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Gabriel Aguiar Noury
5 October 2021

ROS CVE alert; ensuring security for robotics

Robotics Article

Security for robotics is a priority for ROS developers and crucial for the success of robotics. 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 vuln ...


Holly Hall
1 October 2021

What is an IoT marketplace?

Internet of Things Article

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 ...


jiashiuan
27 September 2021

Meet Canonical at Open Source Strategy Forum on 5th October in London

Canonical announcements Article

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 Fo ...


Anton Smith
24 September 2021

Bare metal cloud support for Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 LTS

Cloud and server Article

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. Bare metal lifecycle management Whether you’re running a small or a large fleet of ...


Peter Mahnke
24 September 2021

Design and Web team summary – 10 September 2021

Design Design

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 iteratio ...


Canonical
23 September 2021

Portainer and Canonical Expand Partnership Launching Business Charm for Charmed Kubernetes

Canonical announcements Kubernetes

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 ...


Canonical
23 September 2021

Canonical at Grace Hopper 2021

Ubuntu Article

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 Co ...


Canonical
21 September 2021

Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 lifecycle extended to ten years

Canonical announcements Article

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 Maint ...


Michele Mancioppi
17 September 2021

Model-driven observability: Embedded Alert Rules

Charms Article

Learn does’, dont’s and gotchas of Prometheus alert rules, and how to embed alert rules in your Juju charms. ...


Igor Ljubuncic
16 September 2021

Snap Performance Skunk Works – Ensuring speed and consistency for snaps

Ubuntu Article

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 ...


Gabriel Aguiar Noury
15 September 2021

The State of Robotics – August 2021

Robotics Article

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 ...