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  Canonical launches Ubuntu Frame, the foundation for embedded displays
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  Canonical’s Ubuntu Frame is an easy-to-use, reliable and secure fullscreen shell to power edge devices, with 10 years of support from Canonical. October 6th, 2021: Canonical announces the release of Ubuntu Frame, a solution that allows developers to easily build and deploy graphical applications for interactive kiosks, digital signage solutions, or any other products that […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-launches-ubuntu-frame-the-foundation-for-embedded-displays
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  ROS CVE alert; ensuring security for robotics
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  Open Robotics has registered a CVE that affects ROS Kinetic, Melodic and Noetic. CVE stands for Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, and it’s an international system that provides a method for publicly sharing information on cybersecurity vulnerabilities and exposures. This specific CVE affects ROS users.  “An infinite loop in Open Robotics ros_comm XMLRPC server in ROS […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/ros-cve-alert-ensuring-security-for-robotics
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  What is an IoT marketplace?
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  The Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem is expanding at a rapid rate, with the number of devices growing every year. The increase in physical hardware being manufactured multiplies the amount of software needed to perform various functions on new platforms. There are a range of IoT use cases, including voice-controlling the lights in your home, […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/what-is-an-iot-marketplace
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  Meet Canonical at Open Source Strategy Forum on 5th October in London
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  What is Open Source Strategy Forum? The Open Source Strategy Forum (OSSF) is a one-day conference for experts across financial services, technology and open source to deepen collaboration and drive innovation in the financial services industry. This year, Open Source Strategy Forum is live and in-person in London organised by the Linux Foundation and Fintech […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/meet-canonical-at-open-source-strategy-forum-on-5th-october-in-london
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  Bare metal cloud support for Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 LTS
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  Now that Canonical is prolonging the lifecycle of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ‘Trusty Tahr’ and 16.04 LTS ‘Xenial Xerus’ to a total of ten years, it’s a good time to reflect on how else Canonical supports these releases for bare metal cloud. Image lifecycle management on bare metal Whether you’re running a small or a large […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/bare-metal-cloud-support-for-ubuntu-14-04-and-16-04-lts
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  Design and Web team summary – 10 September 2021
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  The Web and design team at Canonical run two-week iterations building and maintaining all of the Canonical websites and product web interfaces. Here are some of the highlights of our completed work from this iteration. Web The Web team develops and maintains most of Canonical’s sites like ubuntu.com, canonical.com and more.  This iteration the Web […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/design-and-web-team-summary-10-september-2021
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  Portainer and Canonical Expand Partnership Launching Business Charm for Charmed Kubernetes
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  Auckland, New Zealand – Portainer announced the launch of its Portainer Business Charmed Operator, allowing for seamless integration with Canonical’s Charmed Kubernetes distribution. The new Portainer charm allows users of Canonical’s Charmed Kubernetes distribution to automatically install and integrate Portainer Business as part of the Kubernetes cluster deployment process, using Juju, the Charmed Operator framework. […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/portainer-and-canonical-expand-partnership-launching-business-charm-for-charmed-kubernetes
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  Canonical at Grace Hopper 2021
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  Canonical is excited to announce our virtual attendance at the Grace Hopper Conference September 27th – October 1st, 2021. We are thrilled to sponsor, and once again attend, an event that aligns with our values of bringing enthusiastic, diverse, and talented employees into our rapidly-expanding global workforce. During the Grace Hopper Conference 2021, Canonical aims […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-at-grace-hopper-2021
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  Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 lifecycle extended to ten years
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  LONDON, UK – Canonical announces the lifecycle extension of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ‘Trusty Tahr’ and 16.04 LTS ‘Xenial Xerus’ to a total of ten years. This lifecycle extension enables organizations to balance their infrastructure upgrade costs, by giving them additional time to implement their upgrade plan. The prolonged Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) phase of Ubuntu […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-14-04-and-16-04-lifecycle-extended-to-ten-years
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  Model-driven observability: Embedded Alert Rules
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  Learn does’, dont’s and gotchas of Prometheus alert rules, and how to embed alert rules in your Juju charms.

