Canonical is trying to position the Ubuntu OS as integral to enterprises expanding onto cloud and scale-out computing platforms. That ambition is reflected in the make-up of Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS, ...

Two vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu implementation of a popular container-based file system allow attackers to execute code with root privileges on 40% of Ubuntu Linux cloud workloads, researchers have ...

Canonical continues to aggressively equip its flagship Ubuntu Linux server software with more tools to help users build and run clouds. The open-source OS now comes with the latest edition of the ...

Canonical’s upcoming server upgrade supports the Eucalyptus project’s open source system for cloud implementation using hardware and software already in place Canonical is touting private cloud ...

Canonical's newest versions of Linux are due Thursday. Notable features: synchronization for PCs and a built-in replica of Amazon Web Services for servers. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 ...

Canonical, the UK-based developer of Ubuntu, on Thursday released the latest version of the Linux distribution extremely popular with developers, one offering even closer integration with several ...

Well, here's something you don't see every day: A company admitting that it can't keep up with the competition and closing down a service. Canonical introduced Ubuntu One in 2009 with the release of ...

Microsoft has lowered the prices of its OneDrive to match those of Google Drive. This looks like a move meant to catch some of the migrating Ubuntu One users, after Ubuntu One was shut down in early ...

Support for cloud computing will be a major feature of the October release of Ubuntu, the Linux distribution maintained by Canonical, company CEO Mark Shuttleworth announced in an e-mail to the Ubuntu ...