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1486 posts by Canonical
Cloud and server
So You Want to Write a Snappy App?
by Canonical on 3 June 2015
Introduction If you are anything like me, you love to write apps for Ubuntu. Like the Ubuntu phone two years ago, snappy is a bit of a green field in terms of...
Internet of Things
Intel and Canonical collaborate around IoT gateways
by Canonical on 2 June 2015
Intel and Canonical are collaborating around Intel® IOT Gateways and Snappy Ubuntu Core. The Intel® IOT Gateway will come with support for Snap Stores. The...
Phone and tablet
BQ launches the new Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition
by Canonical on 2 June 2015
In February of this year, BQ, the European technology company, launched the Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition, the world´s first smartphone featuring the Ubuntu...
Cloud and server
Introducing pylxd
by Canonical on 27 May 2015
In part of my work for nova-compute-lxd, we use a combination of httplib, UNIX domain sockets, and JSON to talk to the LXD daemon via the REST API. Talking to...
Ubuntu
To converge onto mobile, tablet, and desktop, think Grid Units
by Canonical on 23 May 2015
In the converged world of Unity-8, applications will work on small mobile screens, tablets and desktop monitors (with a mouse and keyboard attached) as
Cloud and server
Cloudbase and Canonical partner to bring Windows Hyper-V Support
by Canonical on 21 May 2015
Partners bring Windows Hyper-V support to managed OpenStack clouds Cloudbase Solutions, the developer of Windows components in OpenStack, announced today that...
Cloud and server
StackVelocity and Canonical team up to deliver cloud economics
by Canonical on 21 May 2015
StackVelocity Financial Services deliver Ubuntu OpenStack clouds that align costs to revenue StackVelocity® has teamed up with Canonical to launch a suite of...
Cloud and server
The Open Enterprise Cloud – OpenStack’s Holy Grail?
by Canonical on 19 May 2015
The way people think about the enterprise IT is changing fast, putting into question many common assumptions on how hardware and software should be designed...
Cloud and server
LXD crushes KVM in density and speed
by Canonical on 18 May 2015
LXD achieves 14.5 times greater density than KVM LXD launches instances 94% faster than KVM LXD provides 57% less latency than KVM LXD is the container-based...
Cloud and server
What are the different types of storage: block, object and file?
by Canonical on 18 May 2015
Networked storage services are generally classified in the way they are consumed and interfaced with on the client side. The most traditional service type is...
Cloud and server
What is software-defined storage?
by Canonical on 18 May 2015
What is software-defined storage, and how do NAS and SAN appliances compare to software-defined storage? Large-scale storage presents an inherent scalability...
Cloud and server
Canonical Cloud Chatter: April 2015 Newsletter
by Canonical on 12 May 2015
This April saw our new release, Ubuntu 15.04! We also have some great webinars, training courses and product announcements to tell you about and some exciting...