Mark presents a smart switch that runs Snappy Ubuntu Core

Jun 3, 2015 01:45 GMT  ·  By

The world's most comprehensive IoT event of the year, Internet of Things World, popularly known as IoT World, took place last month at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, United States.

Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu, which is the world's most popular free operating system, was present at this year's IoT World event to talk about Canonical's innovations in the Internet of Things world.

In the 17-minute-long video that you can watch below, Mark Shuttleworth talks about developing open platforms and integrating app stores for smart ecosystems across Internet of Things (IoT).

Marks Shuttleworth was introduced to the audience by Daniel Obodovski, author of "The Silent Intelligence: The Internet of Things" book, who talked a little about Mark's past, including his trip to space.

Then Mark asked someone from the audience to join him in revealing what it appeared to be a switch powered by the Snappy Ubuntu Core operating system developed by Canonical for IoT devices.

Snappy Ubuntu Core is the operating system of choice for IoT

Not only that it is powered by Ubuntu Snappy, but the Smart Switch can run a broad range of software, such as MidoNet, a software-defined networking (SDN) solution from Midokura, and Zorp, a proxy firewall suite developed by Balabit IT Security.

Also, the smart switch can run Canonical's Ubuntu MASS (Metal as a Service), a physical machine provisioning system, as well as its built-in switch control software. Then Marks started talking about the importance of being a developer these days and explained how Snappy Ubuntu Core works.

We recommend watching the entire keynote video of Mark Shuttleworth at IoT World 2015 for more details about Snappy Ubuntu Core. In related news, Canonical and Intel announced that they would collaborate on IoT (Internet of Things) gateways.