Ubuntu Server Aims for the Enterprise

Canonical, the lead commercial sponsor of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, is out with a new study this week looking at how users view and use their server platform. The Ubuntu Server study comes at an opportune time as the next major release of Ubuntu codenamed the Lucid Lynx is scheduled for release at the end [...]

Canonical Set to Release Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition

There’s news out of Canonical today that the release of Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition — codenamed Karmic Koala — is just around the corner. It’s the greenest release yet, with a heavy emphasis on power management and cloud computing tools. Ubuntu 9.10 includes Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC), a system designed to help users build and [...]

Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud Services Helps Users Build (and Support) Private Clouds

While it may be a completely philosophical debate whether the universe is turtles all the way down, it’s a lot less existential to imagine that the internet is clouds all the way up. In April, Canonical previewed its Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (affectionately known as UEC), a system designed to simplify the creation, optimization, and management [...]