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Michelle Anne Tabirao
25 February 2025

Valkey container image – securely designed, compliant, and long term supported (LTS)

Article Data Platform

Canonical has published best-in-class OCI-compliant Valkey container images that feature enhanced security. These images are based on Ubuntu LTS packages, which are supported, maintained, and hardened by Canonical for up to 10 years and include a software bill of materials (SBOM) and digital signature. Compared to...

Michelle Anne Tabirao
25 February 2025

Gabriel Aguiar Noury
24 February 2025

Canonical at Embedded World 2025

Article Internet of Things

Embedded World is just around the corner; 11 to 13 March. Featuring: Embedded World is the essential global gathering for the embedded community. We invite you to visit Booth 4-160 in Hall 4 to discover how Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, can enhance your technology stack from cloud to devices with unparalleled...

Gabriel Aguiar Noury
24 February 2025

Lyubomir Popov
17 February 2025

A deep dive into our grid system and typography for the A4 format

Article Ubuntu

We recently redesigned our whitepapers as part of our broader rebranding project. Let’s look at some of the ideas behind our approach to layout and typography. The goal? A reliable, accessible modular system that communicates with clarity, purpose and precision across mediums — qualities that tie directly back to our...

Lyubomir Popov
17 February 2025

Lidia Luna Puerta
17 February 2025

How Ubuntu Pro + Support keeps your Ubuntu 20.04 LTS secure and stable

Article Ubuntu

Running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with ESM keeps your systems up to date with essential security patches. But when something breaks or a complex issue arises, Ubuntu Pro + Support ensures you have Canonical experts on hand to help. Supplementing ESM with support gives you extra peace of mind, keeping your infrastructure stable,...

Lidia Luna Puerta
17 February 2025

Andreea Munteanu
17 February 2025

7 considerations when building your ML architecture

Article AI

As the number of organizations moving their ML projects to production is growing, the need to build reliable, scalable architecture has become a more pressing concern. According to BCG (Boston Consulting Group), only 6% of organizations are investing in upskilling their workforce in AI skills. For any organization...

Andreea Munteanu
17 February 2025

Ishani Ghoshal
13 February 2025

How can you personalize your Ubuntu Pro subscription?

Article Ubuntu

Ubuntu Pro is Canonical’s subscription for open source software security, support and compliance. Users of Ubuntu Pro benefit from Expanded Security Maintenance, which extends patching from the standard 5 years to 10 years, for both the Main and Universe repositories. However, Ubuntu Pro goes beyond patching and...

Ishani Ghoshal
13 February 2025

Andreea Munteanu
12 February 2025

AI in 2025: is it an agentic year?

Article AI

2024 was the GenAI year. With new and more performant LLMs and a higher number of projects rolled out to production, adoption of GenAI doubled compared to the previous year (source: Gartner). In the same report, organizations answered that they are using AI in more than one part of their business, with 65% of respondents

Andreea Munteanu
12 February 2025

Canonical
11 February 2025

Canonical announces 12 year Kubernetes LTS

Article Canonical announcements

Canonical’s Kubernetes LTS (Long Term Support) will support FedRAMP compliance and receive at least 12 years of committed security maintenance and enterprise support on bare metal, public clouds, OpenStack, Canonical MicroCloud and VMware. February 11, 2025 Today, Canonical announced a 12 year security maintenance and...

Canonical
11 February 2025

Lidia Luna Puerta
10 February 2025

How your feedback shapes the way we support open source software

Article Ubuntu

Over the past year, we’ve been busy gathering your feedback on the redesign of our support portal. We want to make sure the portal meets your evolving needs, and delivers the best possible support experience for your open source software. Your insights drive us forward, and this year, we’ll focus on incorporating your...

Lidia Luna Puerta
10 February 2025

Carlos Bravo
7 February 2025

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS standard support is coming to an end – options for AWS Users

Article Ubuntu

As our recent blog post mentioned, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) is reaching the end of its standard support period. This means the free version will no longer receive security updates. For AWS users, you have two options: upgrade to a newer LTS version or upgrade to Ubuntu Pro to expand the security maintenance and

Carlos Bravo
7 February 2025

ijlal-loutfi
7 February 2025

Security in depth with Ubuntu: Mapping security primitives to attacker capabilities

Article Confidential computing

Cybersecurity is not about perfection. In fact, it’s more like a game of chess: predicting your opponent’s moves and making the game unwinnable for them. Like chess players, attackers are always looking for an opening, probing for weaknesses, or waiting for you to make a mistake. Therefore, the best defense isn’t a...

ijlal-loutfi
7 February 2025

Canonical
6 February 2025

Canonical achieves ISO/SAE 21434 certification, strengthening automotive cybersecurity standards

Article Automotive

Certified cybersecurity processes to help safeguard next-generation connected vehicles Canonical is proud to announce it has achieved the ISO/SAE 21434 certification for its Security Management System, following an extensive assessment by TÜV SÜD, a globally respected certification provider. This milestone highlights...

Canonical
6 February 2025

Stephanie Domas
6 February 2025

EU Cyber Resilience Act compliance: best practices for IoT manufacturers

Article Compliance

The EU Cyber Resilience Act has considerable repercussions for the IoT device manufacturers. In this blog, we explore these new regulatory requirements and give our blueprint for compliant, market-ready devices.

Stephanie Domas
6 February 2025

A CISO’s comprehensive breakdown of the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act (EU CRA)

Article Compliance

The CRA is coming, and you need to be prepared. Depending on the Class your product falls into, there could be additional assessment, security, documentation, patching, compliance and reporting requirements on you and your teams. Find out how your digital product or service is categorised, reexamine your cybersecurity...

Stephanie Domas
6 February 2025