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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
4 November 2014

Community interview: Riccardo Padovani and Filippo Scognamiglio

Ubuntu Design

We sat down with some of Ubuntu’s unsung Community heroes at the recent Devices Sprint in Washington D.C. Riccardo and Filippo are two young and passionate developers who have adapted their own software to benefit the whole of the Ubuntu Community. We spoke about how and why they contribute to Ubuntu, and what motivates them to ...


Canonical
3 November 2014

Certified Ubuntu images available on Google Cloud Platform

Cloud and server News

Canonical, working with Google, today is launching the public beta of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 12.04 LTS and 14.10 on Google Cloud Platform. Google Cloud Platform is a collection of cloud services that allows customers to create anything from simple websites to complex applications. Starting today, it is possible to select optimised, up to date, ...


Canonical
3 November 2014

Extreme OpenStack

Cloud and server Article

Extreme OpenStack From instant solutions for big data and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) to a revolution in container technology and the easiest way to build an OpenStack cloud, we will show you exactly why we are the leaders in scale-out technology. Come and see us at the Paris OpenStack Summit › Mark Shuttleworth Keynote Watch Mark Shuttl ...


Canonical
31 October 2014

Washington Devices Sprint

Ubuntu Featured

Introducing myself as the new and only content designer in the Design Team, I dived head first into the world of developers, designers and Ubuntu Community members to better understand how open source works, and the passion behind making Ubuntu great. This post features highlights from the sprint and an interview with UX designers Olga ...


Canonical
30 October 2014

Atomia bundles Canonical’s BootStack to deliver a fully managed solution for the hosting industry

Cloud and server News

We are pleased to announce Atomia AB as the newest member of our Reseller Programme.  This programme lets solution providers integrate Canonical’s best-of-breed products and services as part of their portfolio, offering customers the best OpenStack experience. As part of the programme, Atomia will offer its customers Canonical’s BootStack ...


Canonical
29 October 2014

IBM briefing: build the future with Ubuntu on OpenPOWER

Cloud and server Article

Does your application use PHP? Are you looking to quickly increase business opportunities? Are you interested in adding new Cloud, Mobile, or Big Data support? If so, then plan to attend this IBM briefing that highlights how OpenPOWER is working with Ubuntu and Canonical to build the future. Open standards are the future and IBM ...


Canonical
29 October 2014

Interview: NUDT talks Ubuntu Kylin and its 14.10 release

Desktop Article

We talked with Dr. Jonas Zhang, vice professor of the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) to find out more about Ubuntu Kylin and its 14.10 release. He has been engaged in operating system research and engineering in China for many years. With the helping of his colleagues, Jonas has done a lot of work to construct the ...


Canonical
28 October 2014

Introducing the Canonical Distribution of Ubuntu OpenStack

Cloud and server Article

The Canonical Distribution of Ubuntu OpenStack is the easiest way to create reference OpenStack clouds in minutes with full management, monitoring and scaling Will provide automated upgrades from today’s OpenStack Juno to future releases Freely available for small clouds, commercially supported by Canonical Now in public beta. 28th Octobe ...


Canonical
28 October 2014

Canonical OpenStack

Cloud and server Article

Ubuntu OpenStack – The Canonical OpenStack Distribution is the latest OpenStack offering from Canonical. It is the quickest and easiest way to build an OpenStack cloud in record time. Built on the popular Ubuntu OpenStack reference architecture, and using Canonical’s industry-leading cloud tools Juju and MAAS, The Canonical Distribution w ...


Canonical
23 October 2014

What’s new in Ubuntu 14.10 for cloud and servers?

Cloud and server Article

Today we release Ubuntu 14.10, aka ‘Utopic Unicorn’, for cloud and servers. As always, we recommend that enterprise customers stay on the latest LTS release, in this case 14.04. However, this release is packed full of new features for Ubuntu Server, OpenStack, as well as our cloud tools Juju and MAAS. Before going into specific ...


Canonical
23 October 2014

Ubuntu 14.10 desktop: security for global users

Desktop News

Ubuntu 14.10 desktop delivers latest applications and developer support Over 30 million computers preinstalled with Ubuntu have shipped globally in two years and OEM sales of Ubuntu machines are growing in EMEA and South East Asia, while Ubuntu Kylin experiences continued growth. London, 23rd October 2014: Ubuntu 14.10, the latest desktop ...


Canonical
23 October 2014

Ubuntu 14.10 delivers leading scale-out cloud technology

Cloud and server News

Ubuntu 14.10 for cloud and servers is available for download; includes industry-leading, secure bare-metal LXC containers, multi-OS provisioning, and solutions for OpenStack, big data and Cloud Foundry as well as Docker 1.2 Scale-out orchestration of Windows workloads alongside Linux workloads with Juju Canonical’s cloud ecosystem continu ...