Networking archives
15 posts
Data centre networking: What is OVN?
By Benjamin Ryzman, 24 September 2024
Providing an overview of Open Virtual Network (OVN), its architecture and the main drivers behind it in the data centre networking space.
Data Centre AI evolution: combining MAAS and NVIDIA smart NICs
By Benjamin Ryzman, 21 June 2024
It has been several years since Canonical committed to implementing support for NVIDIA smart NICs in our products. Among them, Canonical’s metal-as-a-service...
Canonical collaborates with NVIDIA to simplify enterprise AI deployments with NVIDIA BlueField-3 operating an optimised, Ubuntu-based Linux OS
By Shashank Balashankar, 19 March 2024
The NVIDIA BlueField-3 networking platform – powering the latest data processing units (DPUs) and SuperNICs, and transforming data centre performance and...
SmartNICs in telco: benefits and use cases
By Serdar Vural, 11 October 2023
In our previous blog, we introduced smartNICs as technology enablers for next-generation converged data centres. We covered how smartNICs can increase...
What is a smartNIC and how is the technology shaping modern data centres?
By Serdar Vural, 6 October 2023
Data centres are going through a transformation. Gradually, we will see a new type of equipment attached to servers in almost every data centre: smartNICs are...
Canonical solutions reduce SmartNIC time-to-market and drive efficiency in enterprise data centres
By Shashank Balashankar, 13 June 2023
Data centre efficiency is a central cost factor in enterprise IT environments. So, in the face of rising energy costs and increasingly resource-intensive...
Meet Canonical at SmartNICs Summit 2023
By Felicia Jia, 6 June 2023
SmartNICs, the programmable network adapters that make data centre networking, security and storage efficient, scalable and modular, have started to play a...
Setup your own VPN server
By Hugo Huang, 1 March 2023
Why do we need a VPN server? A VPN (Virtual Private Network) server is a network server that allows users to create a secure and encrypted connection to...
Public cloud for telco – Part 2: Google Cloud Platform
By Wajeeha Hamid, 22 September 2022
This is the second blog in a series focusing on how telecom operators can leverage public clouds to meet their business demands. In a previous blog, we talked...
Join Canonical at NVIDIA GTC 2022
By Felicia Jia, 31 August 2022
As a strategic partner of NVIDIA, Canonical is proud to be one of the leading sponsors of the NVIDIA GTC again! Join us virtually at NVIDIA GTC on September...
Data centre networking: SmartNICs
By Fouaz Bouguerra, 17 December 2021
Providing an overview of SmartNIC and DPU, its architecture and the main benefits they bring to the modern data centre.
Data centre networking: what is OVS?
By Fouaz Bouguerra, 30 November 2021
Providing an overview of Open vSwitch in the context of open data centre networking, its components and benefits, main implementations and the drivers behind it.