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Announcing Charmed Kubeflow 1.10

Canonical proudly announces the release of Charmed Kubeflow 1.10

The future of Kubernetes networking: Cilium and other CNIs with Canonical Kubernetes

Choosing the right Container Network Interface (CNI) for Kubernetes is critical to achieving optimal performance, security, and scalability. With the launch of Canonical Kubernetes LTS (long-term support) last month, Canonical decided to integrate Cilium as the default CNI in order to reflect our commitment to delivering a modern, securit

How does MongoDB work?

Explore what MongoDB is, how it functions, and how organizations utilize it for specific applications to achieve business benefits.

Automated patching for the Linux kernel

To start securely and efficiently, Linux systems follow a carefully orchestrated sequence of steps to initialize firmware and manage services. Applying security patches to the software responsible for some of these early steps of Linux startup often requires a full system reboot. Frequent reboots driven by unplanned critical patching is d

KubeCon Europe 2025: Containers & Connections with Ubuntu

It’s hard to believe that the first KubeCon took place nearly 10 years ago. Back then, Kubernetes was still in its early days, and the world was only just beginning to understand the power of container orchestration. Fast-forward to today, and Kubernetes is a fundamental part of cloud-native development, taught in universities as a key

The State of Silicon and Devices – Q1 2025 Roundup

Welcome to the first quarterly roundup on the State of Silicon and Devices by Canonical.  Q1 has seen lots of announcements in the areas of Edge AI and cybersecurity. Companies across the semiconductor and software ecosystem are pushing toward more powerful, energy-efficient AI models at the edge, while simultaneously strengthening their

Ubuntu Confidential VMs Now Available on Google Cloud A3 with NVIDIA H100 GPUs

Organizations are racing to harness the transformative power of AI, but sensitive data privacy and model security remain critical roadblocks. What if you could unlock the full potential of AI without compromising your most valuable assets? Canonical is thrilled to announce the availability of Ubuntu Confidential VMs on Google Cloud’s acce

Open source enterprise application security remains a challenge despite greater patching efforts, IDC research reveals

The latest report from the International Data Corporation (IDC) co-sponsored by Canonical and Google Cloud  indicates that 36% of organizations adopt open source to improve development velocity, and 7 in 10 organizations see open source as extremely important to run mission critical workloads. However as open source adoption grows, organi


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70% of IT teams spend more than 6 hours per week on security patching – new IDC research

Open source software is a popular tool for businesses for many reasons, but this adoption has introduced new challenges in maintaining their open source software supply chain. 57% of organizations source their packages from upstream open source repositories, and 51% from ecosystem packages like pip or npm. The research shows that while 9

Rivos and Canonical partner to deliver scalable RISC-V solutions in Data Centers and enable an enterprise-grade Ubuntu experience across Rivos platforms

Rivos Inc. brings scalable, high-performance AI accelerating solutions to the Data Center, helping to turn the benefits of both AI and Data Analytics into a reality. Rivos is  working with Canonical to deliver the widely utilized Ubuntu OS on top of the Data Center-class integrated RISC-V CPU and innovative GPGPU solution from Rivos.  Thi

What is Application Security (AppSec)?

Application security (or AppSec, for short) is a broad term that refers to all of the tools, actions, and processes that an organization uses to protect its applications against vulnerabilities across the entirety of its life cycle. Application security has one objective: to find weaknesses in your applications and systems that could be a

Accelerating AI with open source machine learning infrastructure

The landscape of artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving, demanding robust and scalable infrastructure. To meet these challenges, we’ve developed a comprehensive reference architecture (RA) that leverages the power of open-source tools and cutting-edge hardware. This architecture, built on Canonical’s MicroK8s and Charmed Kubeflow, ru

Hardening automation for CIS benchmarks now available for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

We’re pleased to release Ubuntu Security Guide profiles for CIS benchmarks.

Building optimized LLM chatbots with Canonical and NVIDIA

The landscape of generative AI is rapidly evolving, and building robust, scalable large language model (LLM) applications is becoming a critical need for many organizations. Canonical, in collaboration with NVIDIA, is excited to introduce a reference architecture designed to streamline and optimize the creation of powerful LLM chatbots. T

Unlocking Edge AI: a collaborative reference architecture with NVIDIA

The world of edge AI is rapidly transforming how devices and data centers work together. Imagine healthcare tools powered by AI, or self-driving vehicles making real-time decisions. These advancements rely on bringing AI directly to edge devices. However, building a robust architecture for diverse edge environments presents significant hu

Ubuntu now officially supports NVIDIA Jetson: powering the future of AI at the edge

Canonical announces the General Availability of Ubuntu for the NVIDIA® Jetson Orin™ for edge AI and robotics, bringing optimized performance, out-of-the-box compatibility, and an easy pathway to high-performance AI solutions for AI developers everywhere. Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, announced official support for the NVIDIA Jetson


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