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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: the cloud platform of choice

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is the platform for scale; delivers any workload on any substrate Telcos and cloud service providers trust Ubuntu for OpenStack and public cloud 14.04 Long Term Support release is Ubuntu’s third LTS cloud release London 15th April 2014: Canonical today announces Ubuntu 14.04 LTS will be released on 17th April 2014, bringi

Canonical welcomes Joyent to its Certified Public Cloud Programme

Launching applications and workloads in the cloud should be a seamless experience, so today we announced a partnership with Joyent to bring optimised and fully supported Ubuntu server images to users of Joyent’s cloud platform. Ubuntu is the most popular guest OS in the cloud and combined with Joyent’s High Performance platform developers

Canonical announces first partners to ship Ubuntu phones

bq and Meizu sign agreements to deliver and ship Ubuntu phones Online campaigns with bq and Meizu will make Ubuntu phones available globally Strong support for Ubuntu devices has also been received from carriers worldwide 19th February 2014, London: Canonical today announces it has signed agreements with mobile device manufacturers bq (ww

Growing app ecosystem for Ubuntu phones

It is an exciting time for Ubuntu on phones, with the ecosystem growing positively. We are delighted to announce new partnerships across key app categories from those that bring entertainment and productivity, to developer tools as well as partners helping bring your apps to Ubuntu. Our partners will support Ubuntu on phones at launch to

Smart joins Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group

In its efforts to further democratize access to the Internet, Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), the leading wireless services provider in the Philippines, has joined the Carrier Advisory Group (CAG) of Ubuntu, a global forum set up to give operators the opportunity to influence the development of smartphones powered by the world’s most

Vodafone joins Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group

Ubuntu has gained momentum for its phone offering over the last year and has attracted much interest from the mobile industry at large. So, today, we’re announcing Vodafone as the latest addition to our Carrier Advisory Group. Vodafone Group is part of the Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group (CAG). As a member of the CAG, Vodafone

Latest Ubuntu 13.10 includes first step to mobile / PC convergence

13.10 desktop gains Smart Scopes and performance improvements from mobile and desktop convergence effort, paving the way for full converge across all devices. 13.10 includes the first true mobile release of Ubuntu, enabling OEMs, carriers and silicon vendors to integrate Ubuntu for mobile devices in 2014. 13.10 supports service differenti

Ubuntu 13.10 delivers faster cloud setup and management for scale-out environments

Ubuntu Server 13.10 is available from 17th October; first fully supported release of the new OpenStack Havana, with faster node installation and a new version of Juju that supports ultra-dense containerised application deployment. Canonical today announced that the next version of Ubuntu for server and cloud environments will be released

Ubuntu on Windows Azure gets the Juju magic

September 17th, 2013. Today, Canonical, in cooperation with Microsoft, is announcing that Juju fully supports deploying services on Ubuntu into Windows Azure. This means that Ubuntu users can use Juju with its intuitive GUI to design and deploy sophisticated application infrastructure instantly into Windows Azure. Fresh Ubuntu Certified i

Landscape updates Ubuntu with hyperscale management

Today we’re introducing some new features into Ubuntu’s systems management and monitoring tool, Landscape. Organisations will now be able to use Landscape to manage Hyperscale environments ranging from ARM to x86 low-power designs, adding to Landscape’s existing coverage of Ubuntu in the cloud, data centre server, and desktop environments

Crowdfunding-Kampagne für Ubuntu Edge bricht Rekorde

Großartige Unterstützung durch Technologie-Enthusiasten aus Deutschland Canonical hat mit seiner Crowdfunding-Initiative zur Entwicklung von Ubuntu Edge innerhalb kürzester Zeit mehr als 6 Millionen Euro eingesammelt. Ubuntu Edge kombiniert in nur einem Gerät den Komfort eines Smartphones und die Leistungsfähigkeit eines Desktop-PCs. Beso

Bloomberg bets big on the Ubuntu Edge

The record-breaking Ubuntu Edge crowdfunding campaign has its first major corporate backer, Bloomberg LP. Bloomberg, the financial information, analytics and news leader, pledged $80,000 towards the campaign in exchange for the Enterprise 100 perk, which includes a batch of 100 Ubuntu Edge devices and access to a range of Canonical worksh

Ubuntu Edge

Canonical targets crowdfunding record with campaign to accelerate mobile technology with Ubuntu Edge superphone / PC combination $32m campaign to deliver world’s first truly converged personal computing device based on Ubuntu phone OS and pioneering hardware. Ubuntu Edge harnesses crowdfunding to accelerate innovation in smartphone and co

MTN Group joins Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group

The newest member of Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group is MTN Group, Africa’s largest multinational mobile telecoms provider operating in 21 countries across the region. MTN has a significant number of  business customers who can benefit from Ubuntu’s convergence and security capabilities. Pieter Verkade, Chief Commercial Officer at MTN Group

Verizon Wireless joins Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group

Verizon Wireless is the latest member to join the Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group. Verizon Wireless is the largest mobile network operator in the US and being able to work closely with them gives us an opportunity to shape Ubuntu into the most compelling new, alternative platform for mobile.  Samir Vaidya from the Device Technology team

China Unicom joins Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group

We’re delighted that China Unicom has joined the Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group to shape the priorities of the Ubuntu team delivering our mobile experience. China Unicom is among the world’s largest mobile operators and has nearly 300 million mobile subscribers. Li Xingxin at China Unicom’s terminal research and support center comments; “U