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Canonical Delves Deeper into the Cloud – Launches Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud Services



London: July 1, 2009-- Canonical, the founder of the Ubuntu project, today launched new professional services to help and support users building 'private clouds', cloud infrastructures behind a corporate firewall. The move follows the technical preview in April of Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC), an open-source system that enables organisations to build their own clouds that match the interface of Amazon EC2. UEC is now available as part of the Ubuntu Server Edition technology stack.

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Canonical certifies Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition on latest HP ProLiant servers

London June 15, 2009: Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the Ubuntu project, today announced the successful certification of Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition on the new HP ProLiant G6 servers. This extends Canonical's existing support of Ubuntu Server Edition on the HP ProLiant servers to 17 configurations, enabling Ubuntu users to run their business applications on the world’s most energy-efficient servers. It also ensures that users can adopt an open platform in their businesses without compromising on their hardware options.

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Sandisk collaborates to improve SSDs on Ubuntu netbooks

Computex, Taiwan, June 2 2009: Canonical today announced that it has been collaborating with SanDisk, the global leader in flash memory cards, to improve how Ubuntu runs on the solid state drives (SSDs) that provide the memory – and memory management – for most netbooks and laptops in the market today. Engineers from both companies have worked closely on system optimizations resulting in longer battery life, reduction in heat levels & better system responsiveness. This is done to optimise the user experience and offer original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) a better solution to bring to market.

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