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70 posts from 2014
Ubuntu’s support model fosters a strong ecosystem for OpenStack
By Canonical, 29 May 2014
Ubuntu was the first platform to embrace OpenStack, and OpenStack development largely happens on Ubuntu. As the reference platform for OpenStack, the majority...
Ubuntu Cloud documentation – 14.04 LTS
By Canonical, 21 May 2014
This article is out of date. Please visit ubuntu.com/autopilot for up-to-date instructions on installing OpenStack. Deploying production grade OpenStack with...
Huge downloads for Ubuntu Kylin 14.04 LTS, first OEM partner announced
By Jon Melamut, 15 May 2014
Over the last few months we’ve seen significant traction with Ubuntu Kylin among users and PC hardware manufacturers. Downloads from the Ubuntu Kylin...
NUDT and Canonical bring OpenStack to world’s fastest supercomputer
By Canonical, 14 May 2014
China’s National University of Defense Technology, NUDT, developers of the Tianhe-2 supercomputer, and Canonical, the organisation behind Ubuntu, today...
Ubuntu announcements from the Atlanta OpenStack Summit
By Dustin Kirkland, 13 May 2014
Atlanta, Tuesday May 13th 2014 Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu and Canonical, made several announcements on stage at the OpenStack Summit today. The...
Jumpstart Training with the Orange Box
By Dustin Kirkland, 13 May 2014
Two full days of technical training, covering Ubuntu, MAAS, Juju, Landscape, and OpenStack. We are delighted to introduce a new delivery mechanism for...
Fast with an extra helping of faster
By Mark Baker, 13 May 2014
Today AMD announced a set of industry benchmark performance records for hyperscale OpenStack running on Ubuntu OpenStack (Icehouse) and AMD’s SeaMicro...
Ubuntu scale out and cloud partner ecosystem expands with IBM POWER8
By John Zannos, 28 April 2014
Public and private cloud adoption has continued to grow, and Canonical has been at the forefront, focusing on scale out and cloud architectures. We have built...
What’s new in Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS?
By Canonical, 17 April 2014
Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS, which goes live today, is the third Ubuntu LTS release designed for cloud. After more than four years, we finally see the cloud...
OpenStack+VMware deployment stories: webinar Q&A
By Canonical, 11 April 2014
Canonical and VMware recently ran a joint webinar in which we shared customer stories from OpenStack+vSphere deployment projects. The webinar was a huge...
Adding hardware support to MAAS
By Canonical, 9 April 2014
MAAS and power MAAS, or Metal as a Service, is a tool for treating physical servers similarly to cloud resources. It lets you take a pile of hardware and...
New committee to make cloud services instantly safer
By Canonical, 28 March 2014
A few months ago, Canonical started to work with a set of partners to address the challenges around single sign-on for new services within an organisation. We...