New IDC study, co-sponsored by Canonical and Google Cloud, reveals the challenges and opportunities for organizations securing their software supply chains. Today, Canonical and Google Cloud released findings from a joint research project conducted by the International Data Corpo … | Continue reading
To start securely and efficiently, Linux systems follow a carefully orchestrated sequence of steps to initialize firmware and manage services. Applying security patches to the software responsible for some of these early steps of Linux startup often requires a full system reboot. … | Continue reading
It’s hard to believe that the first KubeCon took place nearly 10 years ago. Back then, Kubernetes was still in its early days, and the world was only just beginning to understand the power of container orchestration. Fast-forward to today, and Kubernetes is a fundamental part of … | Continue reading
Welcome to the first quarterly roundup on the State of Silicon and Devices by Canonical. Q1 has seen lots of announcements in the areas of Edge AI and cybersecurity. Companies across the semiconductor and software ecosystem are pushing toward more powerful, energy-efficient AI mo … | Continue reading
Organizations are racing to harness the transformative power of AI, but sensitive data privacy and model security remain critical roadblocks. What if you could unlock the full potential of AI without compromising your most valuable assets? Canonical is thrilled to announce the av … | Continue reading
The latest report from the International Data Corporation (IDC) co-sponsored by Canonical and Google Cloud indicates that 36% of organizations adopt open source to improve development velocity, and 7 in 10 organizations see open source as extremely important to run mission critic … | Continue reading
Latest research from Canonical and The International Data Corporation (IDC) shows organizations struggle to apply fixes confidently under tough CVE patching mandates, and face other serious challenges in the open source software supply chain Today, Canonical, the publisher of Ubu … | Continue reading
Rivos Inc. brings scalable, high-performance AI accelerating solutions to the Data Center, helping to turn the benefits of both AI and Data Analytics into a reality. Rivos is working with Canonical to deliver the widely utilized Ubuntu OS on top of the Data Center-class integrate … | Continue reading
Application security (or AppSec, for short) is a broad term that refers to all of the tools, actions, and processes that an organization uses to protect its applications against vulnerabilities across the entirety of its life cycle. Application security has one objective: to find … | Continue reading
The landscape of artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving, demanding robust and scalable infrastructure. To meet these challenges, we’ve developed a comprehensive reference architecture (RA) that leverages the power of open-source tools and cutting-edge hardware. This architec … | Continue reading
We’re pleased to release Ubuntu Security Guide profiles for CIS benchmarks. | Continue reading
The landscape of generative AI is rapidly evolving, and building robust, scalable large language model (LLM) applications is becoming a critical need for many organizations. Canonical, in collaboration with NVIDIA, is excited to introduce a reference architecture designed to stre … | Continue reading
The world of edge AI is rapidly transforming how devices and data centers work together. Imagine healthcare tools powered by AI, or self-driving vehicles making real-time decisions. These advancements rely on bringing AI directly to edge devices. However, building a robust archit … | Continue reading
Canonical announces the General Availability of Ubuntu for the NVIDIA® Jetson Orin™ for edge AI and robotics, bringing optimized performance, out-of-the-box compatibility, and an easy pathway to high-performance AI solutions for AI developers everywhere. Canonical, the publisher … | Continue reading
Observability is critical for web operations to ensure that the application is working as expected and to identify any potential issues. However, setting up observability has traditionally been challenging because it can take hours to set up all the infrastructure, instrument you … | Continue reading
Not to be confused with the titular Linux mascot and seabird cousin, the penguin, puffins are another distinctively colorful and whimsical nautical avian. Over the centuries, these beaky birds have been given numerous nicknames and monikers like the “sea parrot” and the carnival- … | Continue reading
Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu and the trusted source for open source software, is thrilled to announce its presence at NVIDIA GTC again this year. Join us in San Jose from March 18th to the 21st and explore what’s next in AI and accelerated computing. Register for NVIDIA G … | Continue reading
Kubeflow is a cloud-native, open source machine learning operations (MLOps) platform designed for developing and deploying ML models on Kubernetes. Kubeflow helps data scientists and machine learning engineers run the entire ML lifecycle within one tool. Charmed Kubeflow is Canon … | Continue reading
With the Authd broker for Ubuntu you can use your personal or Workspace Google account to authenticate to Ubuntu Server or Desktop | Continue reading
London, UK – Mar 4, 2025 – Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, today announced that Renesas Electronics Corporation, a global leader in semiconductor solutions, has joined Canonical’s silicon partner program to deliver cutting-edge solutions tailored to meet the growing demands o … | Continue reading
Deploying FreePBX and Asterisk on a single Ubuntu virtual machine in a public cloud is an ideal solution for personal users and small to medium-sized businesses with voice over IP (VoIP) and fax over IP (FoIP) needs. This setup costs nothing, is scalable and secure, and has daily … | Continue reading
Canonical and MediaTek enhance reliability, accelerate market entry and reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for ODMs through Ubuntu Certified Hardware and Arm SystemReady programs The hardware ecosystem is evolving rapidly, presenting a continuous challenge in ensuring that new … | Continue reading
As standard support for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ends on May 31, 2025, Azure users must choose between upgrading to a newer version or enabling extended security with Ubuntu Pro to ensure continued compliance and protection against vulnerabilities. | Continue reading
Welcome back, data scientists! In my previous post, we explored how easy it is to set up a machine learning environment with Canonical’s Data Science Stack (DSS) and run your first model using Hugging Face’s Smol Course. Today, let’s take it a step further with experiment trackin … | Continue reading
