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Cloud Chatter: August 2016

by Canonical on 3 August 2016

Welcome to the latest issue of Cloud Chatter. This month, don’t miss: An overview of our widely applauded universal “snap” packages launch A fantastic free...

What is and Why Micro-Segmentation for multi-tenant big software?

by Brent Clements on 26 July 2016

Working with enterprises particularly those in health, financial services and government sectors who are required to be serious about security and who need to...

Introducing the new Juju store

by Elvi on 22 July 2016

Over the past few months, the Juju team has been working on a whole redesign of the Juju store homepage and we’re very happy to announce that it is now live!...

Charm Partner Newsletter: July

by Ellen Arnold on 14 July 2016

In this issue… Ecosystem growth: Welcome to our new partners New features and tips: Juju GUI 2.0, using ZFS and LXD, and OPNFV charming Upcoming events: Juju...

How Canonical Battles Zero-Day Threats

by Brent Clements on 14 July 2016

I work for Canonical as a Consulting Architect. Every design I put together I try to secure as best as possible. One reason I came to Canonical was because of...

Etisalat partners with Canonical to Deploy NFV Telco Infrastructure

by Canonical on 13 July 2016

Etisalat, the Middle East’s leading telecoms provider announced today (download PDF) that it has built and launched its first live Network Function...

Canonical and Pivotal Collaborate to Deliver Cloud Native Platform

by Canonical on 6 July 2016

Ubuntu to Become Preferred Linux OS for Pivotal Cloud Foundry Leveraging Canonical’s Ubuntu Advantage (UA) Support Services Automated Approach to Security...

e-shelter and Canonical launch Joint Managed OpenStack Private Cloud

by Canonical on 5 July 2016

Quick, easy and cost-predictable way to get a fully functional OpenStack cloud Built on Ubuntu OpenStack and using application management tools Juju and MaaS...

Snapcraft 2.12: an ecosystem of parts, qmake and gulp

by Canonical on 29 June 2016

Snapcraft 2.12 is here and is making its way to your 16.04 machines today.This release takes Snapcraft to a whole new level. For example, instead of defining...

HOWTO: Host your own SNAP store!

by Dustin Kirkland on 24 June 2016

SNAPs are the cross-distro, cross-cloud, cross-device Linux packaging format of the future. And we’re already hosting a fantastic catalog of SNAPs in the...

HOWTO: Classic, apt-based Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Server on the rpi2!

by Dustin Kirkland on 20 June 2016

Classic Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, on an rpi2Hopefully by now you’re well aware of Ubuntu Core — the snappiest way to run Ubuntu on a Raspberry Pi…But have you ever...

A New Research Cloud on Ubuntu OpenStack

by Canonical on 20 June 2016

If you’re starting from almost scratch, and – where many people are – you don’t have any skill, you don’t have any training, you don’t have much of an idea of...