickinson
9 January 2019

Apellix engineers safer work environments with Ubuntu powered aerial robotics

Article Internet of Things

In 2016, 16% of all workplace deaths in the US were attributed to falls. Apellix, a Florida-based start up, who specialise in aerial robotics aims to reduce this number by using their drones in place of workers to complete tasks in elevated or dangerous environments. In tandem, these same aerial robotics can also reduce the

Sarah Dickinson
9 January 2019


Alan Pope
20 December 2018

Ubuntu Core Smart Speaker

Article Desktop

With the holidays coming up, many of us can expect to spend time with our friends and families, often listening to seasonal music, or indeed escaping the seasonal music! Whether you’re joining in or getting away from the crowd, this simple project can help. This is part one of a series of posts where I

Alan Pope
20 December 2018


Anthony Dillon
19 December 2018

Design and Web team summary – 19 December 2018

Article Cloud and server

Welcome to the latest work and updates from the design and web team. Base squad This week, the bulk of our work was on improving our internal system for employee reviews, but we found time to squeeze in a few other things: We also progressed with the initial work for moving our Juju documentation into

Anthony Dillon
19 December 2018


Alan Pope
12 December 2018

Secure VPN Connection with Ubuntu Core

Desktop Desktop

As part of a personal drive to be less dependent on 3rd party Internet services, I’ve moved some things in house, under my own control. This includes self-hosting important shared files, photos and media at home. Which can pose a problem if I’m away from home and want to access those files. Previously, I would

Alan Pope
12 December 2018


Canonical
6 December 2018

Canonical launches MicroK8s – deploy Kubernetes in seconds

Article Canonical announcements

Canonical has released MicroK8s – a fast and efficient upstream Kubernetes delivered as a single snap package that installs on 42 flavours of Linux. With a small disk and memory footprint, MicroK8s provides an efficient way to deploy Kubernetes in seconds, whether on the desktop, the server, an edge cloud, or IoT...

Canonical
6 December 2018


Anthony Dillon
4 December 2018

Design and Web team summary – 04 December 2018

Design Cloud and server

Welcome to the latest work and updates from the design and web team. Web squad Takeovers In collaboration with the marketing team, we have produced three takeovers Apellix webinar: Discover how Apellix has designed revolutionary software to solve industrial IoT challenges. https://www.ubuntu.com/engage/industrial-drones...

Anthony Dillon
4 December 2018


Guest
3 December 2018

Collaborative robots – Cobots and the changing nature of work

Article Internet of Things

  This is a guest blog by Jamie Branch, Corrosion Engineer at Apellix.  Collaborative robots, or cobots, work side by side with humans to enhance human worker’s ability to perform their job safer, with less monotony and repetitive tasks. Most of us are familiar with industrial robots and it should be no surprise that people

Guest
3 December 2018