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Blog posts tagged
"Ubuntu Advantage"


Canonical
22 August 2016

QTS and Canonical unveil private, fully managed OpenStack cloud

Canonical announcements News

OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS, and LONDON, U.K. (August 22, 2016) – Responding to increasing demand for flexible, open source and cost-predictable cloud solutions, QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: QTS) and Canonical (the company behind Ubuntu, the leading operating system for container cloud, scale out, and hyperscale computing) announced today a pr ...


Ellen Arnold
9 August 2016

Professional support for Ubuntu now easier than ever

Cloud and server Article

Canonical’s professional support subscription Ubuntu Advantage (UA)—for cloud, server and desktop—is now even easier to purchase or renew with the launch of the UA store [buy.ubuntu.com]. UA helps organisations around the world to manage their Ubuntu deployments. It includes: Bug fixes & security updates, documentation, manuals, AskUbuntu ...


Udi Nachmany
14 January 2016

5 reasons you should only use certified images on the public cloud

Cloud and server Article

Ubuntu has a long history in the cloud. Not only is it the world’s number one platform for deployments of OpenStack (as we’ve covered here), it also runs more public cloud workloads than all other platforms combined. Fast, secure, and proven in the most demanding production environments, it is extremely popular with the likes of ...


Canonical
18 June 2015

Certified Ubuntu images now optimized for Joyent Triton containers

Cloud and server Article

Joyent Expands Triton Elastic Container Infrastructure Beyond Docker, Adds Support for Container-Native Linux on Bare Metal Partners with Canonical to provide certified and supported Ubuntu images, optimized to run natively on bare metal on Triton Infrastructure Containers Joyent Inc., the container-native infrastructure company, today an ...


Canonical
2 April 2015

Ubuntu, ARM and the public cloud

Cloud and server Article

Ubuntu has a long history of interest and investment in supporting ARM-based hardware. Since our 10.04 release, Ubuntu has been fully compatible with the ARMv7 architecture, and in 2014 we were the first commercial Linux-based operating system to announce full support for the newly enabled 64-bit ARMv8 architecture. Christian Reis, VP Hyp ...


Canonical
19 March 2015

Fairbanks joins Cloud Partner Program

Cloud and server Article

Dutch OpenStack experts, Fairbanks, is the latest organisation to join Canonical’s Cloud Partner Program. Fairbanks becomes another company in Canonical’s ranks of expert partners across Europe focused on reselling Canonical’s business proposition including Ubuntu Advantage, Ubuntu OpenStack, BootStack and tools like MAAS, Juju and Landsc ...


Canonical
2 September 2014

Your guest, your choice: running Windows Server on Ubuntu OpenStack

Cloud and server Article

It is no secret that Ubuntu is by far the most popular cloud guest OS on the world’s major public clouds. Figures range from 55-75% depending on the source and the cloud provider in question, but it’s something we are very proud of and a status we seek to maintain and grow. However, the spirit ...


Canonical
11 December 2013

Ubuntu and HP: a successful team in the education sector

Desktop Article

Ubuntu and Hewlett-Packard have shipped over one and a half million laptops directly into education. These were bought by both individuals, and institutions. In India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh the government knows that investing in laptops and making them readily available to students is a powerful way to help their knowledge econ ...


Canonical
30 October 2013

Hit the ground running with Ubuntu OpenStack training

Cloud and server Article

Canonical was the first company to commercially distribute and support OpenStack, under the Ubuntu Cloud Infrastructure brand. Ubuntu is also the reference operating system for the project. Since 2011, we’ have included the latest version of OpenStack in every Ubuntu release, and made every OpenStack release available for the most recent ...


Canonical
29 August 2013

Ubuntu OpenStack factsheet

Cloud and server Article

Ubuntu OpenStack offers an industry-leading, powerful toolset to enable you to build the most flexible and reliable cloud on OpenStack. What exactly makes up the Ubuntu OpenStack offer? How does Canonical engage with cloud providers, and what can you expect from an Ubuntu OpenStack cloud? This factsheet tells you everything you need to kn ...


Canonical
11 March 2013

Canonical announces certification and support for the latest Dell PowerEdge servers

Ubuntu News

Canonical today announced that it has signed a collaborative engineering agreement with Dell to support Ubuntu 12.04 LTS across the full range of Dell’s latest 12th generation PowerEdge Servers for Ubuntu Advantage customers. Over 45 Dell PowerEdge Servers have been certified by Canonical for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Customers who buy the Ubuntu ...


Canonical
21 September 2012

Bancard streamlines PCI compliance with Canonical’s Landscape

Cloud and server Case study

Landscape centralises management of Ubuntu servers to increase efficiency and support compliance with financial industry regulations Summary NA Bancard provides fully managed, cost-effective payment processing services, enabling US businesses to accept non-cash payments in store, online, and through mobile channels. Mission-critical finan ...