Blog posts tagged
"OpenStack"

350 posts


Tytus Kurek
21 August 2023

What is a hypervisor? A beginner’s guide

Article Cloud and server

In the realm of virtualisation and cloud computing, the hypervisor is a critical component that enables the seamless operation of multiple virtual machines (VMs) on a single host. While virtualisation is a technology, the hypervisor is its actual implementation. In this beginner’s guide, we will explore the fundamentals...

Tytus Kurek
21 August 2023


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


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


Felipe Vanni
27 July 2023

University of Alabama at Birmingham accelerates research with Canonical and Dell

Partners Ceph

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


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


Andre Ruiz
17 May 2023

A brief history of MicroStack

OpenStack Cloud and server

OpenStack is no doubt a wonderful and successful piece of software. It allows you to create your own cloud infrastructure, and thanks to its open-source nature, it’s free to use for everyone. But as with many giant software projects, all that power comes with a challenge: it is reasonably complex to install and configure. A

Andre Ruiz
17 May 2023


Tytus Kurek
10 May 2023

OpenInfra Summit Vancouver 2023 is coming

Article Cloud and server

Heads up! The OpenInfra Summit Vancouver 2023 is coming!!! After the successful resurrection of the event in Berlin last year, the OpenInfra Summit is back as an in-person event again. The conference will take place in Vancouver, Canada, on June 13-15. As usual, Canonical will be there to share the latest news about...

Tytus Kurek
10 May 2023


Tytus Kurek
26 April 2023

ChatGPT uncertain about the future of cloud computing

Article Cloud and server

ChatGPT has been the talk of the town for more than four months now. As the first ever artificial intelligence (AI) -powered chatbot, it has quickly gained immense popularity, helping students, engineers and even executives generate content, write and debug code and run market analyses. But could ChatGPT be used for...

Tytus Kurek
26 April 2023


Felipe Vanni
12 April 2023

Phoenix Systems sets a new standard for secure cloud services with Canonical and IBM

Article Cloud and server

Phoenix Systems, a Swiss company, partnered with IBM and Canonical to create a hyper-secure OpenStack cloud focused on data sovereignty and data protection. Switzerland is a country where data must be hosted within its borders, and for many workloads, public clouds are not an option. Phoenix Systems stepped in to fill...

Felipe Vanni
12 April 2023


Tytus Kurek
17 March 2023

What is cloud repatriation?

Article Cloud and server

Cloud repatriation is undoubtedly one of the hottest trends in the cloud infrastructure space as of 2023. It enables organisations to regain control of their cloud spend, workloads and data. According to a report on cloud repatriation by 451 Research group, 48% of IT decision makers confirmed that they had moved their...

Tytus Kurek
17 March 2023


Tytus Kurek
16 March 2023

Kubernetes vs OpenStack: which one to choose?

Article Cloud and server

Kubernetes vs OpenStack is a common dilemma that organisations face when considering the modernisation of their IT infrastructure. Both are well-established open-source technologies for building cloud infrastructure, and both bring tangible benefits, especially when used in combination. Yet, they differ significantly...

Tytus Kurek
16 March 2023


Tytus Kurek
27 February 2023

VMware alternatives: discover open source

Article Cloud and server

Are you looking for VMware alternatives? Think open source – the world’s leading software portfolio. Open-source software enables you to build fully functional virtualisation and cloud infrastructure while ensuring total cost of ownership (TCO) reduction and business continuity. In this blog, we will walk you through...

Tytus Kurek
27 February 2023


Tytus Kurek
16 January 2023

Cloud optimisation: cut your 2023 cloud spending by two-thirds

Article Cloud and server

Cloud optimisation enables organisations to significantly lower their cloud spending while ensuring the desired performance and necessary compliance. It’s a process that every business should adopt when choosing cloud infrastructure as a foundation for their applications. It’s been proven that applying cloud...

Tytus Kurek
16 January 2023


Canonical
2 January 2023

Hybrid cloud infrastructure modernisation

Cloud AI

Public clouds enabled digital transformation at unprecedented speed. But their operational costs over time can be exacting as compute needs increase. Hybrid clouds emerged as an alternative to gain the benefits of both worlds: private infrastructure that allows for lower operational expenditures and tighter control, and...

Canonical
2 January 2023