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Canonical at CES 2025

CES 2025 is right around the corner, and with over 3,000 exhibitors, it continues to be the world’s premier event for unveiling cutting-edge technology across industries.  This year, Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, is returning with a focus on showcasing our advancements in AI/ML, as well as our hardware-agnostic solutions that seamlessly work across various […]
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Getting hands-on with AI in automotive

From cloud to edge, hardware-agnostic AI/ML In January Canonical will reconfirm its presence at CES 2025; here we will be showing a cutting-edge AI/ML demo that showcases how AI models can be trained, deployed, and updated seamlessly across various hardware platforms. This demonstration is a proof of our commitment to building hardware-agnostic solutions, empowering automotive […]
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Meet Canonical at SPS 2024

SPS (Smart Production Solutions) 2024 is almost here! With over 1,200 national and international exhibitors, SPS is the main gathering of industrial manufacturing to experience the latest trends and developments in the automation industry first-hand. Join Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, at SPS 2024 to discuss open source innovation in industrial technology. You can meet […]
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Unleash new ways of working with flexible, cost-effective VDI

Empower your modern workforce with VDI from HPE and Canonical For years, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) has helped power the most complex IT environments—and the technology is still relevant today. After all, VDI allows employees to access their work applications and data across any device, anywhere. And the growth of 5G networked edge computing means […]
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Canonical at India Mobile Congress 2024 – a retrospective

With an ambition to become Asia’s technology hub for telecommunications in the 5G/6G era, India hosts the annual India Mobile Congress (IMC) in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. IMC is an annual trade exhibition for the telecommunication sector, bringing together operators, system integrators, as well as software and hardware vendors. It has now established itself as […]
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Imagining the future of Cybersecurity

October 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of Ubuntu. The cybersecurity landscape has significantly shifted since 2004. If you have been following the Ubuntu Security Team’s special three-part series podcast that we put out to mark Cybersecurity Awareness Month, you will have listened to us talk about significant moments that have shaped the industry, as well […]
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Join Canonical in Brazil at Dell Technologies Forum São Paulo

Canonical is excited to be a part of the Dell Technologies Forum in São Paulo on October 30th. This exclusive event brings together industry leaders to explore the latest technological advancements. Register to Dell Technologies Forum – São Paulo Unleash the power of open source innovation Don’t miss this opportunity to network with industry leaders, […]
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What is Ubuntu used for?

The launch of Ubuntu in 2004 was a step-change for everyday users and developers everywhere. Nicknamed “Ubuntu Linux” in its early days, to differentiate it from its various cousins in the Linux world, it has since lost the need for its surname and grown to become a powerful force. Besides being used by millions of […]
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Apache Spark 4.0 beta release – try it now

Apache Spark is a popular framework for developing distributed, parallel data processing applications. Our solution for Apache Spark on Kubernetes has made significant progress in the past year since we launched, adding support for Apache Iceberg, a new GPU accelerated image using the NVIDIA Spark-RAPIDS plugin, and support for the Volcano Kubernetes workload scheduler. A […]
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How Ubuntu keeps you secure with KEV prioritisation

The Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog (KEV) is a database published by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) that serves as a reference to help organisations better manage vulnerabilities and keep pace with threat activity.

By having a commitment to prioritise vulnerabilities contained in the KEV, Ubuntu is placed in a strong position to help organisations meet compliance requirements.
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Managed storage with Ceph

Treat your open source storage infrastructure as a service What if storage was like coffee: menu driven and truly service oriented? Everyone knows how quick and easy it is to order a cappuccino or cortado and have a friendly barista bring it to you in just minutes. Now imagine this is a user who needs […]
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From product management to engineering leadership: Jon’s career progression at Canonical

Career progression is crucial to employee engagement and retention. Canonical encourages employees to develop their own  personal development journeys, giving them the chance to apply internally for roles they are passionate about even if they come from different technical backgrounds. We have many great examples. Today we will be featuring the story of Jon Seager. […]
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Visual Testing: GitHub Actions Migration & Test Optimisation

What is Visual Testing? Visual testing analyses the visual appearance of a user interface. Snapshots of pages are taken to create a “baseline”, or the current expectation of how each page should appear. Proposed changes are then compared against the baseline. Any snapshots that deviate from the baseline are flagged for review. For example, consider […]
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What is the telco core network?

