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Blog posts tagged "IoT"

Adding snaps for secure, transactional packages in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

The development of the Ubuntu phone platform and its expansion to IoT and devices has challenged us to solve real problems in security and reliability. These challenges apply equally to desktop and server systems and are a source of frustration for users and developers who want newer software on long-term supported releases. This has led

infographic: How many people use Ubuntu?

Discover the range of industries, people and services that are using Ubuntu right now. Netflix. Snapchat. Dropbox. Uber. Tesla…and the International space station – what do they all have in common? They run on Ubuntu. To celebrate our upcoming 16.04 LTS we wanted to shine a bit of light on how many people in the

MWC 2016: Our biggest show yet

  For the whole Canonical team, Mobile World Congress 2016 was a momentous event. Not only were we sitting alongside some of the biggest technology companies in the world in Hall 3, but our big, beautiful stand was the best yet; showing off our latest innovation perfectly. Mobile World Congress was the perfect place to

Ubuntu and Startups are a match made in code

We’ve just come back from an awesome MWC! Not only did we showcase new tablets, phones and developments in Cloud, but we had a whole wall dedicated to IoT established companies and startups using Ubuntu Core. Our partner startups ranged from wireless base stations, smart cities, autonomous drones through to showing how the future of

Intel and Canonical continue to build large IoT gateway ecosystems

Over the past year Intel and Canonical (the company behind Ubuntu) have been working together to launch a number of new devices in the IoT space. In less than 9 months we have successfully brought to market a number of IoT gateways and reference designs, which have captured the attention of a number of product managers

Mobile World Congress 2016, Big Event, Big Data

Philip McAleese talks sensor data and IoT bike lights Apparently, over 100,000 people attended Mobile World Congress 2016 this past week. I was one of them. One of 100,000 people that had to be registered, tracked, and admitted daily to the event. As small as I feel in that 100,000, that total is equal to

Mobile World Congress 2016, Day 3 Recap

Ubuntu OpenStack running SDN, VNFs and virtualised customer premise equipment (vCPE) The third day of Mobile World Congress was an demonstration in what’s going to be the ‘new normal’. Well, maybe not normal, but it gave us a glimpse into how virtualised network functions (VNFs), industrial IoT, and over-the-top (OTT) services may be evol

MediaTek & Canonical partner to build app-enabled smart home gateways

Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company, MediaTek, and Canonical, are joining forces to build multi-purpose, future-proofed home gateways and premium routers based on the MediaTek smart home gateways chipset and ‘snappy’ Ubuntu Core. The home gateways will be capable of adapting to the evolving demands of the smart home, thanks to the ver

Mobile World Congress 2016, Day 2 Recap

Day 2 of Mobile World Congress was awesome. The overarching theme of the day was again focused on NFV (Network Functions Virtualisation). But before we get to that, I’m excited to announce that Canonical received a Best of Show award from Trusted Reviews for the BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet. A huge crowd gathered to

Canonical to offer powerful ARM 64-bit IoT developer environment

  Today, Canonical announced that it will create an ARM 64 developer environment based on Ubuntu Core and on the DragonBoard™ 410c by Arrow Electronics, which features the 64-bit Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 410 quad-core processor, a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated. This will be the very first ARM-b

Mobile World Congress 2016, Day 1 Recap

Bhaskar Gorti, President, Applications and Analytics at Nokia discusses Service Modeling and NFV deploymentThis is my first Mobile World Congress (MWC), and I have to say, the event is truly huge. Canonical is here demonstrating converged mobile/desktop technology, IoT drones and robots, top of rack switch integration on Snappy Ubuntu Cor

SoDeRa: First app-enabled open-source software-defined base stations

The telecom industry is seeing its revenues from calls and SMS being attacked by over the top players like Facebook and Google. At the same time they are asked to invest in more and faster networks. What the telecom world needs are solutions to reduce costs, reduce complexity, roll-out new solutions faster and most importantly

Canonical and Samsung demonstrate Ubuntu Core on SAMSUNG ARTIK™

‘snappy’ Ubuntu Core ported to SAMSUNG ARTIK™ platform, running sample applications Best of breed security critical for IoT Canonical today announced that it has joined the SAMSUNG ARTIK™ IoT ecosystem to enable faster development and deployment of IoT applications and services. Canonical is publishing a developer image of ‘snappy’ Ubuntu

NFV does not equal Hypervisor

Summary: This blog post will explain why network equipment providers are incorrectly investing in hypervisors to provide network function virtualisation and why Intel bought Altera. The answer is networking. Until recently switches, routers, DSLAMs, mobile base stations, etc. were all using special purpose hardware components called ASICs

UAVIA unveils first 100% remotely controlled drones; powered by Ubuntu

Today, at TechCrunch Disrupt, the next generation of remote controlled drones is being unveiled by UAVIA, powered by Snappy Ubuntu Core. For the first time, UAVIA is demonstrating a new generation of completely remote controlled drones. The first being used for inspection and surveillance. This will be the first time that 100% remotely op

Snickerdoodle: the maker board with robotic powers!

  Snickerdoodle is no ordinary maker board… it will let you achieve your wildest maker dreams from robotics to advanced networking! And their crowdfunding campaign is about to finish… so it’s your last chance to grab the”Raspberry Pi for Robots” A maker board with super powers Most makers will have experienced a feeling of frustration