Multi-cloud, new desktop theme and enhanced desktop snap integration in Ubuntu 18.10

Canonical has released Ubuntu 18.10, focused on multi-cloud deployments, Artificial Intelligence (AI) software development, a new community desktop theme and richer snap desktop integration.

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Skype now available as a snap for Linux users

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, announced that Skype is now available as a snap, the universal Linux app packaging format. This release means that Skype can deliver its communication service to a wider

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Essential guide for telecoms and service providers adopting big data solutions launched by Canonical

A new eBook from Canonical’s Ubuntu aims to provide telecommunication and service provider executives with a basic introduction to big data and analytics processing in the telecom industry.

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Career Snapshot: Nathan Rader, ‎director of NFV strategy at Canonical

VanillaPlus: What was your first job? Nathan Rader: When I was in High School I had a job working at a lumber company loading boards into customers vehicles.

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Senate’s IoT Cybersecurity Act requires US government to invest only in ‘secure’ solutions

As we reported on August 2 (US senators planning bill to ‘secure’ the Internet of Things but users are a weak link, say experts), US senators are demanding tougher security

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Huawei extends cooperation with Canonical with integration of CloudFabric Data Centre Network Solution and Ubuntu Cloud

Huawei and Canonical are expanding their cooperation in enterprise and telecom clouds to announce that they have completed the integration of CloudFabric Cloud Data Centre Network Solution and Canonical’s Ubuntu

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Core Network Dynamics rings the changes with telecom shared source code model, licences OpenEPC to five OEM partners

Mobile core network start-up, Core Network Dynamics (CND) is bringing the shared source code licensing model to the telco sector. CND has already signed up five OpenEPC source code licensees and

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‘World’s first Open Source SDN and NFV Orchestrator’ demonstrated at Operations Transformation Forum

Huawei demonstrated the OPEN-O Sun, said to be the world’s first Open Source SDN and NFV Orchestrator, at the Operations Transformation Forum 2016 in Wuzhen, China.

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Cloud performance improvements claimed for Ubuntu 16.10 in network and virtualisation

Canonical reported that Ubuntu, a platform used in many cloud deployments worldwide, is now available in release version 16.10.

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The telecoms industry and NFV – How the cloud is virtualising

As the industry moves towards the next generation of telecommunication with 5G technology, cutting-edge Communication Service Providers (CSPs) are turning to the cloud to virtualise their network infrastructure.

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