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Blog posts tagged
"OpenStack"


Canonical
14 February 2014

Canonical/Ubuntu enables instant NFV

Cloud and server Article

Mobile World Congress (MWC) taking place in Barcelona next week is arguably the biggest event in the Telco and Operator calendar attracting upwards of 72,000 visitors. It is renowned as the venue where the leading vendors launch new devices and Ubuntu may or may not have some announcements of its own in this area. Less ...


Mark Baker
22 November 2013

Nearly 60% of OpenStack deployments use Ubuntu

Cloud and server Article

The OpenStack Foundation recently conducted a survey, asking their members about how they used OpenStack. ...


Mark Baker
15 November 2013

OpenStack Summit Hong Kong 2013: Interoperability and collaboration for a stronger OpenStack

Ubuntu Server

To paraphrase from Mark Shuttleworth’s keynote at the OpenStack Developer Summit last week in Hong Kong, building clouds is no longer exciting. It’s easy. That’s somewhat of an exaggeration, of course, as clouds are still a big choice for many enterprises, but there is still a lot of truth in Mark’s sentiment. The really interesting ...


Canonical
5 November 2013

Canonical keynote: building business value through interoperability

Cloud and server Videos

Watch Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical and Ubuntu, create an entire Ubuntu OpenStack cloud from scratch using building blocks chosen by his live audience at the OpenStack Summit in Hong Kong. ...


Canonical
5 November 2013

Ubuntu OIL announced for broadest set of cloud infrastructure options

Cloud and server News

Today at the OpenStack Design Summit in Hong Kong, we announced the Ubuntu OpenStack Interoperability Lab (Ubuntu OIL). The programme will test and validate the interoperability of hardware and software in a purpose-built lab, giving Ubuntu OpenStack users the reassurance and flexibility of choice. We’re launching the programme with many ...


Mark Baker
17 October 2013

The open cloud future is here: Ubuntu 13.10 and OpenStack Havana

Cloud and server News

We’re very happy to announce the arrival of Ubuntu 13.10 and OpenStack Havana. Ubuntu is the fastest and easiest way to deploy an OpenStack Havana-based cloud. Of course, we’re not the only way to deploy an OpenStack cloud – the diversity of OpenStack’s contributors is part of what makes it so appealing to both us ...


Canonical
10 October 2013

Ubuntu 13.10 delivers faster cloud setup and management for scale-out environments

Cloud and server News

Ubuntu Server 13.10 is available from 17th October; first fully supported release of the new OpenStack Havana, with faster node installation and a new version of Juju that supports ultra-dense containerised application deployment. Canonical today announced that the next version of Ubuntu for server and cloud environments will be released ...


Mark Baker
3 October 2013

OpenStack India Day and APAC Momentum

Cloud and server Article

Recently I had the privilege of presenting at OpenStack India Day in Bangalore. I was in great company, alongside speakers from SwiftStack, HP, the OpenStack Foundation and other key contributors to OpenStack. The conversations generated at the sold-out event covered a broad range of both technical and industry topics, but the overall tak ...


Mark Baker
10 September 2013

Ubuntu the challenger?

Ubuntu Ubuntu Advantage

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 ...


Canonical
29 August 2013

OpenStack primer

Cloud and server Article

This short document introduces you to OpenStack and its components, what you can change and customise, and why Ubuntu and OpenStack work so well together. ...


Canonical
29 August 2013

Ubuntu OpenStack Jumpstart

Cloud and server Article

On-site Canonical engineers will help you deploy a reference cloud for your department or company, based on the same technologies that power the Rackspace and HP public clouds: Ubuntu and OpenStack. Ubuntu is the OS of choice for new clouds, both as host and guest. Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has unparalleled experience deployin ...