Blog posts tagged
“IoT”

330 posts


Canonical
10 July 2018

Infographic: Ubuntu connects everything

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As highlighted in the Ubuntu is Everywhere infographic to coincide with the 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu is used by millions across every sector and technology imaginable. Two years on, and with 18.04 LTS now released, we take a new look at how Ubuntu has evolved and is at the heart of emerging technologies including AI, blockchain,

Canonical
10 July 2018


Sarah Dickinson
28 June 2018

Fing snaps up 30,000 customers with a secure, future-proof IoT device

Article Internet of Things

The number of IoT devices set to be in use worldwide is due to explode depending on the source over the next couple of years. According to Gartner, the figure is set to be as much as 20.4 bn devices by 2020 with consumer products representing 63% of this figure. Many of these will be low-cost

Sarah Dickinson
28 June 2018


Canonical
21 June 2018

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS certified for Intel NUC for IoT device development

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Canonical and Intel® are pleased to announce that Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is now certified on selected Intel® NUC Mini PCs and boards. This partnership will aid device manufacturer’s and their developers to a smoother path to the development and deployment of IoT devices. Applicable to a range of use cases from digital signage...

Canonical
21 June 2018


James Nunns
19 June 2018

Emerging Trends in Financial Services: IoT, AI and Blockchain

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How do financial services organisations evolve so that they are no longer seen as cumbersome Goliaths unable to keep up with the pace of change? The answer has its roots at both an infrastructure level, where legacy technology is being replaced with something more akin to what is seen in challengers banks or in technology

James Nunns
19 June 2018


Jamie Bennett
1 June 2018

The key IoT use cases that will drive 5G adoption

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2020, the year that we expect 5G networks to begin turning on is not that far away with some already starting early so it is inevitable that the IoT will adapt to the new features that it brings. Our increasingly connected world, sometimes affectionately called the ‘hyper-connected IoT’, is driving demand for bandwidth...

Jamie Bennett
1 June 2018


Canonical
31 May 2018

Simplifying deployment and management of edge clouds with CPLANE.ai

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Title: Simplifying deployment and management of edge clouds Speakers: Matt Akins & Brandon Williams Date/Time: June 13, 12:00PM EST / 5:00PM BST Canonical recently announced a partnership with CPLANE.ai to simplify cloud management. Canonical brings scale, performance, and reliability to the cloud as well as ease of...

Canonical
31 May 2018


Canonical
30 May 2018

Emerging Trends in Financial Services: IoT, AI, and Blockchain

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Title: Emerging Trends in Financial Services: IoT, AI, and Blockchain Speakers: Mark Baker (Canonical), John Erik Setsaas (Signicat), Wincie Wong (RBS), Vivek Bajaj (IBM) Date/Time: June 5, 7:30AM EST / 12:30PM BST   The world of money is constantly changing. Artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things have...

Canonical
30 May 2018


Sarah Dickinson
23 May 2018

Decreasing the complexity of IoT adoption with Edge as a Service model

Article Internet of Things

  Last week, much of the IoT industry descended on Santa Clara, California, for the annual IoT World trade show. One of the exhibitors present were Rigado who Canonical partnered with earlier this year to deploy Ubuntu Core on their IoT gateways primarily targeted at commercial applications such as smart lighting and...

Sarah Dickinson
23 May 2018


Sarah Dickinson
18 May 2018

Creating the world’s first robotic tennis ball collector with Ubuntu

Article Internet of Things

From manufacturing plants to homes, robots have become a staple in the modern world for making life easier. This ability to boost convenience is what the startup company, Tennibot, is looking to bring to tennis courts around the world. Tennibot is the world’s first robotic tennis ball collector, or alternatively, an...

Sarah Dickinson
18 May 2018


Jamie Bennett
18 April 2018

Eclipse 2018 survey: The IoT landscape, what it empirically looks like

Article Internet of Things

Every year the Eclipse Foundation along with other sponsors conduct an online survey of the IoT market looking at what technologies are being used and how. The 2018 edition of that survey has just been made available and I thought it would be a great idea to look at some of the overarching trends.  The Internet

Jamie Bennett
18 April 2018


Sarah Dickinson
16 April 2018

BotsAndUs build a social robot on Ubuntu

Article Internet of Things

As robotics become increasingly prevalent in all sectors and expand outside the manufacturing industry, it is no surprise that IDC predicts worldwide spending on robotics to reach $103bn in 2018. A UK based startup, BotsAndUs, are looking to capitalise on this opportunity and have created an advanced social robot – Bo –...

Sarah Dickinson
16 April 2018


Guest
5 April 2018

The Nextcloud Box: a review of building an IoT device with snaps

Article Internet of Things

In 2016, Canonical, Nextcloud and WDLabs introduced the Nextcloud Box, the first IoT style device running with snaps out of the box. Besides sales of nearly 2K boxes before Western Digital shut down their research division WDLabs late last year, the snap been extremely popular with some days hitting over 10,000...

Guest
5 April 2018


Canonical
14 March 2018

NVIDIA GTC 2018

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Event Information Date: March 27 – 29 City/State: San Jose, CA Location: San Jose McEnery Convention Center Booth: #1227 GTC is the premier AI and deep learning conference, providing unparalleled training, industry insights, and direct access to NVIDIA and industry experts — all in one place. It features the latest...

Canonical
14 March 2018


Canonical
21 February 2018

Canonical announces Ubuntu Core across Rigado’s IoT gateways

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Rigado customers will benefit from open source, cost-effective, secure software in their commercial IoT deployments London, UK –  21st February 2018 – Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, today announced that Ubuntu Core will be deployed across Rigado’s Edge Connectivity gateway solutions, further establishing Ubuntu...

Canonical
21 February 2018