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The open cloud future is here: Ubuntu 13.10 and OpenStack Havana

by Mark Baker on 17 October 2013

We’re very happy to announce the arrival of Ubuntu 13.10 and OpenStack Havana. Ubuntu is the fastest and easiest way to deploy an OpenStack Havana-based...

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

by Canonical on 10 October 2013

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...

Deploying web applications using Juju on EC2 (Part 2/3)

by Canonical on 7 October 2013

The goal of this tutorial series is to demonstrate the power of Juju service orchestration for deploying web applications and infrastructure services. Juju is...

OpenStack India Day and APAC Momentum

by Mark Baker on 3 October 2013

Recently I had the privilege of presenting at OpenStack India Day in Bangalore. I was in great company, alongside speakers from SwiftStack, HP, the OpenStack...

Deploying web applications using Juju on EC2 (Part 1/3)

by Canonical on 26 September 2013

The goal of this tutorial series is to demonstrate the power of Juju service orchestration for deploying web applications and infrastructure services in the...

Charm Championship to be judged by industry leaders

by Canonical on 19 September 2013

As we approach the final month of the Juju Charm Championship, we’re excited to announce the panel of expert judges who will be reviewing submissions and...

Ubuntu on Windows Azure gets the Juju magic

by Mark Baker on 17 September 2013

September 17th, 2013. Today, Canonical, in cooperation with Microsoft, is announcing that Juju fully supports deploying services on Ubuntu into Windows Azure....

Critical workloads, private deployments and market opportunities abound in the cloud

by Canonical on 10 September 2013

In our annual Server and Cloud Survey we asked over 5,800 Ubuntu users from six continents to share their experience of using Ubuntu server and cloud, as well...

Join in UbuntuVoice: be the voice of millions of Ubuntu users

by Canonical on 10 September 2013

In past years, we have had many Ubuntu users getting involved in helping with our user research. Now we feel it’s time to form a user research network, which...

Ubuntu Cloud Guest

by peter-mahnke on 29 August 2013

Ubuntu is the most popular guest operating system in the world’s major public clouds. What makes Ubuntu such a natural choice for cloud providers and users?...

OpenStack primer

by Canonical on 29 August 2013

This short document introduces you to OpenStack and its components, what you can change and customise, and why Ubuntu and OpenStack work so well together.