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Blog posts tagged
"Ubuntu Core"


Canonical
5 May 2015

Using Snappy OVA Images when you don’t have a Cloud Fabric

Cloud and server Article

The Snappy OVA images are nothing more than the Ubuntu Snappy Cloud images that have been wrapped up in an OVA container. Snappy Cloud Images expect to be running within a Cloud environment where a meta-data source is provided. But since OVA is a virtualization appliance format, users have expressed some confusion as how they ...


Canonical
24 April 2015

DataArt’s DeviceHive platform arrives on Azure Marketplace

Cloud and server News

The industrial Internet of Things (IoT) enables businesses to predict when industrial equipment is going to fail, so that action can be taken beforehand. A leader in this space, DataArt, developed one of the first IoT and big data open sourced platforms, DeviceHive, and published on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. DataArt has collaborate ...


Mark Baker
22 April 2015

Here comes Kilo and 15.04! Containers will never be the same again!

Cloud and server Article

Today Ubuntu 15.04, codenamed Vivid Vervet, is released with a host of new features for clouds and servers. 15.04 comes a full year since the last Long Term Support (LTS) release and a year before the next LTS so represents a milestone in which we bring in and start to settle down features we want ...


Canonical
21 April 2015

Ubuntu 15.04: Desktop, Phone and IoT; towards a converged future

Desktop News

Ubuntu 15.04 desktop extends leadership of developer experience Snappy Ubuntu Core on general availability for the first time New developer tools allow immediate and constant access to latest updates London – 21 April, 2015. Ubuntu 15.04, the latest release from Canonical, will be available for download this week with updates across the d ...


Canonical
21 April 2015

Ubuntu 15.04: What’s new for cloud users?

Cloud and server Article

Ubuntu 15.04: OpenStack ready to roll with Kilo and first outing of Snappy Core Adds LXD, a new hypervisor with incredible density and speed First release of Snappy Ubuntu Core for cloud container hosts and smart devices OpenStack “Kilo” – Ubuntu leads with choice of SDNs, easy install and management Updated developer tools for cloud ...


Udi Nachmany
16 April 2015

Using Snappy Ubuntu Core on Certified Public Clouds

Cloud and server Article

In December we announced Snappy Ubuntu Core for the public cloud, and its availability in beta on Microsoft Windows Azure, Amazon Web Services and Google Compute Engine, as well as Vagrant. Snappy is the smallest, leanest Ubuntu ever, perfect for ultra-dense computing in cloud container farms, Docker app deployments or PaaS environments. ...


Maarten Ectors
8 April 2015

The power of Software Defined Networking appliances – SDNA

Internet of Things Article

For Mobile World Congress we purchased the cheapest Intel server with 6 ports from the Amazon Store: After installing Snappy Ubuntu Core and working with partners like Microsoft, F5, Dataart, Cybervision, Forgerock, ARM, Balabit, Zabbix, etc. and the Ubuntu Core engineering team, the server became this: A switch, firewall and load balance ...


Maarten Ectors
8 April 2015

Uber meets IoT

Internet of Things Article

Thanks to Ninjablocks and their Ninjasphere, Uber meets IoT. Use gesture control to call for an Uber ride. Uber revolutionised the world of personal transport via an app on your mobile. Imagine the same power of apps onto any smart device in your home, business, city, etc. using the operating system you are already familiar with. ...


Maarten Ectors
8 April 2015

Predictive Maintenance on Industrial Turbines Explained via Duct Tape

Internet of Things Article

In the world of IoT all consultancy slides talk about predictive maintenance as being the “Killer Industrial IoT App”. However Dataart took the theory to a very easy to understand demo thanks to some duct tape. Via the use of a simple accelerometer and their open source DeviceHive solution on top of Snappy Ubuntu Core and ...


Canonical
2 April 2015

Hack The Home: creating the home of the future

Internet of Things Article

Inventors are gathering at the FirstBuild Hackathon to share ideas and shape their vision of intelligent systems in the home and in business. We’re delighted to support this innovation on Snappy Ubuntu Core, the new version of Ubuntu specifically designed for connected devices and appliances. We hope the resulting ideas find fertile groun ...


Canonical
1 April 2015

Internet of Things: M2MLabs

Internet of Things Article

M2MLabs’ 100 % open source framework provides the foundation for building the next generation of Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Snappy Ubuntu Core is the perfect match to build, deploy and run IoT services on all devices and cloud environments. Using Snappy Ubuntu Core enables M2MLabs company to connect applications on its framewo ...


Maarten Ectors
27 March 2015

Autopilot Apps & Boards for Drones

Internet of Things Article

Drones are getting Snappy Autopilot Apps. On Indiegogo you can contribute to the PixHawk Fire (PXF). The PixHawk Fire (PXF) is an open hardware cape (daughter board) for the BeagleBone Black that allows you to create Snappy autopilot apps for drones. Behind the cape there is Erle Robotics, a startup based in Spain and led ...