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Canonical is continuously hiring new talent. Being a remote- first company, Canonical’s new joiners receive a unique onboarding experience. In their first weeks, they are introduced to the different departments and the various tools they use to work asynchronously across the globe. New hires develop a good understanding of the open-source technologies that the company…

What is patching automation? With increasing numbers of vulnerabilities, there is a growing risk of cyber incidents, attacks and breaches. It’s more important than ever to ensure that your systems are protected 24/7.  Patching is a vital step in any vulnerability management process. In this blog, we’ll outline what patch management is, compare manual and…

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to wake up one day with a desire to explore AI and machine learning, only to find a well-crafted, simple, and beginner-friendly tutorial that covers all of the crucial core elements you need to build your very first model? Well, you’ve come to  the right place! The goal of this guide…

Ubuntu and Ubuntu Pro supports Microsoft’s Azure Cobalt 100 Virtual Machines (VMs), powered by their first in-house designed 64-bit Arm processor. With Ubuntu’s extensive Arm compatibility, users can confidently deploy their workloads with these virtual machines. Comprehensive Arm package support Ubuntu ensures a seamless experience for users adopting these new VMs by compiling and testing…

Canonical is pleased to announce security patching and support for Valkey through the Ubuntu Pro subscription. Ubuntu Pro is a subscription for open source software security, compliance and support that expands the maintenance period for all packages distributed in Ubuntu repositories. This extension applies to all the open source software on Ubuntu, including Valkey. This…

OpenSearch is an open source search and analytics suite that developers use to build solutions for search, data observability, data ingestion, security information and event management (SIEM), vector database, and more. It is designed for scalability, offering powerful full-text search capabilities and supporting various data types, including structured and unstructured data. OpenSearch has rapidly developed…

In a 2020 paper, Patrick Lewis and his research team introduced the term RAG, or retrieval-augmented generation. This technique enhances generative AI models by utilizing external knowledge sources such as documents and extensive databases. RAG addresses a gap in traditional Large Language Models (LLMs). While traditional models rely on static knowledge already contained within them,…

Today, computers are more sophisticated, interconnected and complex than ever. This means they’re more capable than ever – but it also comes with a downside: that their attack surface is larger than ever, leading to an elevated risk of cyber incidents. Therefore, your approach to managing vulnerabilities needs to be holistic and prepare for all…

In the wake of EU drafted legislation and US executive orders, a software bill of materials (SBOM) has gone from a nice-to-have to a fundamental piece of software documentation. In this article, we’ll examine what an SBOM is, what information it must include, and the approaches that developers and manufacturers alike should consider as they…

We are pleased to announce that SiFive, ESWIN Computing and Canonical are enabling Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on the HiFive Premier P550, a development platform that offers a premium RISC-V development experience, an important milestone for the RISC-V development community. This collaboration ensures that developers who purchase the HiFive Premier P550 can take full advantage of…