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Canonical
10 March 2015

Microsoft & Canonical demonstrate first fully automated OCP Deployment

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Interesting news on the Open Compute Project (OCP) front this week as we extend our partnership with Microsoft to demonstrate the value of our Metal-as-a-Server (MAAS) deployment solution within an OCP environment. At this week’s OCP Summit, taking place in San Jose today and tomorrow (10th and 11th March), we will demonstrate how we’re w ...

Tom Callway
19 February 2015

Ubuntu, Hortonworks and Microsoft = Big Data Hosted Solution

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

The first Microsoft Azure hosted service to run Linux (on Ubuntu) announced at Strata Conference This week thousands of people are in California at Strata + Hadoop World to learn more about the technology and business of big data. At the Strata Conference, Microsoft announced yesterday the preview of Azure HDInsight on Ubuntu. This is ...

Mark Baker
17 September 2013

Ubuntu on Windows Azure gets the Juju magic

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

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 ...

Canonical
16 April 2013

Enterprise cloud computing with Ubuntu on Windows Azure

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

The emergence of public cloud computing has changed the IT landscape for developers and enterprises, making it significantly easier and more cost effective to develop and deploy new applications, services and infrastructure. Enterprises can choose among cloud providers to meet their needs for performance, features, price and flexibility t ...

Canonical
4 October 2010

Ubuntu is the open source platform of choice for Oxford Archaeology

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

Out with the proprietary software and in with open source. Moving to Ubuntu is proving to be an excellent decision by Oxford Archaeology. Background Oxford Archaeology, as its name implies, is no high-tech newbie. The company, self described as an expert in excavation and heritage management, was founded in 1973 in Oxford, England and has ...

Canonical
30 September 2010

Integrating Ubuntu 8.04 LTS into Microsoft Active Directory using Likewise Open

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

Microsoft Active Directory is a widely-deployed directory service that is commonly used for identity management and authentication across the enterprise. Its ubiquity makes it a fixture of the IT landscape. As a result, interoperability with Active Directory is often a necessity when deploying services based on non-Microsoft operating sys ...

Chris Kenyon
8 April 2009

Microsoft, FUD and the netbook market

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Microsoft, FUD and the netbook market Brandon Le Blanc from Microsoft posted an interesting post about Netbooks and Linux last week. While we agreed with his comments about customers wanting choice and looking for outstanding hardware options, we disagree with much of his analysis and unsurprisingly the overall ‘spin’ of the post. While F ...

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