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Cloud and server

Webinar: Deploying Microsoft technologies on OpenStack

by Canonical on 31 October 2016

Watch On Demand In this webinar we explore the common challenges organisations face in deploying and managing Windows workloads at scale on OpenStack. We look...

Cloud and server

Ubuntu on Windows – The Ubuntu Userspace for Windows Developers

by Dustin Kirkland on 30 March 2016

I’m in San Francisco this week, attending Microsoft’s Build developer conference, as a sponsored guest of Microsoft.That’s perhaps a bit odd for me, as I...

Cloud and server

Microsoft announces first Technical Preview of Azure Stack with Ubuntu

by John Zannos on 26 January 2016

The cloud is about choice, portability and scale. I believe it is important for every element of the cloud ecosystem to support and expand both. Ubuntu is a...

Cloud and server

The Open Enterprise Cloud – OpenStack’s Holy Grail?

by Canonical on 19 May 2015

The way people think about the enterprise IT is changing fast, putting into question many common assumptions on how hardware and software should be designed...

Internet of Things

IoT World and the power of Snappy Apps everywhere

by Maarten Ectors on 19 May 2015

IoT World was an eye opener for many. The same open source operating system that everybody loves from the cloud now powered the first smart fridge with apps...

Cloud and server

DataArt’s DeviceHive platform arrives on Azure Marketplace

by Canonical on 24 April 2015

The industrial Internet of Things (IoT) enables businesses to predict when industrial equipment is going to fail, so that action can be taken beforehand. A...

Internet of Things

The power of Software Defined Networking appliances – SDNA

by Maarten Ectors on 8 April 2015

For Mobile World Congress we purchased the cheapest Intel server with 6 ports from the Amazon Store: After installing Snappy Ubuntu Core and working with...

Cloud and server
Cloud and server

Ubuntu, Hortonworks and Microsoft = Big Data Hosted Solution

by Tom Callway on 19 February 2015

The first Microsoft Azure hosted service to run Linux (on Ubuntu) announced at Strata Conference This week thousands of people are in California at Strata +...

Cloud and server

Ubuntu on Windows Azure gets the Juju magic

by Mark Baker on 17 September 2013

September 17th, 2013. Today, Canonical, in cooperation with Microsoft, is announcing that Juju fully supports deploying services on Ubuntu into Windows Azure....

Cloud and server

Enterprise cloud computing with Ubuntu on Windows Azure

by Canonical on 16 April 2013

The emergence of public cloud computing has changed the IT landscape for developers and enterprises, making it significantly easier and more cost effective to...

Desktop

Ubuntu is the open source platform of choice for Oxford Archaeology

by Canonical on 4 October 2010

Out with the proprietary software and in with open source. Moving to Ubuntu is proving to be an excellent decision by Oxford Archaeology. Background Oxford...