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All you need to know about designing, building and managing your Openstack private cloud, Kubernetes cluster or Ubuntu Server scale‑out deployment.
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2013: a year of innovation, interoperability and convergence
by Mark Baker on 8 January 2014
Following our post about the next decade of innovation, we thought now would be a good time to look back at 2013, a year that saw huge strides toward two of...
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Making the world more secure, instantly
by Canonical on 20 December 2013
Nobody likes to remember lots of different passwords. This is why most enterprises have implemented single sign-on (SSO) solutions. You just sign in one time...
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Juju: a robust cloud strategy built on choice
by Canonical on 17 December 2013
Ubuntu is the reference platform for scale out computing. Some manifestations of scale out computing include: edge of network workloads, dev/test...
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The next decade of innovation | Ubuntu at Le Web 2013, Paris
by Canonical on 5 December 2013
Over the last decade, we’ve seen the arrival of the first smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and other connected devices; the Web completely transformed with the...
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Nearly 60% of OpenStack deployments use Ubuntu
by Mark Baker on 22 November 2013
The OpenStack Foundation recently conducted a survey, asking their members about how they used OpenStack.
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MAAS and Juju in a VM on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS – Part 2
by Canonical on 19 November 2013
Enterprise environments rely on Ubuntu’s LTS (Long-term Support) release. Its established two year release cadence and five year security and maintenance...
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Video: Ubuntu Cloud technologies on Dell PowerEdge servers
by Canonical on 18 November 2013
This video published by the DellTechCenter shows the optimisation of Ubuntu’s cloud technologies, “Juju” and “MAAS”, as used with the Dell PowerEdge servers. ...
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Interested in MAAS and Juju? Here’s how to try it in a VM
by Canonical on 15 November 2013
The backbone for scale-out workload deployments in Ubuntu, such as big data (Hadoop), cloud (OpenStack), and layered applications is a combination of...
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Deploying Web Applications using Juju – (Part 3/3)
by Canonical on 7 November 2013
The goal of this tutorial series is to demonstrate the power of Juju service orchestration for deploying web applications and infrastructure services. Juju is...
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A week in San Francisco
by Canonical on 7 November 2013
I recently attended my first cloud sprint meeting held in San Francisco, and it turned out to be a great experience. It’s been 10 years since I last visited,...
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Planning a cathedral at the bazaar
by Peter Mahnke on 6 November 2013
So I am stretching the metaphor a bit, but I think it accurately explains my experience of the recent cloud sprint in San Francisco. The week starts with some...
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Canonical keynote: building business value through interoperability
by Canonical on 5 November 2013
Watch Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical and Ubuntu, create an entire Ubuntu OpenStack cloud from scratch using building blocks chosen by his live...