As Canonical continues to grow, we have developed a unique onboarding process that enables our new hires to quickly settle and establish themselves in our globally distributed environment. During your first few weeks, your manager will create an onboarding plan to introduce you t … | Continue reading
The realm of information security is fraught with jargon, as anyone who has come across vulnerability-related terms can tell you. To complicate matters further, some of these terms are used interchangeably or in contexts outside of computing. This can muddy the waters for people … | Continue reading
We’re excited to invite you to our in-person Infra Masters event, an informal post-work event to be held at our London office at the end of March. At this in-person event, you’ll have the chance to rub shoulders with your colleagues in the cloud space, learn first-hand how open s … | Continue reading
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) are increasingly driving change in telecommunications. Increased adoption is building organizational confidence in the positive impact that AI can bring, which in turn is leading business leaders to push for AI/ML to expand int … | Continue reading
Enterprises across industry verticals are looking for new ways to increase the efficacy of their businesses. One way to do this is building an efficient pipeline of processes, employees, devices, and services that are all tightly integrated to get the best return on investment. H … | Continue reading
At this year’s Mobile World Congress, we’re excited to showcase the capability of Canonical Kubernetes LTS (long-term support), which brings up to 12 years of support and security maintenance to Kubernetes. Available via Ubuntu Pro, Canonical Kubernetes LTS will prove to be trans … | Continue reading
Canonical has published best-in-class OCI-compliant Valkey container images that feature enhanced security. These images are based on Ubuntu LTS packages, which are supported, maintained, and hardened by Canonical for up to 10 years and include a software bill of materials (SBOM) … | Continue reading
Embedded World is just around the corner; 11 to 13 March. Featuring: Embedded World is the essential global gathering for the embedded community. We invite you to visit Booth 4-160 in Hall 4 to discover how Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, can enhance your technology stack fro … | Continue reading
We recently redesigned our whitepapers as part of our broader rebranding project. Let’s look at some of the ideas behind our approach to layout and typography. The goal? A reliable, accessible modular system that communicates with clarity, purpose and precision across mediums — q … | Continue reading
Running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with ESM keeps your systems up to date with essential security patches. But when something breaks or a complex issue arises, Ubuntu Pro + Support ensures you have Canonical experts on hand to help. Supplementing ESM with support gives you extra peace of m … | Continue reading
As the number of organizations moving their ML projects to production is growing, the need to build reliable, scalable architecture has become a more pressing concern. According to BCG (Boston Consulting Group), only 6% of organizations are investing in upskilling their workforce … | Continue reading
Ubuntu Pro is Canonical’s subscription for open source software security, support and compliance. Users of Ubuntu Pro benefit from Expanded Security Maintenance, which extends patching from the standard 5 years to 10 years, for both the Main and Universe repositories. However, Ub … | Continue reading
2024 was the GenAI year. With new and more performant LLMs and a higher number of projects rolled out to production, adoption of GenAI doubled compared to the previous year (source: Gartner). In the same report, organizations answered that they are using AI in more than one part … | Continue reading
Canonical’s Kubernetes LTS (Long Term Support) will support FedRAMP compliance and receive at least 12 years of committed security maintenance and enterprise support on bare metal, public clouds, OpenStack, Canonical MicroCloud and VMware. February 11, 2025 Today, Canonical annou … | Continue reading
Over the past year, we’ve been busy gathering your feedback on the redesign of our support portal. We want to make sure the portal meets your evolving needs, and delivers the best possible support experience for your open source software. Your insights drive us forward, and this … | Continue reading
As our recent blog post mentioned, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) is reaching the end of its standard support period. This means the free version will no longer receive security updates. For AWS users, you have two options: upgrade to a newer LTS version or upgrade to Ubuntu Pro … | Continue reading
Cybersecurity is not about perfection. In fact, it’s more like a game of chess: predicting your opponent’s moves and making the game unwinnable for your opponent. Like chess players, attackers are always looking for an opening, probing for weaknesses, or waiting for you to make a … | Continue reading
Certified cybersecurity processes to help safeguard next-generation connected vehicles Canonical is proud to announce it has achieved the ISO 21434 certification for its Security Management System, following an extensive assessment by TÜV SÜD, a globally respected certification p … | Continue reading
New deployments should take advantage of the new FIPS 140-3 certified modules available with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. | Continue reading
New format in Windows Subsystem for Linux makes adoption easier in enterprise environments by enabling image customization and deployments at scale | Continue reading
Good news in the US federal compliance space. The latest FedRAMP policy relaxes past restrictions that prevented organizations from applying critical security updates. | Continue reading
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Canonical Ceph with IntelⓇ Quick Assist Technology (QAT) When storing large amounts of data, the cost ($) to store each gigabyte (GB) is the typical measure used to gauge the efficiency of the storage system. The biggest driver of storage cost is the protection method used. It is … | Continue reading
Over the past 5 years, Canonical has been contributing to Flutter, including building out Linux support for Flutter applications, publishing libraries to help integrate into the Linux desktop and building modern applications for Ubuntu, including our software store. Last year we … | Continue reading