IT at Web Speed: How Cloud Computing can help your Business

With the irruption of Open Source and Software-Defined components in the Data Centre, there has been a shift of cost from licensing and appliances - in the traditional IT - to operations. The challenge in this new era, where all the components evolve faster than adoption, learning curves and skill development, resides in keeping the operations efficient while adding innovation, with its inherent complexity.

During this webinar we will go through best practices to navigate that transition and set up your operations teams to the future while keeping cost contained and services competitive.

For a complete cloud native application lifecycle Kubernetes needs some tools to "close the loop". The promise of the new way of doing things, is that you'll speed up your software delivery with microservices and devops teams. But how should you really do that?

Join this webinar to discover:

* Why you should try the Canonical Distribution of Kubernetes container solution and how to install it.
* How to deploy, troubleshoot and manage your application using Weave Cloud
Prometheus monitoring.
* What is Prometheus monitoring, how it works, how to instrument your application using it and how you can get the most out of it.
* How to speed up your software development lifecycle - ship features faster, fix problems faster.

The webinar includes live demo’s and Q&A.

Developing a new device is hard. So is taking that device to production. However, we see numerous examples of companies devoting all of their time to development, and none to answering the important questions that are raised as one approaches production, such as:

* What is my factory process?
* How is the base OS updated so as to remain secure?
* How is my own software updated?
* How is the device recovered if an update goes wrong?

In this webinar we'll discuss:

* The challenges of commercialising robots
* Using ROS in your production code
* Build security in from the get go with snaps and Ubuntu Core
* Continuously deliver new features and updates without the cold sweat

has become commonplace to see some OpenStack users choose to remain on old unsupported versions of OpenStack, forgoing new features and security updates rather than face the disruption, stress and complexity of upgrading. At Canonical we call this a StuckStack, a cloud that cannot or will not be upgraded.
In this webinar we will show you how to get unstuck and onto an OpenStack path where upgrades between releases are guaranteed. Access to compelling new features in OpenStack becomes easy as systems can be upgraded with little or no downtime.

The Canonical Distribution of Kubernetes is a pure-upstream distribution that delivers you the latest version of Kubernetes with built-in community operational knowledge.

In this on-demand webinar we cover:
*How to set up your own Kubernetes cluster on Amazon Web Services
*Initial configuration, installation, and validation
*How to horizontally scale your cluster for future growth
*Other lifecycle tasks, such as upgrades, backups, logging, and monitoring

Kubernetes and containers are an exciting and evolving technology which can be daunting for teams and organisations to plan for. As the landscape evolves, building a strategy around containers and finding a good place to get started is a challenge for most teams. Watch this webinar to learn how to get started on your Kubernetes strategy.

4 things you’ll learn
*What’s the state of the container landscape today?
*When should you consider containers as a delivery mechanism?
*Why and when should you leverage Kubernetes or another container coordinator?
*How can you quickly pilot and evaluate Kubernetes / containers?

The majority of IoT deployments across smart city, industrial or smart home are still relatively small scale and their benefits kept within the confines of the respective organisations. Slow deployments and costs are often to blame which prevent IT managers to go from proof of concepts to production. But for all to fully reap the benefits of IoT, large deployments scaling across cities and multiple sites will be required. In this session, Mike Bell will share some of the insights of deploying Ubuntu in production across IoT verticals: digital signage, smart city, industrial, retail, telecoms...

In this latest instalment of the "IoT builder series" , azeti Networks, a software company with a strong focus on Industrial IoT and Automation, will be sharing the experience they have gained through projects in Telecommunications and Manufacturing. Are you planning IoT deployments in sites with difficult access, demanding requirements or with rough conditions? Are you looking to roll out smarter solutions to your remote assets?

A few things you'll learn from the webinar:

- 5 things to look out for when deploying solutions in harsh industrial environments
- Addressing challenges and requirements of industrial projects with IoT
- Finding your path through the IoT maze
- Using Ubuntu for industrial gateway deployments

IoT is being embraced by an increasingly diverse set of sectors and one which is reaping the benefits is the retail sector, specifically supermarkets and how they are using data in cold-chain (refrigeration) solutions. For this webinar, join Paul Edrich, CTO of IMS Evolve, who is helping major supermarket chains to manage billions of data points in real time to inform operational processes, reduce energy consumption and increase product quality.

