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Joshua Powers
2 October 2018

Ubuntu Server development summary – 2 Oct 2018

Cloud and server News

The purpose of this communication is to provide a status update and highlights for any interesting subjects from the Ubuntu Server Team. If you would like to reach the server team, you can find us at the #ubuntu-server channel on Freenode. Alternatively, you can sign up and use the Ubuntu Server Team mailing list. Spotlight: ...


James Nunns
2 October 2018

How to build and deploy your first AI/ML model on Ubuntu

Cloud and server Webinar

Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) have stolen the hearts and minds of the public, the press and businesses. The technological advances in the field have helped to transport AI from the world of fiction, into something more tangible, and within touching distance. However, despite the hype, AI in the ‘real world’ isn’t qu ...


Canonical
26 September 2018

Canonical’s Current Security Certifications

Cloud and server Article

Canonical has entered the security certifications space by achieving a few important security certifications for the first time on Ubuntu. Canonical has achieved FIPS 140-2 Level 1 certification for several cryptographic modules on Ubuntu 16.04. Canonical has also achieved Common Criteria EAL2 certification for Ubuntu 16.04. In addition, ...


Alan Griffiths
21 September 2018

IoT Graphics: Mir Release 1.0

Internet of Things Article

The Mir team is pleased to announce the milestone release of Mir 1.0.0. This is the first major release targeted at IoT device makers and enthusiasts looking to build the next-generation of graphical solutions. Mir is a display server and is used by other projects to draw graphics on the screen. The Mir team have ...


James Nunns
20 September 2018

Ubuntu does Kubernetes

Cloud and server Article

Kubernetes: the tech industry has become pretty well versed in talking about what has become one of the biggest technology trends in the past few years with most claiming some involvement in it. Canonical also does Kubernetes, but not in a ‘me too!’ kind of way. The Charmed Distribution of Kubernetes (CDK) is pure upstream ...


Canonical
19 September 2018

Announcing Extended Security Maintenance for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS – “Trusty Tahr”

Canonical announcements Article

Since the release of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, more than 450 million public cloud Ubuntu instances have launched, making Ubuntu the basis for the majority of cloud-based workloads. In fact, more than 60% of large-scale production clouds are running on Ubuntu operating systems (OS). This includes workloads and use cases across telecommunications, ...


Will Cooke
17 September 2018

Optimised Ubuntu Desktop images available in Microsoft Hyper-V gallery

Desktop Desktop

Today we’re very pleased to announce that an optimised Ubuntu Desktop image is available from the Hyper-V gallery.  This will give an optimum experience when running Ubuntu Desktop as a guest on a Windows 10 Pro desktop host. From the Ubuntu Report data we know that a lot of people are using Ubuntu as a ...


Alan Pope
13 September 2018

Fresh Snaps from August 2018

Desktop Desktop

Another month passes and we’ve got a collection of applications which crossed our “desk” (Twitter feed) during August 2018. We have a mix of social tools, music creation and curation software, password storage systems, developer tools and some fun too. Take a look down the list, and discover something new today. 1. Whalebird AkiraFukushim ...


James Nunns
13 September 2018

Financial services: escaping the burning platform

Cloud and server Article

The financial services industry is standing on a burning platform, it’s time to jump to safety or suffer the consequences. The platform in this picture is the legacy infrastructure that dominates their IT organisations. From ageing servers and a dwindling workforce that’s even capable of running these monoliths, the pressure to change, fo ...


Karl Waghorn-Moyce
13 September 2018

Leading the Vanilla design system

Cloud and server Design

After a busy year of working on our Vanilla CSS framework, I wanted to reflect upon what I have learned, and share my thoughts on leading the design for a growing design system. How it all began Whilst working as a visual designer across our suite of Cloud and Web products, I became aware of ...


James Nunns
13 September 2018

Robots that run Ubuntu

Internet of Things Article

The home for innovators, Ubuntu is a place where developers can create what previously lived solely in the realms of fiction. The internet of things, the cloud, and robots are world changing technologies and they’re all running Ubuntu. With an estimated worldwide spending figure of $103bn by 2020, according to IDC, the field of robotics ...