Canonical announcements

Big data gets super-fast with Ubuntu on Bigstep Metal Cloud

by Canonical on 14 September 2016

Bigstep gains Ubuntu Public Cloud certification Ubuntu Server images are optimized for performance, security, dependability on Bigstep Metal Cloud, with...

Cloud and server

Deploying a Spark job using Juju

by Guest on 13 September 2016

Juju makes it easy to setup and monitor a Spark cluster with a few commands. In this guide we will setup a new cluster and deploy a Spark job using this tool....

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Internet of Things

Webinar: Using snaps to deliver enterprise and consumer software

by Amrisha Prashar on 9 September 2016

We’ll be hosting our next webinar on using snaps to deliver enterprise and consumer software. This webinar will be hosted by Nextcloud founder Frank...

Cloud and server

MAAS 2.0: high availability API-driven bare metal provisioning

by Christian Reis on 8 September 2016

This week, the result of over a year of work by our engineering team is concluded: the final release of MAAS 2.0 is now available for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and...

Cloud and server

Cloud Chatter: September 2016

by Canonical on 7 September 2016

Welcome to the latest issue of Cloud Chatter. This month, don’t miss: A look at Facebook’s new lab, testing software solutions including Juju and MAAS The...

Internet of Things

Welcoming the Parrot S.L.A.M.dunk: the new drone development kit

by Thibaut Rouffineau on 7 September 2016

Parrot collaborates with Canonical to launch the Parrot S.L.A.M.dunk, a new development kit for the creation of autonomous and obstacle avoidance drones and...

Internet of Things

10 Desktop snaps written in August

by Didier Roche on 7 September 2016

More and more snaps are being created monthly! For those that may not know, Snaps are a new way for developers to package their apps, bringing with it many...

Internet of Things

Highlights from Intel’s Developer Conference 2016!

by Pedro Coca on 7 September 2016

Last month we were present at Intel’s Developer Conference that took place in SF. The conference gathered technologists together to demo, discuss and share...

Cloud and server

Pentaho users explore the future of DevOps and Big Data with Juju

by Guest on 4 September 2016

This quarter’s PLUG (Pentaho London User Group) headed to Canonical’s head office which is nicely located just behind the Tate Modern in London. I must admit...

Phone and tablet

August’s reading list

by Inayaili de León Persson on 1 September 2016

August has been a quiet month, as many of team have taken some time off to enjoy the unusually lovely London summer weather, but we have a few great links to...

Canonical announcements

Canonical certifies big software solutions at Facebook’s new lab

by Canonical on 30 August 2016

Written by David Duffey, Director of Technical Partnerships for Canonical’s cloud division Today at the OCP Technology Day, Facebook announced the grand...