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Alex Cattle
6 November 2019

Yahoo! Japan builds their IaaS environment with Canonical

Article Cloud and server

Yahoo! Japan, originally formed as a joint venture between Yahoo! and SoftBank, is one of the most popular internet advertising, search engines and e-commerce sites in the country and employs over 6000 people. Due to having such scale and volume of users, Yahoo! Japan required outside help to build their IaaS...

Alex Cattle
6 November 2019

Rhys Davies
5 November 2019

ROSCon 2019 – Canonical

Article Robotics

What an exhausting, yet intriguing few days. Huge thanks to Open Robotics et. al. for hosting and setting it up. The fantastic community came in full force with far more people than last year, more people than ROSCon JP and more people than I would have ever guessed. Which is to say, there were more

Rhys Davies
5 November 2019

Canonical
5 November 2019

Access ESM, now free to the community, via the updated Ubuntu Advantage client

Article Cloud and server

Canonical is happy to announce that all community users are entitled to a free Ubuntu Advantage for Infrastructure account for access to Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) and Kernel Livepatch* for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) for up to three machines, and up to 50 machines for all official Ubuntu Members. ESM...

Canonical
5 November 2019

Galem KAYO
3 November 2019

Roadmap for Ubuntu official support for the Raspberry Pi 4

Article Internet of Things

Update: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and 19.10 images for the Raspberry Pi 4 are now available on the Raspberry Pi downloads page. With 19.10 release of Ubuntu Server, Canonical announced official support for the Raspberry Pi 4. The latest board from the Raspberry Pi Foundation sports a faster system-on-a-chip with a processor that...

Galem KAYO
3 November 2019

Rhys Davies
1 November 2019

The State of Robotics – October 2019

Article Internet of Things

October came, and October went. Happy November everybody. This month, since last month was quite Ubuntu robotics heavy, the focus is more on you. For you. Community news. But before we get to that, there are several updates from October to cover just in case you missed them. First, this month Canonical, the company that

Rhys Davies
1 November 2019

Peter Mahnke
1 November 2019

Design and Web team summary – 25 October 2019

Article Design

Here are some of the highlights of our completed work. Web squad Web is the squad that develop and maintain most of the brochure websites across the Canonical. This was a very busy two weeks for the Web squad, especially with the exciting Ubuntu 19.10 release updates to be done. Takeovers and engage pages This

Peter Mahnke
1 November 2019

Chad Smith
29 October 2019

Ubuntu Server development summary – 29 October 2019

Article Cloud and server

Hello Ubuntu Server The purpose of this communication is to provide a status update and highlights for any interesting subjects from the Ubuntu Server Team. If you would like to reach the server team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-server channel on Freenode. Alternatively, you can sign up and use the Ubuntu Server Team

Chad Smith
29 October 2019

Tytus Kurek
29 October 2019

OpenStack Charms 19.10 – Train, Policy Overrides and more

Article Charms

Canonical is proud to announce the availability of OpenStack Charms 19.10. This new release introduces a range of exciting features and several improvements which enhance Charmed OpenStack across various areas. To learn more about Charmed OpenStack, visit our page. OpenStack Train This release introduces support for...

Tytus Kurek
29 October 2019

Kyle Fazzari
28 October 2019

PSA for ROS users: Some things to know as Python 2 approaches EOL

Article Robotics

We recently got an interesting question from a customer, and I think the answer might be helpful to a wider audience. Python 2 will reach end of life in two months. This shouldn’t be news to anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock, and plans are in place to use Python 3 in Noetic

Kyle Fazzari
28 October 2019

Katie Elston
28 October 2019

The masters speak: Forward-thinking Ubuntu users gather to share their experiences

Article AI

The inaugural Ubuntu Masters event brought together leaders from some of the world’s most exciting companies to talk about their infrastructure challenges and how they’re relying on open-source innovation to solve them. Comprised primarily of engineers and developers, the group convened at the NVIDIA campus in Santa...

Katie Elston
28 October 2019

Sarah Dickinson
28 October 2019

Standardising software to quickly deliver a smart city platform for millions

Article Internet of Things

New York has the highest population density of any city in the United States with over 27,000 people per square mile. The average New Yorker has a commute of 40 minutes, 14 more than the national average. There are over 200 languages spoken in the city. These statistics alone illustrate the challenge of communicating to

Sarah Dickinson
28 October 2019

Galem KAYO
28 October 2019

Learn about our differentiated approach to IoT digital transformation at IoTSWC.

Article Canonical announcements

Canonical will be present at the 2019 IoT Solutions World Congress (IOTSWC) in Barcelona from Tuesday 29th October at booth 224 in hall 2. We are convening to the flagship IoT event, alongside more than 350 leading suppliers of IoT, artificial intelligence and blockchain solutions. Businesses attending IOTSWC are...

Galem KAYO
28 October 2019

Thibaut Rouffineau
25 October 2019

Ubuntu at Open Infrastructure Summit Shanghai

Article Cloud and server

On November 4-6, Open Infrastructure Summit sees its second instalment in Shanghai. It’s the opportunity to check on the progress of some of the key projects from the Openstack Foundation: OpenStack, Kata containers. It’s also the occasion for Canonical to talk about the latest features and use cases around its open...

Thibaut Rouffineau
25 October 2019

Rhys Davies
24 October 2019

Canonical at ROSCon Macau 2019

Article Internet of Things

Hey everyone, listen up, ROSCon 2019 is days away, and the Ubuntu team is going to be there. If you’re coming to Macau be sure to come and say hi at booth 22. Mention reading this blog and get a free high five? It’s going to be an event to remember. If you were at

Rhys Davies
24 October 2019