Blog posts tagged
"Ubuntu Advantage"

75 posts


Canonical
30 October 2013

Hit the ground running with Ubuntu OpenStack training

Article Cloud and server

Canonical was the first company to commercially distribute and support OpenStack, under the Ubuntu Cloud Infrastructure brand. Ubuntu is also the reference operating system for the project. Since 2011, we’ have included the latest version of OpenStack in every Ubuntu release, and made every OpenStack release available...

Canonical
30 October 2013


Canonical
29 August 2013

Ubuntu OpenStack factsheet

Article Cloud and server

Ubuntu OpenStack offers an industry-leading, powerful toolset to enable you to build the most flexible and reliable cloud on OpenStack. What exactly makes up the Ubuntu OpenStack offer? How does Canonical engage with cloud providers, and what can you expect from an Ubuntu OpenStack cloud? This factsheet tells you...

Canonical
29 August 2013


Canonical
11 March 2013

Canonical announces certification and support for the latest Dell PowerEdge servers

News Ubuntu

Canonical today announced that it has signed a collaborative engineering agreement with Dell to support Ubuntu 12.04 LTS across the full range of Dell’s latest 12th generation PowerEdge Servers for Ubuntu Advantage customers. Over 45 Dell PowerEdge Servers have been certified by Canonical for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Customers...

Canonical
11 March 2013


Canonical
21 September 2012

Bancard streamlines PCI compliance with Canonical’s Landscape

Case study Cloud and server

Landscape centralises management of Ubuntu servers to increase efficiency and support compliance with financial industry regulations Summary NA Bancard provides fully managed, cost-effective payment processing services, enabling US businesses to accept non-cash payments in store, online, and through mobile channels....

Canonical
21 September 2012


Canonical
13 September 2012

Landscape update improves ROI and compliance for Ubuntu in the enterprise

News Cloud and server

New data suggests Landscape users can expect a return of more than 1,000% over five years Canonical today announces a significant update to Landscape, its enterprise-grade systems management tool for large deployments of Ubuntu desktops, servers and cloud instances. It also reveals the findings of new independent...

Canonical
13 September 2012


Canonical
6 September 2012

Capgemini deploys hybrid thin client solution with Ubuntu Advantage

Case study Cloud and server

Summary Capgemini’s Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) solutions have helped some of the world’s largest, multinational corporations transform their business processes in the areas of finance and accounting, customer operations management, human resources, procurement, supply chain management, sustainability, and social...

Canonical
6 September 2012


Canonical
4 May 2012

Creating the open cloud

White paper Cloud and server

Amid all the hype surrounding the cloud, there has been a growing need for open and proven components that enable any business to benefit from elastic computing. With public cloud services now widely available and OpenStack established as the de facto infrastructure platform, these components are now ready to deploy....

Canonical
4 May 2012


Canonical
2 April 2012

Mercadolibre builds 1,000-node Ubuntu cloud for IT on demand

Case study Cloud and server

Ubuntu and AWS cloud used to capture, protect and monetise data across platforms Summary Mercadolibre has risen to prominence as Latin America’s leading e-commerce and auction site. Founded in 1999 with a handful of employees, it is now the eighth-largest online retailer, handling up to two million site requests per...

Canonical
2 April 2012


Canonical
5 March 2012

Notes from the Mobile World Congress 2012

Article Ubuntu

Ubuntu and Canonical had a very strong presence at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The main attraction was our Ubuntu for Android prototype that was published just a week earlier. The beautiful cubic pavilion also housed the Ubuntu TV demo, Ubuntu One, and our established desktop and cloud offerings. The...

Canonical
5 March 2012


Canonical
25 July 2011

Canonical announces the Ubuntu Advantage Partner Programme for resellers

News Cloud and server

Global network of Canonical partner organisations to bring local delivery of services to businesses deploying Ubuntu London 25th July 2011: Canonical today announces the launch of its new Ubuntu Advantage (UA) partner programme, designed to help resellers bring a new set of support services for Ubuntu server, desktop...

Canonical
25 July 2011


Canonical
16 March 2011

Moodlerooms boosts reliability with Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Advantage

Case study Ubuntu

Ubuntu Advantage subscription service resolves issues, fast Summary Solution provider Moodlerooms provides a range of educational tools for universities and schools. With hundreds of thousands of users at any one time, Moodlerooms must ensure that its tools are based on a robust, available infrastructure. The company...

Canonical
16 March 2011


Canonical
1 December 2010

Canonical celebrates new UA: Landscape interface with Ubuntu Advantage free trial offer

News Cloud and server

New interface significantly eases feature deployment for systems management tool Canonical today announced a free trial to showcase the entirely new interface for its systems management solution, Ubuntu Advantage: Landscape. Landscape has been available to Ubuntu users for four years and is now part of the Ubuntu...

Canonical
1 December 2010


Canonical
4 October 2010

Emphony Technologies achieves 100 per cent uptime with Ubuntu

Case study Ubuntu

New business Emphony Technologies needed to implement a cost-effective, reliable and available IT infrastructure. It wanted to introduce a server environment on which its infrastructure that project management applications and common workloads could both run. The company chose to implement Ubuntu Server Edition. As a...

Canonical
4 October 2010


Canonical
7 June 2010

New Canonical services help businesses get ahead with Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Desktop

News Cloud and server

“Ubuntu Advantage” provides configurable support services to businesses LONDON, June 7, 2010 — Canonical today introduced Ubuntu Advantage – a comprehensive service that combines systems management tools, technical support, access to online resources, training and legal assurance. It is built to help businesses who have...

Canonical
7 June 2010