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Canonical produces Ubuntu, provides commercial services for Ubuntu's users, and works with hardware manufacturers, software vendors and cloud partners to certify Ubuntu.


Canonical
11 April 2017

RobotCheers uses Ubuntu to create hospitality robots

Internet of Things Article

Meet Spiro. Spiro greets you after a long day of travel, answers questions related to your stay and can give you a guided tour – in essence, all that a hotel concierge offers. Spiro was developed by RobotCheers to enhance the customer experience and is running in hotels across China. The service robot industry is ...


Canonical
5 April 2017

Growing Ubuntu for cloud and IoT, rather than phone and convergence

Canonical announcements News

This is a post by Mark Shuttleworth, Founder of Ubuntu and Canonical We are wrapping up an excellent quarter and an excellent year for the company, with performance in many teams and products that we can be proud of. As we head into the new fiscal year, it’s appropriate to reassess each of our initiatives. ...


Canonical
5 April 2017

Scalable, secure access to data with DBaaS on IBM LinuxONE

Cloud and server Article

Imagine a world where developers can quickly stand-up new applications and database instances – without having to worry about limits to database growth or risks to data security. Now imagine a world where enterprises and service providers can combine this outstanding scalability and security with the benefits of relational and NoSQL data ...


Canonical
4 April 2017

Nexiona collaborates with Canonical and Dell to create MIIMETIQ Edge

Internet of Things Article

There is a perception that IoT projects are complex, expensive and therefore limited to larger companies that have the means to manage them. However, the reality is very different. Nexiona, creators of IoT technology for system integrators, has developed a package that’s affordable to all company sizes – with a process that’s simple enoug ...


Canonical
3 April 2017

OVH joins Ubuntu Certified Public Cloud Programme

Canonical announcements News

Canonical and OVH announced they are engaging as partners in public cloud, VPS, bare metal and private cloud. OVH is joining the ranks of other cloud providers included in Canonical’s official programme for distribution of Ubuntu guest images, Certified Public Cloud (CPC). OVH is one of the leading and fastest-growing global cloud players ...


Canonical
27 March 2017

Bare metal server provisioning is evolving the HPC market

Cloud and server Article

  In the early days of High Performance Computing (HPC), ‘Big Data’ was just called ‘Data’ and organizations spent millions of dollars to buy mainframes or large data processing/warehousing systems just to gain incremental improvements in the manipulation of information. Today, IT Pros and systems administrators are under more pressure th ...


Canonical
23 March 2017

Huawei and Canonical integrate OpenStack and CloudFabric

Canonical announcements News

Huawei Extends its Cooperation with Canonical with the Integration of CloudFabric Data Center Network Solution and Ubuntu Cloud Solutions Hannover, Germany, March 23, 2017 – Huawei and Canonical today announced they are expanding their cooperation in enterprise and telecom clouds to announce that they have completed the integration of Clo ...


Canonical
23 March 2017

Out of date software leaves you vulnerable

Internet of Things Article

Two weeks ago, Der Spiegel wrote an article highlighting that out of date software on private clouds was leaving government and political party information vulnerable to being hacked. Given that political organisations being targeted is currently such a hot topic, it is somewhat of a surprise how widespread this issue appears to be. After ...


Canonical
22 March 2017

Webinar: How to ensure the ongoing security compliance of Ubuntu 12.04

Cloud and server Webinar

Many enterprises still run Ubuntu 12.04 LTS but updates will end soon. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS users are encouraged to upgrade to 14.04 LTS or 16.04 LTS. For some this is easy but for others, particularly for larger deployments, upgrading can be complex. Watch this on-webinar to learn: How Ubuntu 12.04 LTS users will be impacted ...


Canonical
16 March 2017

The Orange Pi community gets a snap store

Internet of Things News

Shenzhen Xunlong Software partners with Canonical to build the Orange Pi App Store Developers can distribute their applications packaged as snaps to Orange Pi owners Hackers and tinkerers can install complex IoT and server projects in seconds Shenzhen Xunlong Software benefits from the existing snap community through the branded store off ...


Canonical
14 March 2017

NXP and Canonical to demo Ubuntu Core on the LS1043A at Embedded World

Internet of Things News

The LS1043A, NXP’s quad-core ARM 64bit-powered SoC, is built for embedded networking and IoT Gateways with high throughput needs. Ubuntu Core is a versatile operating system for IoT and networking equipment based on snaps, the cross-platform Linux package format. Device manufacturers can use snaps and branded stores to quickly go from dev ...


Canonical
14 March 2017

Introducing Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Extended Security Maintenance)

Canonical announcements Article

  Canonical announced the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) release almost 5 years ago, on April 26, 2012. As with all LTS releases, Canonical has provided ongoing security patches and bug fixes for a period of 5 years. The Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Long Term Support) period will end on Friday, April 28, 2017. Following the end-of-life of Ubunt ...