Ubuntu
Cloud and server
Introducing the Canonical Distribution of Ubuntu OpenStack
by Canonical on 28 October 2014
The Canonical Distribution of Ubuntu OpenStack is the easiest way to create reference OpenStack clouds in minutes with full management, monitoring and scaling...
Cloud and server
Talligent newest member of Canonical’s Charm Partner Programme
by Ellen Arnold on 16 October 2014
We are excited to announce the membership of Talligent in Canonical’s Charm Partner Programme. Talligent empowers enterprises and service providers to deploy...
Ubuntu
Saving ubuntu.com on download day: Caching location specific pages
by Robin Winslow on 28 August 2014
On release day we can get up to 8,000 requests a second to ubuntu.com from people trying to download the new release. In fact, last October (13.10) was the...
Ubuntu
Ubuntu 14.10 wallpapers – we needs ‘em!
by Canonical on 8 August 2014
Ubuntu was once described to me by a wise(ish 😉 ) man as a train that was leaving whether you’re on it or not. That’s the beauty of a 6 month release cycle....
Cloud and server
Enterprise standards = prisoners of the mind?
by Mark Baker on 22 July 2014
Over the last few weeks we’ve found ourselves in several prospective customer meetings discussing the suitability of OpenStack for enterprise use in...
Desktop
Ubuntu and open source help the City of Munich save millions
by Canonical on 7 July 2014
Challenge Munich is the third-largest city in Germany, with approximately 1.5 million inhabitants. The local governing body employs more than 33,000 people –...
Cloud and server
HP Publishes OpenStack on Ubuntu Reference Architecture
by John Zannos on 1 July 2014
Just in time for the recent HP Discover event, engineers from HP and Canonical published a technical white paper titled: HP Reference Architecture for...
Cloud and server
NUDT and Canonical bring OpenStack to world’s fastest supercomputer
by Canonical on 14 May 2014
China’s National University of Defense Technology, NUDT, developers of the Tianhe-2 supercomputer, and Canonical, the organisation behind Ubuntu, today...
Cloud and server
Fast with an extra helping of faster
by Mark Baker on 13 May 2014
Today AMD announced a set of industry benchmark performance records for hyperscale OpenStack running on Ubuntu OpenStack (Icehouse) and AMD’s SeaMicro...
Ubuntu
#10 Ubuntu is built on IAAS for IAAS users
by Mark Shuttleworth on 31 March 2014
Ubuntu is famous for “making things easy”. That’s just as important on the cloud as it is in consumer devices, and we bring the same user-centric design to...
Ubuntu
The very best edge of all
by Mark Shuttleworth on 8 March 2014
The bottom edge is the most natural one to use, and Ubuntu has given it to developers to make the most of. Some design guidance establishes a framework for...