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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
6 March 2019

Infographic: Snapcraft for developers

Cloud and server Article

At the end of last year, we shared an infographic highlighting the adoption of snaps by users for their desktop, server or IoT devices. Those snaps wouldn’t be available without the growing number of developers building them behind the scenes. But why have developers, including those from some of the world’s largest software companies, de ...


Canonical
4 March 2019

How to quickly deploy production-ready Kubernetes

Cloud and server Article

Kubernetes, the flexible software that coordinates containers, runs on a range of platforms, from public to private cloud, data centers, bare metal and virtualised infrastructure, and requires a number of considerations for design and performance optimisation. Beyond identifying individual requirements, such as use cases and topology, org ...


Canonical
1 March 2019

MAAS – Fast and efficient virtualisation for small and medium enterprises

Cloud and server Article

The advent of virtualisation has significantly changed the way we use IT infrastructure. In theory, the ability to share single server resources to run multiple isolated operating systems provides flexibility and promises easy operations. However, in practice, managing virtualised infrastructure can be quite expensive and complex as a res ...


Canonical
28 February 2019

Canonical adds containerd to Ubuntu Kubernetes

Canonical announcements Article

February 28, 2019 – Canonical today announced support for containerd in its 1.14 releases of Charmed Kubernetes and Microk8s, improving security and robustness. “Containerd has become the industry-standard container runtime focused on simplicity, robustness and portability.” said Carmine Rimi, product manager for Kubernetes at Canonical. ...


Canonical
26 February 2019

Ubuntu is EAL2 certified

Desktop Desktop

Canonical has received Common Criteria EAL2 certification. The evaluation covers a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS on one of the supported platforms listed in the certification report. Common Criteria (CC) for Information Technology Security Evaluation is an international standard (ISO/IEC IS 15408) for Computer security certification ...


Canonical
11 February 2019

Understanding containerised workloads for Telco

Cloud and server Webinar

For telecommunications companies evaluating ways to transition and modernise their network infrastructure, cloud-native, container-based microservices architectures are a powerful solution in meeting requirements of compute needs through edge cloud and beyond. Understanding infrastructure implications and design considerations for open so ...


Canonical
7 February 2019

Financial services businesses say multi-cloud is central to their plans for AI, containers and blockchain, 451 Research reveals

Cloud and server Article

The Canonical commissioned study found that 60% of financial services businesses bank on the benefits of multi-cloud to support emerging technologies, but significant skills gap still exists An independent report by 451 Research, ‘Multi-Cloud Fundamental to Financial Services Transformation’, found that financial services businesses are l ...


Canonical
6 February 2019

Ubuntu at Mobile World Congress 2019

Cloud and server Article

Mobile World Congress (MWC) is the world’s largest annual gathering for the mobile industry, held in Barcelona, Spain. This year, there will be a number of people from Canonical at the event. If you want to get in touch and discuss your business requirements you can book a meeting below. Book a meeting OpenStack & ...


Canonical
5 February 2019

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr Extended Security Maintenance

Desktop Article

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS – As 14.04 reaches the end of its five-year LTS window in April 2019, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ‘Trusty Tahr’ transitions to Extended Security Maintenance (ESM). ESM is a feature available through Ubuntu Advantage, Canonical’s commercial support package. ESM as a stand-alone addition was available for 12.04 only. Contact the Ubunt ...


Canonical
4 February 2019

Ubuntu at Embedded World 2019

Internet of Things Article

Event Details: Date: February 26 – 28, 2019 Location: Nuremberg, Germany Venue: Messe Stand: 4-660 Canonical is excited to return to one of the leading events in the IoT calendar – Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany. At Embedded World we will be demonstrating how organisations can bring their IoT solutions to market quicker using snaps ...


Canonical
22 January 2019

Ubuntu Core 18 released for secure, reliable IoT devices

Internet of Things Canonical News

Canonical today published Ubuntu Core 18, bringing the popular Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to high-security embedded devices. “Dell has been working closely with Canonical over the past three years to certify Ubuntu Core on all our Edge Gateway platforms. Ubuntu Core enables our customers to build highly secure, stable IoT solutions that deliver the ...


Canonical
21 January 2019

What will be the biggest development trends in 2019?

Cloud and server Article

What’s the most popular programming language today among software developers? It’s still JavaScript, with over 10M users globally. Python has reached 7M active developers and is climbing up the ranks. How do we know that? Thanks to the Developer Economics survey. Every year it reaches over 40,000 developers in 167+ countries to discover w ...