Introduction The telecommunications industry relies heavily on their core network, which is essential for enabling communication and data transfer. As technology advances and data demand increases, these core networks pose significant challenges. Telcos may face immense difficulties in ensuring fast data transfer, maintaining network reliability, and securing communications. At the same time, the transition to […]
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AI Inference on the Edge with TensorFlow Lite

This blog post dives into the world of AI on the edge, and how to deploy TensorFlow Lite models on edge devices. We’ll explore the challenges of managing dependencies and updates for these models, and how containerisation with Ubuntu Core and Snapcraft can streamline the process. Let’s start by defining what TensorFlow and its Lite […]
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How Canonical enables PCI-DSS compliance

Anyone who deals with online payments will have heard of PCI-DSS. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard is a comprehensive security control framework that is designed to keep payment card data safe from hackers and misuse. Merchants who accept debit or credit card payments (and service providers who process this information) will know this […]
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Charmed Kubeflow 1.9 enters general availability with new support for GenAI

Kubeflow 1.9. Kubeflow is a fully open source MLOps platform, part of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) as an incubation project. Canonical is one of the project’s official distributors, ensuring security maintenance of the container images, tight integration with the wider AI/ML ecosystem, and delivering enterprise support and managed services. The latest release offers […]
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A look into Ubuntu Core 24: Your first Linux-powered Matter device

Welcome to this blog series which explores innovative uses of Ubuntu Core. Throughout this series, Canonical’s Engineers will show what you can build with this Core 24 release, highlighting the features and tools available to you.  In this third blog, Farshid Tavakolizadeh, engineering manager from our Industrial team, will show you how to build a […]
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A look into Ubuntu Core 24: Robotics telemetry for your fleet

Welcome to this blog series which explores innovative uses of Ubuntu Core. Throughout this series, Canonical’s Engineers will show what you can build with this Core 24 release, highlighting the features and tools available to you.  In this fourth blog, Mirko Ferrati, engineering manager from our Robotics team, will show you how to deploy an […]
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A look into Ubuntu Core 24: Device management with Landscape

Welcome to this blog series which explores innovative uses of Ubuntu Core. Throughout this series, Canonical’s Engineers will show what you can build with this Core 24 release, highlighting the features and tools available to you.  In this first blog, Michael Croft-White, Telemetry Engineer Director, will show you how Landscape integration to Ubuntu Core enables […]
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Canonical launches Ubuntu Core 24 

Immutable Ubuntu Core delivers a new factory installation system for IoT device makers, GPU support for AIoT and device management integrations with Landscape and Microsoft Azure IoT Edge. London, 4 June 2024. Today, Canonical announced the general availability of Ubuntu Core 24, with a 12 year Long Term Support (LTS) commitment. This ‘immutable’ flavour of […]
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Vehicle cybersecurity: the journey towards ISO 21434 compliance

Automotive is going through considerable technological advancement, centred around the software that vehicles and their manufacturers use. A large part of this software evolution is the move towards open source software. Ensuring the safety and security of critical systems is extremely important, especially in safety-critical use cases. At Canonical, we stand at the forefront of […]
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Canonical releases Real-time Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

London, 30 May 2024. Today Canonical announced the availability of Real-time Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.  By ensuring high-priority processes are executed first, with deterministic response times, Real-time Ubuntu 24.04 LTS reduces latency compared to mainline Linux and enhances the system’s ability to handle time-sensitive operations effectively.  Real-time Ubuntu 24.04 LTS integrates the PREEMPT_RT patch on AMD64 […]
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Canonical enables Ubuntu on Milk-V Mars, a credit-card-sized RISC-V SBC

May 28th, 2024 – Canonical announced that the optimised Ubuntu 24.04 image is available for Milk-V Mars, the first credit-card-sized high-performance RISC-V Single Board Computer (SBC) delivered by Shenzhen MilkV Technology Co., Ltd. RISC-V, a new paradigm in silicon development  Open standards and collaboration are vital to hardware and software in industries, and have been […]
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Advantech RSB-3810, a new Single Board Computer powered by MediaTek Genio 1200, is now certified on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Discover this new hardware solution designed for IoT and edge applications Canonical has partnered with MediaTek to optimise Ubuntu for IoT innovations and announced the first Ubuntu images optimised for MediaTek’s Genio 1200 System on Chip (SoC) in 2023. The solution is designed to deliver AI innovation in diverse markets. Devices built on the MediaTek […]
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