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AI, ML, & Ubuntu: Everything you need to know

AI and ML adoption in the enterprise is exploding from Silicon Valley to Wall Street. Ubuntu is the premier platform for these ambitions — from developer workstations, to racks, to clouds and to the edge with smart connected IoT. One of the joys that come with new developer trends are a plethora of new technologies

Desktop team report from GUADEC 2018

This year’s GUADEC [https://2018.guadec.org/] (GNOME Users And Developers Conference) took place in Almeria, Spain.  The main conference was from 6th to 11th July, and for a few days prior to that where the GNOME Advisory Board met for an in-person catch up, and a few days afterwards for BOF days where developers met to discuss

PowerShell launches as a snap

PowerShell Core from Microsoft is now available for Linux as a Snap. Built on the .NET Framework, PowerShell is an open source task-based command-line shell and scripting language with the goal of being the ubiquitous language for managing hybrid cloud assets. It is designed specifically for system administrators and power-users to rapidl

IoT Security at Scale: Managing end-to-end security

Title: IoT Security at Scale: Managing end-to-end security for Commercial IoT Gateways Speakers: Justin Rigling, CTO, Rigado Date/Time: August 8, 12:00PM EST / 5:00PM BST Rigado, a Canonical partner, provides a secure, scalable gateway solution to companies deploying large-scale Commercial IoT applications. In this webinar, Rigado will sh

Infographic: Ubuntu connects everything

As highlighted in the Ubuntu is Everywhere infographic to coincide with the 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu is used by millions across every sector and technology imaginable. Two years on, and with 18.04 LTS now released, we take a new look at how Ubuntu has evolved and is at the heart of emerging technologies including AI, blockchain,

Minimal Ubuntu, on public clouds and Docker Hub

Today we are delighted to introduce the new Minimal Ubuntu, optimized for automated use at scale, with a tiny package set and minimal security cross-section. Speed, performance and stability are primary concerns for cloud developers and ops. “The small footprint of Minimal Ubuntu, when deployed with fast VM provisioning from GCE, helps de

Introducing the Dell Precision 7530 and 7730 with Ubuntu

We’re excited to see Dell announce the availability of the latest Precision mobile workstations which come preinstalled with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Canonical have been part of Dell’s Project Sputnik since Day 1, and over 5 years later we are excited to see continuous innovation in open source computing solutions. The Dell Precision 7530 and 77

Evaluating the true cost of multi-cloud

Title: Evaluating the true cost of multi-cloud Speakers: Stephan Fabel & Owen Rogers Date/Time: July 12, 12:00PM EST / 5:00PM BST This webinar will take a look at new insights into multi-cloud economics. Recently, analyst firm 451 Research highlighted savings gained from using Canonical’s managed private cloud as part of a diverse multi-c

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS certified for Intel NUC for IoT device development

Canonical and Intel® are pleased to announce that Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is now certified on selected Intel® NUC Mini PCs and boards. This partnership will aid device manufacturer’s and their developers to a smoother path to the development and deployment of IoT devices. Applicable to a range of use cases from digital signage to home

A unified OpenStack for a scalable open infrastructure

Stu Miniman and John Boyer of theCUBE interviewed Mark Baker, Field Product Manager, Canonical at the OpenStack Summit in Vancouver. Read on to to find out about OpenStack’s increasing maturity. The Kubernetes and OpenStack story isn’t simple. Challenges exist, and plenty of pathfinding still needs to take place when it comes to Kubernete

451 Research benchmarks public and private infrastructure cost

Independent Report highlights the TCO of Canonical’s managed private cloud in a diverse multi-cloud strategy and enterprise infrastructure portfolio 451 Research’s latest report, ‘Busting the myth of private cloud economics ’, found that Canonical’s managed private OpenStack offering, BootStack, delivers private cloud with a TCO that matc

Ubuntu to host containers in Amazon’s (EKS) for container portability

The benefits of Ubuntu optimisation by Amazon and Canonical now extend to Amazon’s Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (EKS) with Ubuntu worker nodes hosting high performance Docker containers in AWS. This creates perfect portability for enterprise container workloads developed on Ubuntu workstations and operated on private infrastru

Kubernetes and OpenStack solving AI complexities at scale

Stu Miniman and John Boyer of theCUBE interviewed Stephan Fabel, Director of Ubuntu Product and Development at the OpenStack Summit in Vancouver. Read on for the full interview, and to hear more on Kubernetes, Kubeflow and MicroK8s. OpenStack has entered a new phase, maturing to a point where those in attendance are serious about open

Simplifying deployment and management of edge clouds with CPLANE.ai

Title: Simplifying deployment and management of edge clouds Speakers: Matt Akins & Brandon Williams Date/Time: June 13, 12:00PM EST / 5:00PM BST Canonical recently announced a partnership with CPLANE.ai to simplify cloud management. Canonical brings scale, performance, and reliability to the cloud as well as ease of installation through J

OpenStack Summit Vancouver: Automating the data centre

Stu Miniman and John Boyer of theCUBE interviewed Mark Shuttleworth at the OpenStack Summit following the Canonical founder’s keynote in Vancouver. Read on for the full interview, and to hear more on the economics of cloud. Rethinking the data centre to make it fully automated from the ground up was the opportunity presented to architects

Emerging Trends in Financial Services: IoT, AI, and Blockchain

Title: Emerging Trends in Financial Services: IoT, AI, and Blockchain Speakers: Mark Baker (Canonical), John Erik Setsaas (Signicat), Wincie Wong (RBS), Vivek Bajaj (IBM) Date/Time: June 5, 7:30AM EST / 12:30PM BST   The world of money is constantly changing. Artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things have helped us extract more v