Blog posts tagged
"Virtualisation"

28 posts

Igor Ljubuncic
23 July 2020

Complex problems, clever solutions – unique containers and virtualization snaps

Article Desktop

Snaps come in many shapes and forms: security tools, productivity apps, games, handy utilities, video editing software, and more. Often, most snap package a single application. But snaps can also include services, databases, as well as multiple binaries. How far can this concept scale, you ask? Quite far. There are also...

Igor Ljubuncic
23 July 2020

Joshua Powers
7 May 2020

QEMU and libvirt enhancements in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Article Cloud and server

This article originally appeared on Joshua Powers’ blog Ubuntu is the industry-leading operating system for cloud hosts and guests. Every day millions of Ubuntu instances are launched in private and public clouds around the world. Many launched right on top of Ubuntu itself. Canonical takes pride in offering the latest...

Joshua Powers
7 May 2020

Igor Ljubuncic
4 February 2020

How to upgrade from Windows 7 to Ubuntu – Installation

Article Desktop

Installing an operating system is not an easy task. For most people, this is something they will never have done. The vast majority of people buy computers with the operating system already installed, so they never have to manually run through the system setup. The process can be intimidating, but we will try to make

Igor Ljubuncic
4 February 2020

Canonical
21 January 2020

Canonical introduces Anbox Cloud – scalable Android™ in the cloud

Article Canonical announcements

Canonical today announced Anbox Cloud, a platform that containerises workloads using Android1 as a guest operating system enabling enterprises to distribute applications from the cloud. Anbox Cloud allows enterprises and service providers to deliver mobile applications at scale, more securely and independently of a...

Canonical
21 January 2020

Canonical
1 March 2019

MAAS – Fast and efficient virtualisation for small and medium enterprises

Article Cloud and server

The advent of virtualisation has significantly changed the way we use IT infrastructure. In theory, the ability to share single server resources to run multiple isolated operating systems provides flexibility and promises easy operations. However, in practice, managing virtualised infrastructure can be quite expensive...

Canonical
1 March 2019

Thibaut Rouffineau
21 March 2018

From VMWare To Canonical OpenStack

Webinar Cloud and server

Speaker: Stephan Fabel, Arturo Suarez Date/Time: February 21, 2018 at 12PM EST / 5PM GMT OpenStack has often been positioned as an alternative to traditional proprietary virtualization environments. Join Arturo Suarez and Stephan Fabel for: A breakdown of differences between OpenStack versus traditional proprietary...

Thibaut Rouffineau
21 March 2018

Mark Baker
28 June 2017

Stuck Stacks, the 7 year itch and the DevOps dilemma

Article Cloud and server

  7 years in, where do we go from here? It is 7 years since OpenStack came into being. 7 short years comprised of long days and late nights bringing it all together to the point that global businesses such as Walmart, AT&T and Bloomberg are now running on OpenStack. Whilst most OpenStack implementations started

Mark Baker
28 June 2017

Cezzaine Zaher
27 February 2017

The no-nonsense way to accelerate your business with containers

White paper Cloud and server

Container technology has brought about a step-change in virtualisation technology. Organisations implementing containers see considerable opportunities to improve agility, efficiency, speed, and manageability within their IT environments. Containers promise to improve datacenter efficiency and performance without having...

Cezzaine Zaher
27 February 2017

Canonical
24 January 2012

JT Global standardises mission-critical production system on Ubuntu

Case study Cloud and server

Virtualised Ubuntu environment delivers datacentre power and cooling savings of £2,800 per year Summary JT Global, formerly Jersey Telecom, is a leading communications provider in the Channel Islands. It delivers ADSL services to 38,000 subscribers via an extensive IT infrastructure that incorporates public DNS servers,...

Canonical
24 January 2012

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
2 February 2011

Agora Games makes dramatic time and cost savings with Ubuntu

Case study Ubuntu

Gaming company cuts server infrastructure by almost half with Ubuntu and VMware Summary Agora Games creates custom online gaming communities and develops video-game middleware. As a fast-growing company, Agora Games realised that it needed to implement a standardised infrastructure that could scale to meet growing...

Canonical
2 February 2011

Canonical
18 September 2009

An On-line Panel Discussion – The Convergence of Physical, Virtual and Cloud

Server Ubuntu

The cloud is getting a lot of attention. Understandably and rightly so – it is one of the hottest topics around. An on-line panel discussion on how businesses can incorporate cloud computing into their existing datacenter operations will take place in a webinar hosted by rPath on 24 September 2009. You’ll hear from the some

Canonical
18 September 2009

Canonical
26 August 2009

Canonical at VMWorld 2009

Server Ubuntu

Next week (31 August through 3 September) VMorld 2009 kicks off in San Francisco at the Moscone Center. For the second year, Canonical has a booth to demonstrate Ubuntu’s virtualization and cloud computing capabilities. Last year VMWorld 2008 was in sunny Las Vegas. We talked to thousands of people throughout the show,...

Canonical
26 August 2009

Canonical
16 April 2007

Canonical adds advanced virtualisation capabilities to latest Ubuntu Server

News Ubuntu

Easy Upgrades and Optimized Performance of Virtual Machines Virtualization meets Ubuntu with the release of Ubuntu version 7.04 on April 19. This latest version from Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, features a new upgrade tool and advanced support and optimization for running virtual machines. Ubuntu is...

Canonical
16 April 2007

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