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/model-driven-observability-part-4-embedded-alert-rules
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  Snap Performance Skunk Works – Ensuring speed and consistency for snaps
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  Snaps are used on desktop machines, servers and IoT devices. However, it’s the first group that draws the most attention and scrutiny. Due to the graphic nature of desktop applications, users are often more attuned to potential problems and issues that may arise in the desktop space than with command-line tools or software running in […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/snap-performance-skunk-works-ensuring-speed-and-consistency-for-snaps
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  The State of Robotics – August 2021
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  Robotics is everywhere. Researchers and companies are all working on groundbreaking developments, either improving robotics to be state of the art or pursuing innovative applications. That is the main aim of this monthly blog; to show you what we are capable of doing today and to inspire you to think about the bigger picture. For […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/the-state-of-robotics-august-2021
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  Canonical’s managed services achieve MSP Cloud Verify Certification
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  London, UK –  Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, today announced the completion of the MSP Cloud Verify Certification (MSPCV) for its support and managed services. The MSPCV certification, further strengthens Canonical’s industry-leading open source offering, reassuring customers in all industries that they can securely consume open source in a regulated fashion that complies with all […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonicals-managed-services-achieve-msp-cloud-verify-certification
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  What is IoT device management?
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  Smart devices are everywhere around us. We carry one in our pocket, watch movies on another while a third cooks us dinner. Every day there are thousands of new devices connecting to the Internet. Research shows that by 2025, more than 150,000 IoT devices will come online every minute. With such vast numbers it is […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/what-is-iot-device-management
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  Ubuntu Livepatch on-prem reduces downtime and unplanned work on enterprise environments!
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  London, United Kingdom – Canonical announces Ubuntu Livepatch on-prem, an enhancement to its Ubuntu Livepatch service enabling organisations to take control of their kernel livepatching policy. Designed for complex enterprise environments that follow their own patch rollout policy, Ubuntu Livepatch on-prem provides the basis for an efficient but fine-tuned continuous vulnerability management on private, hybrid, […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-livepatch-on-prem-reduces-downtime-and-unplanned-work-on-enterprise-environments
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  Operator Day returns for KubeCon NA 2021
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  What is Operator Day? Operators simplify everyday application management on Kubernetes. Learn how to use them, how to create them in Python, and how to evolve from configuration management to application management. We’re working to create a community-driven collection of operators for everything that’s integrated and tested everywhere. As the community gets together to share […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/kubecon-na-2021-operator-day-hosted-by-canonical
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  Enterprise Open Source Summit: A Business Perspective on Open Source
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  November 10, 2021 Canonical, Nextcloud, Collabora, Linbit, OpenNebula and Factor Group will present business perspectives on the use of open source in enterprise environments at the Enterprise Open Source Summit event scheduled for October 6, 2021. Open source solutions are becoming increasingly popular in all areas of business as an important part of a digital […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/enterprise-open-source-summit-announcement
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  Managing Livepatch on-prem
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  Ubuntu Livepatch is the service and the software that enables organizations to quickly patch vulnerabilities on the Linux kernel. It enables uninterrupted service while reducing fire drills during high and critical severity kernel vulnerabilities. With Ubuntu Livepatch on-prem we enhance our service to enable enterprises manage on private or public cloud their livepatched systems. In […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/managing-the-livepatch-service-on-prem
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  Evolution of Open-source EPC — A Revolution in the Telecom Industry
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  An analysis of vEPCs in collaboration with GS Lab — a contributor to open-source projects in the telecom domain  Open-source projects gravitate to some common problems in the industry. The use of open-source projects accelerates product/solution development and cuts down the costs. Open-source projects for embedded systems to the cloud are commonplace. Until a few […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/evolution-of-open-source-epc-a-revolution-in-the-telecom-industry
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  Ubuntu 21.10: Release the party
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  There ain’t no party like an Ubuntu release party. You might think that you are a party animal, but have you seen an Impish Indri? Some time ago, it was common for the Ubuntu LoCos (local communities) to host and run ‘release parties’, meet-ups, and get-togethers where members of the wider community come together to […]

  
  
  https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-21-10-release-the-party