Press releases

Canonical
13 July 2016

Etisalat partners with Canonical to Deploy NFV Telco Infrastructure

News Cloud and server

Etisalat, the Middle East’s leading telecoms provider announced today (download PDF) that it has built and launched its first live Network Function Virtualization telco cloud in Abu Dhabi. The NFV-based telco infrastructure has been built with Quanta servers, Arista switches and Canonical’s Ubuntu OpenStack, a...

Canonical
13 July 2016

Canonical
6 June 2016

Vendors embrace Juju model-driven operations

News Cloud and server

Vendors delivering SAAS experience on-premises with Juju charms Charms encapsulate deployment, integration, management, support, operations Reusable charms greatly reduce the operations cost of big software Centres of gravity around big data, machine learning and container management Rapid growth in use of Juju for...

Canonical
6 June 2016

Chris Kenyon
23 March 2016

Tele2 begins major shift to cloud with Canonical

News Cloud and server

Tele2, one of Europe’s most innovative telecom operators, announced today that it will move its Network and IT infrastructure to the cloud to pave the way for future investment and network build out to 5G. This move puts Tele2 at the vanguard of the move to Network Function Virtualisation (NFV), a once in a generation change

Chris Kenyon
23 March 2016

Canonical
22 February 2016

Canonical creates first VNF Performance Interoperability Lab (V-PIL)

News Cloud and server

Canonical announces the creation of the first VNF Performance Interoperability Lab for scale out infrastructure Enables service providers to rigorously test their VNF performance and interoperability before deploying in live network architecture Dramatic reduction in cost and time for deploying new services Affirmed,...

Canonical
22 February 2016

Canonical
3 June 2014

Canonical announces expanded Ubuntu support for the Cavium workload

News Cloud and server

Optimisation for deployment and provisioning cloud based workloads at scale London and Computex TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 3, 2014 – Canonical today announced expanded support for the ThunderX SoC family from Cavium, Inc., (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for...

Canonical
3 June 2014

Canonical
16 April 2014

Ubuntu 14.04 desktop: trusted OS for consumers and business

News Desktop

14.04 LTS is a reliable, secure and intuitive release for enterprises, government and education. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is a cost-effective replacement for Windows XP or Windows 7 end of life. For the latest cloud news, see the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Server announcement here. 16th April 2014, London: Canonical announces the latest...

Canonical
16 April 2014

Canonical
15 April 2014

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: the cloud platform of choice

News Cloud and server

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is the platform for scale; delivers any workload on any substrate Telcos and cloud service providers trust Ubuntu for OpenStack and public cloud 14.04 Long Term Support release is Ubuntu’s third LTS cloud release London 15th April 2014: Canonical today announces Ubuntu 14.04 LTS will be released on 17th...

Canonical
15 April 2014

Mark Baker
20 February 2014

Canonical welcomes Joyent to its Certified Public Cloud Programme

News Cloud and server

Launching applications and workloads in the cloud should be a seamless experience, so today we announced a partnership with Joyent to bring optimised and fully supported Ubuntu server images to users of Joyent’s cloud platform. Ubuntu is the most popular guest OS in the cloud and combined with Joyent’s High Performance...

Mark Baker
20 February 2014

Canonical
19 February 2014

Canonical announces first partners to ship Ubuntu phones

News Phone and tablet

bq and Meizu sign agreements to deliver and ship Ubuntu phones Online campaigns with bq and Meizu will make Ubuntu phones available globally Strong support for Ubuntu devices has also been received from carriers worldwide 19th February 2014, London: Canonical today announces it has signed agreements with mobile device...

Canonical
19 February 2014

Canonical
18 February 2014

Growing app ecosystem for Ubuntu phones

News Phone and tablet

It is an exciting time for Ubuntu on phones, with the ecosystem growing positively. We are delighted to announce new partnerships across key app categories from those that bring entertainment and productivity, to developer tools as well as partners helping bring your apps to Ubuntu. Our partners will support Ubuntu on...

Canonical
18 February 2014

Canonical
12 February 2014

Smart joins Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group

News Phone and tablet

In its efforts to further democratize access to the Internet, Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), the leading wireless services provider in the Philippines, has joined the Carrier Advisory Group (CAG) of Ubuntu, a global forum set up to give operators the opportunity to influence the development of smartphones powered...

Canonical
12 February 2014

Canonical
6 February 2014

Vodafone joins Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group

News Phone and tablet

Ubuntu has gained momentum for its phone offering over the last year and has attracted much interest from the mobile industry at large. So, today, we’re announcing Vodafone as the latest addition to our Carrier Advisory Group. Vodafone Group is part of the Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group (CAG). As a member of the CAG, Vodafone

Canonical
6 February 2014

Canonical
17 October 2013

Latest Ubuntu 13.10 includes first step to mobile / PC convergence

News Desktop

13.10 desktop gains Smart Scopes and performance improvements from mobile and desktop convergence effort, paving the way for full converge across all devices. 13.10 includes the first true mobile release of Ubuntu, enabling OEMs, carriers and silicon vendors to integrate Ubuntu for mobile devices in 2014. 13.10 supports...

Canonical
17 October 2013

Canonical
10 October 2013

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

News Cloud and server

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...

Canonical
10 October 2013

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