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Ubuntu OpenStack is available today on all IBM servers

by Canonical on 19 September 2016

IBM and Canonical expand Hybrid Cloud Alliance as Ubuntu OpenStack is available today on all IBM servers Ubuntu OpenStack support included with Canonical’s...

Big data gets super-fast with Ubuntu on Bigstep Metal Cloud

by Canonical on 14 September 2016

Bigstep gains Ubuntu Public Cloud certification Ubuntu Server images are optimized for performance, security, dependability on Bigstep Metal Cloud, with...

Deploying a Spark job using Juju

by Guest on 13 September 2016

Juju makes it easy to setup and monitor a Spark cluster with a few commands. In this guide we will setup a new cluster and deploy a Spark job using this tool....

MAAS 2.0: high availability API-driven bare metal provisioning

by Christian Reis on 8 September 2016

This week, the result of over a year of work by our engineering team is concluded: the final release of MAAS 2.0 is now available for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and...

Cloud Chatter: September 2016

by Canonical on 7 September 2016

Welcome to the latest issue of Cloud Chatter. This month, don’t miss: A look at Facebook’s new lab, testing software solutions including Juju and MAAS The...

Pentaho users explore the future of DevOps and Big Data with Juju

by Guest on 4 September 2016

This quarter’s PLUG (Pentaho London User Group) headed to Canonical’s head office which is nicely located just behind the Tate Modern in London. I must admit...

Canonical certifies big software solutions at Facebook’s new lab

by Canonical on 30 August 2016

Written by David Duffey, Director of Technical Partnerships for Canonical’s cloud division Today at the OCP Technology Day, Facebook announced the grand...

Conjure-up is magic!

by Brent Clements on 26 August 2016

There are few things that really get me excited when it comes to technology. But those that do can be classified as follows: Technology that makes my life...

25 years on and Linux is still going strong

by Jane Silber on 25 August 2016

I embarked on the Linux journey in 2004 when I joined the newly founded Canonical and its not-yet-named Ubuntu team. I knew there was incredible opportunity...

QTS and Canonical unveil private, fully managed OpenStack cloud

by Canonical on 22 August 2016

OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS, and LONDON, U.K. (August 22, 2016) – Responding to increasing demand for flexible, open source and cost-predictable cloud solutions,...

Lunch and learn with OpenStack containers

by Mark Baker on 15 August 2016

Follow the instructions in this article to spend around an hour over your lunch time to get an entire Ubuntu OpenStack cloud up and running in containers on a...

Professional support for Ubuntu now easier than ever

by Ellen Arnold on 9 August 2016

Canonical’s professional support subscription Ubuntu Advantage (UA)—for cloud, server and desktop—is now even easier to purchase or renew with the launch of...