This webinar will include the following topics:

- Refrigeration and IoT: problems, new industry trends and benefits
- What IMS Evolve does to solve the problem
- The technologies enabling their solution today

Kubernetes releases new major versions every three months, and multiple point releases of those major versions. With each new release comes new features, some of which might still be in preview mode, as well as bugfixes, improvements, and other changes that you’ll likely want.

For the uninitiated, an upgrade plan is one of the most challenging aspects of running a cluster, however our team has been focusing specifically on how to make this process as smooth, predictable, and transparent as possible.

A webinar diving in the technology inside Ubuntu Core, the version of Ubuntu dedicated to IoT Hosted by Oliver Grawert, the Engineer behind the Ubuntu Core images for Raspberry Pi and DragonBoard,

What will you learn?
* Ubuntu Core in depth technical coverage
* Building an Ubuntu Core device image
* Packaging apps as snaps for IoT deployment

While Deep Learning and AI are considered the fuel of IT growth for 2017, little has been done out of the cloud to help enterprises to adopt it. In this on-demand webinar, we discuss how such commoditization can be achieved using Kubernetes, nVidia GPUs, and the operation toolbox provided by Canonical.

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS users are encouraged to upgrade to 14.04 LTS or 16.04 LTS. For some this is easy but for others, particularly for larger deployments, upgrading can be complex.

Watch this on-webinar to learn:
*How Ubuntu 12.04 LTS users will be impacted after April 28th, 2017
*Upgrading strategies for 12.04 LTS systems to 14.04 LTS or 16.04 LTS
*How to extend security maintenance for 12.04 LTS with Ubuntu Advantage

Validation is an important step in the lifecycle of a Kubernetes cluster, it ensures that every major operation you complete on your cluster has completed successfully and left the cluster in a healthy state.

In this on-demand webinar we’ll cover:
*A recap on how to get a Kubernetes cluster up and running on a private / public cloud, or even bare metal
*Running an end-to-end test suite to ensure your cluster is up and healthy
*How to evaluate and measure test suite results
*Keeping your end-to-end test suite up to date as new tests are added

Are you working on an IoT, point of sale or digital signage device? Are you looking for a secure, supported solution to build it on? Do you have needs for graphic performance and complex UI? Did you know you could build great solutions using Qt on Ubuntu and Ubuntu Core?

To find out how why not join this upcoming webinar. You will learn the following:

- Introduction to Ubuntu and Qt in IoT and digital signage
- Using Ubuntu and Ubuntu Core in your device
- Packaging your Qt app for easy application distribution
- Dealing with hardware variants and GPUs

Please note: webinar registrants’ contact information will be shared with the co-presenter, The Qt Company.

Companies Deliver Rapid Deployment & Improved Performance On OpenPOWER!
A new class of “Big Software” has emerged in Machine Learning, precision medicine, genomics, physical sciences, and more. At the same time, a new class of highly performant, open, purpose-built hardware blends GPU acceleration, high CPU-to-GPU bandwidth, and unified memory access. The challenge that many now face is how to create solutions that pair “Big Software” to this hardware to solve problems faster, more flexibly, and repeatedly.
This webinar will present a set of powerful open-source tools that rapidly assemble and scale HPC solutions, so you can focus on solving the tough problems instead of the tooling.

It's nearing the end of the year! Time to take a breather and plan for 2017. As part of our 'IoT builders' webinar series, we have asked some of the most prominent technologists, community builders and visionaries in this space for their advice and practical predictions on what's worth working on next! Speakers include Dominique Guinard (CTO & Co-founder EVRYTHNG), Ian Skerrett (VP Marketing, Eclipse Foundation) and Maarten Ectors (VP, IoT at Canonical.) Join us on December 13th at 17:00 (GMT.)

In this webinar, the speaker will go through an explanation of the architecture, new features and use cases behind Ubuntu Core 16.

What you will learn:

★Lessons learned by Ubuntu in IoT and the need for a new approach to security and software management

★Choosing the right Operating System for your IoT devices, hardware choices and long-term maintainability

★How Ubuntu Core is being used by various partners to build solutions across home gateways, industrial, building automation and digital signage