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Launching new Telco services daily – TADS Summit 2013

The telco business has long prided itself on providing dependable services all day every day. Today, dial tones generally survive earthquakes, hurricanes, wars and power cuts and that is testimony to the service quality telcos provide. This high level of service quality runs through a telco’s DNA, which gives their applications the renown

Designing a product you don’t use

Over the last year we have been working on the Juju GUI to reach a broader audience. Juju is a way of building complex cloud environments. It connects different services, allows complex configuration and the ability to scale out quickly and easily. Juju is offered as a command line tool or as a GUI on

Deploying web applications using Juju on EC2 (Part 1/3)

The goal of this tutorial series is to demonstrate the power of Juju service orchestration for deploying web applications and infrastructure services in the cloud, in this case on Amazon EC2. Juju is a service orchestration framework that is designed to make it very easy for application designers to deploy their applications in an easy,

Latest from the web team — September 2013

We might have been quiet, but we have been busy! Here’s a quick overview of what the web team has been up to recently. In the past month we’ve worked on: New juju.ubuntu.com website: we’ve revamped the information architecture, revisited the key journeys and updated the look to be more in line with www.ubuntu.com Fenchurch

Wednesday App Clinic – Update

Over the last few weeks, we’ve enjoyed running 2 Wednesday App Clinics. Thanks to all those who sent us their apps and questions. It’s been a fantastic response! It certainly has helped us to see how you’ve been using the design guides and the components, and I hope it has helped you. The first clinic started

Creating Evernote on Ubuntu for smartphones

The Ubuntu community has been supporting app development for Ubuntu on phones since its  launch in January. Volunteer developers have contributed significant amounts of code to the phone, including core applications such as the calendar, calculator, the music app and more. We are now announcing a project to create an Open Source Evernote

Charm Championship to be judged by industry leaders

As we approach the final month of the Juju Charm Championship, we’re excited to announce the panel of expert judges who will be reviewing submissions and selecting the winners for the competition’s six categories. Canonical is proud to have such a prestigious list of judges. It’s a testament to the value Juju brings to cloud

Ubuntu on Windows Azure gets the Juju magic

September 17th, 2013. Today, Canonical, in cooperation with Microsoft, is announcing that Juju fully supports deploying services on Ubuntu into Windows Azure. This means that from tomorrow, September 18th, Ubuntu users can use Juju with its intuitive GUI to design and deploy sophisticated application infrastructure instantly into Windows


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HP releases Ubuntu loaded machines in 1,500 stores in China

Ubuntu’s retail presence has grown again as HP brings a range of laptops pre-installed with a Chinese-centric version of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to over 1,500 of its stores across all major cities in China. Consumers in China will now be able to purchase HP laptops running Ubuntu directly from stores, where they will also find

Ubuntu on Windows Azure gets the Juju magic

September 17th, 2013. Today, Canonical, in cooperation with Microsoft, is announcing that Juju fully supports deploying services on Ubuntu into Windows Azure. This means that Ubuntu users can use Juju with its intuitive GUI to design and deploy sophisticated application infrastructure instantly into Windows Azure. Fresh Ubuntu Certified i

Landscape updates Ubuntu with hyperscale management

Today we’re introducing some new features into Ubuntu’s systems management and monitoring tool, Landscape. Organisations will now be able to use Landscape to manage Hyperscale environments ranging from ARM to x86 low-power designs, adding to Landscape’s existing coverage of Ubuntu in the cloud, data centre server, and desktop environments

Ubuntu the challenger?

When it comes to using Linux on an enterprise server, Ubuntu is generally seen as the new challenger in a market dominated by established vendors specifically targeting enterprises. However, we are seeing signs that this is changing. The W3Techs data showing Ubuntu’s continued growth as a platform for online scale-out infrastructure is be

Critical workloads, private deployments and market opportunities abound in the cloud

In our annual Server and Cloud Survey we asked over 5,800 Ubuntu users from six continents to share their experience of using Ubuntu server and cloud, as well as how they use cloud and plans for the future. The 2013 results just in revealed some interesting themes around cloud adoption, deployments and market opportunities. Overall,

Facebook comes to Ubuntu phone

The Ubuntu community is developing a Facebook application for Ubuntu smartphones ready for launch later this year. It will be an Ubuntu Web App, which takes web based applications, such as Facebook, and enables them to act just like native applications. Web apps integrate with the Ubuntu phone’s interface for functions such as launch, not

Wednesday App Design Clinic

Since Ubuntu touch was announced, its been fantastic to see the variety of apps you’ve been developing, from shopping lists to word games, to apps that aid your daily commute. As the Ubuntu Touch platform gets bigger and better, myself and the design team have been receiving more requests for feedback on designs, as well

Join in UbuntuVoice: be the voice of millions of Ubuntu users

In past years, we have had many Ubuntu users getting involved in helping with our user research. Now we feel it’s time to form a user research network, which we’re calling: UbuntuVoice. So,  if you want to: be the voice of over 20 million Ubuntu users. You will have the opportunities to take part in


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