14 DAY TRIAL // Canonical, the driving force behind one of the world's most popular free operating systems, Ubuntu Linux, has announced today that they are collaborating with NetApp on supplying unique Open Cloud Solutions based on Ubuntu OpenStack and NetApp.
When announcing last month that Canonical will cease development of the Unity 8 user interface for both mobile and desktop platforms, along with the company's convergence vision, Mark Shuttleworth said that Ubuntu would grow considerably on the cloud and IoT (Internet of Things) fronts. And today, they are announcing a partnership with NetApp.
NetApp is a multinational storage and data management company, which recently joined Canonical’s Cloud Partner Program to build and deliver Open Cloud Solutions for the enterprise world, based on their NetApp data management and storage flash solutions integrated with Ubuntu OpenStack. These promise to help organizations build both hybrid and private clouds that are reliable, easily manageable, automated, and scalable.
"NetApp and Canonical have invested to make sure that Open Cloud Solutions based on Ubuntu OpenStack and NetApp storage technologies just work," said John Zannos, Vice President, Cloud Platform and Alliances, Canonical. "Using Juju, Canonical’s service modelling tool, customers can simply deploy OpenStack and NetApp storage and data management solutions. Together we are making it easier for enterprise to adopt OpenStack by taking the guesswork out of deploying and managing OpenStack."
Combining the power of Ubuntu, Ubuntu OpenStack, Juju and NetApp
Both companies will try to leverage the power of the latest open source technologies developed by both Canonical and NetApp, including Ubuntu, Ubuntu OpenStack, Juju, and the NetApp storage and data management solutions, in an effort to make the life of their customers a lot easier. They are confident that integrating NetApp with Ubuntu OpenStack gives them assurance that these new open cloud solutions will be easy to operate, manage, and upgrade.
Canonical and NetApp promise to work together and try to contribute as much as possible to the evolution and success of OpenStack, the free and open source cloud computing software that's mostly being deployed as an IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service). Their services will be integrated along with top-notch storage technologies like SolidFire and ONTAP into future Ubuntu OpenStack releases, making it a lot easier for customers to set up cloud-based IT models.