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26 April 2013

Ubuntu 13.04 in context

Cloud and server Article

The past couple of years have seen a fundamental shift in the way enterprise IT is done. This trend started with the consumerisation of corporate devices, and the gradual introduction of BYOD policies. This has paved the way to the “user voice” being heard more than ever. We’re seeing this trend continuing into the backend ...


Canonical
26 April 2013

Responding to orientation

Ubuntu Notes

We have just published a new chapter on our App Design Guides : how to handle orientation. To cater for the different orientations of a range of touch devices, we need to design apps for Ubuntu in a responsive way. Phone orientations The primary orientation for an app on the phone is portrait. Consider using landscape orientation when we ...


Canonical
25 April 2013

Ubuntu 13.04 delivers OpenStack with high availability, scalable storage and big data deployment capabilities

Ubuntu News

Ubuntu 13.04 offers a complete solution for building highly available, flexible and secure OpenStack production clouds with scale out storage, networking and compute capabilities. ...


Canonical
17 April 2013

Designing in the open

Ubuntu Notes

On Tuesday 9th of April I gave a little talk at Mozilla’s “Designing in the Open” event. Along with the rest of the speakers I was asked to prepare a 10 – 15 minutes talk and to be prepared for a discussion to follow. In preparation for the talk I spoke to a few people ...


Canonical
16 April 2013

Enterprise cloud computing with Ubuntu on Windows Azure

Cloud and server News

The emergence of public cloud computing has changed the IT landscape for developers and enterprises, making it significantly easier and more cost effective to develop and deploy new applications, services and infrastructure. Enterprises can choose among cloud providers to meet their needs for performance, features, price and flexibility t ...


Canonical
16 April 2013

Enterprise Cloud Computing with Ubuntu on Windows Azure

Ubuntu Cloud

The emergence of public cloud computing has changed the IT landscape for developers and enterprises, making it significantly easier and more cost effective to develop and deploy new applications, services and infrastructure. Enterprises can choose among cloud providers to meet their needs for performance, features, price and flexibility t ...


Spring cleaning ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Design

Yesterday we’ve launched an updated version of ubuntu.com, which we hope will improve navigation throughout the site and provide visitors with a better understanding of what Ubuntu is. Research is an important part of what we do, and this update isn’t an exception. The improvements we have made in terms of content and structure of ...


Canonical
12 April 2013

Core utility apps visual exploration

Ubuntu Featured

Hi everyone, following our process post last week I’m excited to share the first round of visual exploration for three of our core utility apps; clock, weather and calendar (calculator and an updated notepad soon too I promise!). It is important to note that this is still an early stage in the design process. Our ...


Canonical
11 April 2013

Ubuntu makes a splash in media

Phone and tablet Article

The Chinese government has selected Canonical’s Ubuntu as the basis for a new reference architecture for a Chinese OS in order to provide a flexible, open, widely-used and standardised operating system. Moreover, The China Software and Integrated Chip Promotions Centre (CSIP), Canonical and the National University of Defense Technology (N ...


Canonical
11 April 2013

Rapid progress keeps development on target

Phone and tablet Article

An interview with Richard Collins, product manager for Ubuntu phones. ...


Canonical
11 April 2013

The design vision for Ubuntu

Phone and tablet Article

An interview with Marcus Haslam, head of brand and visual design at Canonical. ...