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Canonical produces Ubuntu, provides commercial services for Ubuntu's users, and works with hardware manufacturers, software vendors and cloud partners to certify Ubuntu.


Canonical
27 February 2017

Mobile World Congress 2017: day one recap

Cloud and server Article

It’s the last week of February and that can only mean one thing, Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain.  This event, unlike other mega shows, has stood the test of time and has maintained its title as the premier telecom, device, and Internet of Things (IoT) conference in the world. For the past several ...


Canonical
27 February 2017

The Dell Edge Gateway 3000 launches with Ubuntu Core 16

Internet of Things Article

See the small Dell Edge Gateway 3000 with Ubuntu Core at the Ubuntu booth at MWC 2017 – Hall P3 3K1 Dell Technologies is today announcing the new Dell Edge Gateway 3000 series, at Mobile World Congress 2017. The latest in the line of its purpose built gateways, the 3000 Series includes three unique models ...


Canonical
23 February 2017

Technologic Systems Inc. brings Ubuntu Core to the i.MX6 based TS-4900

Internet of Things Article

Ubuntu Core and the TS-4900 makes for one the most secure, easy to manage, and flexible i.MX6 powered boards on the market The TS-4900 with Ubuntu Core will be on the Ubuntu Booth in Hall P3 – 3K31 at Mobile World Congress 2017 London, UK and Fountain Hills, AZ – 23 February 2017 : Today, ...


Canonical
22 February 2017

Why does software-defined everything matter?

Cloud and server Article

Does anybody still think of a phone as a way of just making calls? According to Informate Mi less than 10% of the time you spend on a phone is spent giving calls. That’s because phones have evolved from single function device to malleable pocket computers whose entire purpose is defined by the apps that ...


Canonical
22 February 2017

Screenly announces a follow-up to its popular digital signage solution

Internet of Things Article

Screenly’s platform has grown to run over 10,000 screens in less than four years Making it the largest commercial deployment of Raspberry Pi for digital signage Enables rich content in-store screens to be flexible media platform Screenly 2 has been rebuilt from scratch with Ubuntu Core to bring more and easier to use features with ...


Canonical
22 February 2017

Webinar: Get cloud-ready servers in minutes with MAAS

Cloud and server Webinar

Learn how to take full advantage of existing hardware investments by maximising hardware efficiency. This live webinar was broadcasted on Wednesday 15th Mach 2017. Watch it on-demand now. Data center operators are quickly becoming more automated and need to have the flexibility to leverage their hardware infrastructure more efficiently. C ...


Canonical
20 February 2017

IOTA: IoT revolutionised with a ledger

Internet of Things Article

Ever since the introduction of digital money, the world quickly came to realize how dire and expensive the consequences of centralized systems are. Not only are these systems incredibly expensive to maintain, they are also “single points of failures” which expose a large number of users to unexpected service interruptions, fraudulent acti ...


Canonical
16 February 2017

Lime Microsystems and Canonical announce LimeNET crowdfunding

Internet of Things Article

Sequel to initial $1million successful crowdfunding campaign follow hugely successful first round of crowdfunding for open-source, 5G and IoT capable SDR with app stores Second round will provide a market for round-one developers to sell their apps on the first open source mobile and IoT base station with app stores New revenues for telco ...


Canonical
9 February 2017

openHAB arrives as a snap!

Internet of Things Article

openHAB is a completely open source smart home alternative to Apple Homekit and Samsung SmartThings. Consumers can mix and match hardware and services from different brands London, UK – February 9th, 2017: Canonical, openHAB Foundation and Azul Systems have launched the snap packaging of openHAB 2.0, a free open smart home platform that a ...


Canonical
8 February 2017

Community Initiative UBports launches Ubuntu Fairphone 2

Phone and tablet Article

The Ubuntu Community UBports has one mission: to have the open source software Ubuntu on every device, starting with smartphones. UBports’ actions are based on collaborative development where developers are putting Ubuntu on different smartphones. During the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona end of February UBports will show a very speci ...


Canonical
7 February 2017

Who should bear the cost of IoT security: consumers or vendors?

Internet of Things Article

Anyone using the internet in Europe and the US on 21st October last year experienced what economists call an externality. It arrived in the form of a massive 1.2 Tbps DDoS attack on Dyn, a US-based internet infrastructure company. This, in turn, triggered outages at multiple sites – including PayPal, Twitter, Amazon and Netflix. The ...


Canonical
30 January 2017

48% of people unaware their IoT devices pose a security threat

Internet of Things Article

LONDON, U.K. – 30 January, 2017 – Nearly half (48%) of citizens remain unaware that their connected devices could be infiltrated and used to conduct a cyber attack. That’s according to a new IoT security whitepaper which was published today by Canonical – the makers of Ubuntu. The report, which includes research from over 2,000 ...