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Ubuntu OpenStack is the most trusted platform on which to build a public cloud. One of the best things about it is the ease of moving from a proof of concept or small lab-based deployment to a large, scalable, production one. In this brochure, we discuss some basics about running Ubuntu OpenStack for public clouds,

With OpenStack becoming more and more popular as a cloud-building technology for enterprises, companies are asking themselves several important questions. How viable is OpenStack as an enterprise platform? Is it possible (and feasible) to integrate it with existing virtualisation infrastructure, e.g. vSphere from VMware? Is there a busine

In this whitepaper, you will read about moving your Ubuntu OpenStack private cloud from the proof-of-concept stage to a production environment. It covers technical and organisational aspects, and gives you some best practices on running your Ubuntu OpenStack private cloud in production and making it future-proof. Download eBook

This technical whitepaper, a collaboration between Canonical and VMware, proposes a reference architecture for running OpenStack on VMware vSphere. It draws on experience both companies have in joint customer engagements, and lists some best practices and recommendations for getting the most out of existing enterprise IT infrastructure wh

Interesting news on the Open Compute Project (OCP) front this week as we extend our partnership with Microsoft to demonstrate the value of our Metal-as-a-Server (MAAS) deployment solution within an OCP environment. At this week’s OCP Summit, taking place in San Jose today and tomorrow (10th and 11th March), we will demonstrate how we’re w

Canonical is pleased to announce the addition of QCT (Quanta Cloud Technology), a leading global datacenter solution provider, to its Ubuntu Cloud Partner Programme. This extensive partnership includes QCT hardware certification on the Ubuntu OS, participation in Canonical’s OpenStack Interoperability Lab (OIL) and the joint design, valid

AppScale have joined the Charm Partner Programme. AppScale is an open source PaaS that leverages the Google App Engine APIs. It allows devs to quickly focus on the business logic of the application and frees your ops from unwieldy software stacks. AppScale gives enterprises the freedom to run Google App Engine applications across all publ

Ubuntu Core with Weave and Docker are ideal to run backend services in any cloud, connecting securely with client devices on the edge. Whether your solution is a bespoke system or an enterprise PaaS, Weave let’s you scale and move applications with ease. Ubuntu Core, Weave and Docker are ideal for implementing open-source Continuous Deliv

Erle-Robotics just showed the world how Snappy Ubuntu Core can power the autopilot in their Erle-Copter drone and push drones to their limits. It is a really cool video but the message is a lot bigger. If you are a drone manufacturer or just a drone hobbyist, you might be an expert in building the

With MWC2015 barely over, we’re now looking forward to the next big European cloud event – WHD.global 2015 – held at Europa Park in Rust, Germany. WHD.global 2015, now in its 11th year, promises to be as popular and diverse as ever. The event organisers expect over 6,000 vendors, service providers and software developers to

Ubuntu community devs Andrew Hayzen and Victor Thompson chat with lead designer Jouni Helminen. Andrew and Victor have been working in open source projects for a couple of years and have done a great job on the Music application that is now rolling out on phone, tablet and desktop. In this chat they are sharing

Siralab Robotics has engineered and built an autonomous surface vehicle named TRASIBOT for environmental monitoring and surveillance tasks, focused on the evaluation of water quality and on providing seabed mapping. Development and production environments are based on Ubuntu OS and on ROS/GazeboSim system which represent the best solution

Ubuntu has once again expanded its distribution presence by launching across 500 stores in Latin America with Dell. This comes off the back of successful retail efforts in other global markets such as China, India and Southeast Asia. Consumers in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru will be now be able to more readily purchase Ubuntu-based Dell

Last year around this time, we announced the availability of cgmanager, a daemon allowing users and programs to easily administer and delegate cgroups over a dbus interface. It was key to supporting nested containers and unprivileged users. While its dbus interface turned out to have tremendous benefits (I wasn’t sold at first), there are

Three Reasons to visit Canonical @ Mobile World Congress 2015 Mobile World Congress 2015 is nearly upon us and, with a host of new demonstrations including the first shipping Ubuntu phones and a number of new cloud and IoT innovations, we’re looking forward to welcoming you to the booth (Hall 8.1 Booth F41). Here’s a

This month, we had news on Big Data, Juju and Mojo. We also introduced our global OpenStack roadshow kicking off next month, as well as our new classroom-based OpenStack training courses scheduled for April and May. Finally, we also had some great partner ecosystem news for you. So dive in and enjoy!   OpenStack Events Firstly, Canonical