Internet of Things

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


Stephanie
17 February 2015

Ninja Blocks

Article Cloud and server

Ninja Blocks is building the future of smart home control with open source software and visionary technology.  The new Ninja Sphere connects all of the devices in your home and brings the intelligence to make them work together. With gesture control and an LED matrix display, the Ubuntu powered device allows for...

Stephanie
17 February 2015


Karl Williams
12 February 2015

Erlerobot

Article Cloud and server

Erle Robotics is building the next generation of open Linux-based personal drones that will educate, teach and inspire about robotics; their “Erle-Copter” is the first multicopter powered by the Ubuntu Core! We are delighted to reveal the Erle-Copter as the world’s first Ubuntu Core powered drone that will stay secure...

Karl Williams
12 February 2015


Maarten Ectors
11 February 2015

Ubuntu is Airborne

Article Internet of Things

Thanks to Erle Robotics Snappy Ubuntu Core is now airborne. See the first Ubuntu Core powered drone fly. Erle Robotics said the experience so far was amazing and Snappy Ubuntu is super lightweight.

Maarten Ectors
11 February 2015


Stephanie
9 February 2015

Kaa Project

Article Cloud and server

Kaa is an open-source middleware platform for building and facilitating applications in the realm of Internet of Things. An integrated solution between Kaa IoT platform and Ubuntu is a perfect mix for a rich open-source IoT platform. Ubuntu is widely-adopted, secure and versatile. Kaa provides necessary power to build...

Stephanie
9 February 2015


Karl Williams
6 February 2015

CyberVision

Article Cloud and server

CyberVision is a trusted global provider of IT engineering services that offers extensive technical expertise in the following industries: IoT, mobility, big data and telecom. As the authors of Kaa – an open-source platform for building perfectly tuned cross-technology IoT solutions – CyberVision provides comprehensive...

Karl Williams
6 February 2015


Canonical
2 February 2015

openHAB

Article Cloud and server

openHAB is a free software for individual smart home hubs. It is highly flexible and extensible and adapts much better to the users needs than most commercial offerings. Ubuntu Snappy Core makes it possible to pre-package and distribute openHAB for a large variety of embedded platforms. Ubuntu Snappy Core will greatly...

Canonical
2 February 2015


Maarten Ectors
2 February 2015

Snappy Ubuntu Core on Raspberry Pi 2

Article Cloud and server

“Can I use Snappy Ubuntu Core on the Raspberry Pi?” is one of the most frequently asked questions we heard since launching Ubuntu Core for smart devices. Thanks to a very successful collaboration between the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, we are pleased to announce that Snappy Ubuntu...

Maarten Ectors
2 February 2015


James Donner
30 January 2015

Canonical Cloud Chatter: January 2015 Newsletter

Article Cloud and server

This month, we had some news on Snappy, MAAS and Mojo, but also the results to our annual cloud survey are in! If that was not enough, find out more about our event plans over the next few weeks and sign up for our latest webinar! Here’s a quick recap of an exciting start to 2015. “Snappy”

James Donner
30 January 2015


mark
20 January 2015

Smart things powered by snappy Ubuntu Core on ARM and x86

Article Internet of Things

Smart things powered by Ubuntu Core have automated, transactional security updates and access to a huge range of software for app developers. We hope it will be useful for the next generation of incredible machines and are delighted to be launching it with the support of a wide range of software and hardware specialists...

mark
20 January 2015


Canonical
20 January 2015

Ubuntu Core on Internet Things

Article Internet of Things

New Snappy Ubuntu Core on smart devices delivers bullet-proof security, reliable updates and the enormous Ubuntu ecosystem at your fingertips – bringing the developer’s favourite cloud platform to a wide range of internet things, connected devices and autonomous machines. “We are inspired to support entrepreneurs and...

Canonical
20 January 2015


Canonical
15 January 2015

Snappy Ubuntu Core now on the hypervisor of your choice with OVA

Article Cloud and server

When we launched snappy Ubuntu Core, we introduced it on Microsoft Azure, Google Compute Engine, Amazon’s AWS and our KVM images. Immediately, developers were asking questions like, “where’s the Vagrant image?”, which we launched on 14 January 2015. The one final remaining question was “where are the images for <insert...

Canonical
15 January 2015


Canonical
14 January 2015

Announcing snappy Ubuntu Core on Vagrant cloud

Article Cloud and server

Last month, Canonical announced snappy Ubuntu Core, the new, transactional version of Ubuntu, designed for public clouds. So far, snappy Ubuntu Core images are available on Microsoft Azure, Google Compute Engine, and Amazon AWS. Today, we are delighted to announce the addition of Vagrant images to this impressive...

Canonical
14 January 2015


Canonical
16 December 2014

Snappy Ubuntu Core comes to Google Compute Engine

Article Cloud and server

Canonical is delighted to announce the availability of snappy Ubuntu Core on Google Compute Engine, making the fastest Ubuntu now instantly accessible on the fastest cloud in the industry. Ubuntu Core is the new “snappy” rendition of the world’s favourite cloud OS, with a very lean and secure base image that features...

Canonical
16 December 2014


Scott Moser
11 December 2014

Snappy Ubuntu Core and cloud-init

Article Internet of Things

Snappy Ubuntu Core was announced this week.  In yesterday’s blog post (Snappy Ubuntu Core and uvtool) I showed how you can use uvtool to create and manage snappy instances.Now that we’ve got that covered, let’s look deeper into a very cool feature – the ability to customize the instance and automate its startup and...

Scott Moser
11 December 2014