Internet of Things

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


rupinder.mann@canonical.com
24 February 2016

Ubuntu at Embedded World: development boards, embedded PC and more

Article Internet of Things

Embedded World Exhibition & Conference is taking place this week in Nuremberg, Germany – since 2003, each year the event offers the embedded community the opportunity to obtain information about new products and innovations and network with industry professionals. Canonical are attending Embedded World supporting...

rupinder.mann@canonical.com
24 February 2016


Canonical
24 February 2016

Canonical to offer powerful ARM 64-bit IoT developer environment

News Internet of Things

  Today, Canonical announced that it will create an ARM 64 developer environment based on Ubuntu Core and on the DragonBoard™ 410c by Arrow Electronics, which features the 64-bit Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 410 quad-core processor, a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated. This will be...

Canonical
24 February 2016


Canonical
23 February 2016

Mobile World Congress 2016, Day 1 Recap

Article Cloud and server

Bhaskar Gorti, President, Applications and Analytics at Nokia discusses Service Modeling and NFV deploymentThis is my first Mobile World Congress (MWC), and I have to say, the event is truly huge. Canonical is here demonstrating converged mobile/desktop technology, IoT drones and robots, top of rack switch integration...

Canonical
23 February 2016


Thibaut Rouffineau
23 February 2016

SoDeRa: First app-enabled open-source software-defined base stations

News Internet of Things

The telecom industry is seeing its revenues from calls and SMS being attacked by over the top players like Facebook and Google. At the same time they are asked to invest in more and faster networks. What the telecom world needs are solutions to reduce costs, reduce complexity, roll-out new solutions faster and most importantly

Thibaut Rouffineau
23 February 2016


Canonical
18 February 2016

Canonical and Samsung demonstrate Ubuntu Core on SAMSUNG ARTIK™

News Internet of Things

‘snappy’ Ubuntu Core ported to SAMSUNG ARTIK™ platform, running sample applications Best of breed security critical for IoT Canonical today announced that it has joined the SAMSUNG ARTIK™ IoT ecosystem to enable faster development and deployment of IoT applications and services. Canonical is publishing a developer image...

Canonical
18 February 2016


Thibaut Rouffineau
10 February 2016

Ubuntu Core is available for the Intel® NUC

Article Internet of Things

Over the last few months Canonical and Intel have been working together to create a standard platform for developers to test and create x86-based IOT solutions using snappy Ubuntu Core. The results are here today and we’re pleased to announce the availability of the Ubuntu Core images for the Intel® NUC DE3815TY on our...

Thibaut Rouffineau
10 February 2016


Amrisha Prashar
4 February 2016

Why robots can’t live without apps

Article Internet of Things

We’re living in a pretty exciting period where robots have become ever more present in our “human lives”. They aren’t simply watched in Sci-Fi films on our living room screens anymore, but like the BB8 they are rolling around our homes (!) transforming our videos into holograms. As the world we live in gets smarter,

Amrisha Prashar
4 February 2016


Amrisha Prashar
4 February 2016

#UbuntuAtMWC Competition

Article Cloud and server

We’re really excited about MWC this year and can’t wait to showcase the various demos across Cloud and Devices! For those of you not going we’d love to offer you the chance to come and join us and see what we have on display – as our presence is even bigger and better than last

Amrisha Prashar
4 February 2016


Canonical
6 January 2016

New Year, New Data

Article Cloud and server

Happy New Year, everybody! I hope everyone had a chance to take a break over the holiday season. At Canonical, we generally take a break the last week of the year. It gave me a chance to catch up on some shows I’d recorded to watch later. Upon returning to our duties this week, we

Canonical
6 January 2016


Canonical
14 December 2015

Ubuntu is about people

Article Cloud and server

Ubuntu has been around for just over a decade. That’s a long time for a project built around a field that evolves at such a rapid pace as computing. And not just any computing –software made for (and by) human beings, who have also inevitably grown and evolved with Ubuntu.Over the years, Ubuntu has changed and has lead...

Canonical
14 December 2015


Canonical
9 December 2015

Capturing the real IoT market, Telcos taking a data first approach

Article Cloud and server

I recently read on a Wall Street Journal blog that IDC says the IoT market is supposed to reach $1.7 Trillion by 2020. Let’s be clear here, not 1.7 BILLION, but 1.7 TRILLION US Dollars. At Canonical, we’re feverishly working to help our telco and service provider partners best monetize themselves in that burgeoning space.

Canonical
9 December 2015


Thibaut Rouffineau
8 December 2015

UAVIA unveils first 100% remotely controlled drones; powered by Ubuntu

News Internet of Things

Today, at TechCrunch Disrupt, the next generation of remote controlled drones is being unveiled by UAVIA, powered by Snappy Ubuntu Core. For the first time, UAVIA is demonstrating a new generation of completely remote controlled drones. The first being used for inspection and surveillance. This will be the first time...

Thibaut Rouffineau
8 December 2015


Thibaut Rouffineau
20 November 2015

Snickerdoodle: the maker board with robotic powers!

Article Internet of Things

  Snickerdoodle is no ordinary maker board… it will let you achieve your wildest maker dreams from robotics to advanced networking! And their crowdfunding campaign is about to finish… so it’s your last chance to grab the”Raspberry Pi for Robots” A maker board with super powers Most makers will have experienced a feeling...

Thibaut Rouffineau
20 November 2015


Maarten Ectors
20 November 2015

The Top 5 Telecom Problems can be Solved

Article Cloud and server

This year’s TAD Summit was a success but it was another sign that telecom operators are more likely to follow Kodak than become the next Google. The future of telecom will look very red, blood red, not Vodafone red, unless telcos start really upping their game. The future looks bad because telecoms have reached their

Maarten Ectors
20 November 2015