linux AT&T Chooses Ubuntu and Canonical for Its Network and Cloud Operations

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AT&T Chooses Ubuntu and Canonical for Its Network and Cloud Operations

 

 

This is a really surprising partnership for Canonical

 

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AT&T chose Canonical and Ubuntu to power its network and cloud, making this one of the most important collaborations for the creators of the Linux distribution.

 

The fact that AT&T chose Ubuntu is not all that surprising because Ubuntu has been making a killing in the cloud and it’s becoming the biggest platform out there, especially on OpenStack.

 

This has to be one of the biggest contracts for Canonical because they will provide support for Ubuntu for all of AT&T’s cloud, network and enterprise applications. I don’t have to remind you just how big AT&T really is. It’s also likely that other companies will choose to make the same choice since Ubuntu is becoming almost synonymous with the cloud.

It will take a long time

 

Since AT&T is a really big company, it will probably take some time until this transition is ready, so we’ll probably be hearing more about them and their collaboration.

 

“We’re reinventing how we scale by becoming simpler and modular, similar to how applications have evolved in cloud data centers. Open source and OpenStack innovations represent a unique opportunity to meet these requirements and Canonical’s cloud, and open source expertise make them a good choice for AT&T,” said Toby Ford, assistant vice president of Cloud Technology, Strategy and Planning at AT&T.

 

Ubuntu is by far the most popular Linux distribution for OpenStack and 80% of the large-scale OpenStack deployments are using this OS. Ubuntu is also a large player on the Amazon and Microsoft’s Azure. In fact, Microsoft even provides some limited Linux support for Ubuntu on Azure.

 

Canonical seems to be doing pretty much everything with Ubuntu for the cloud, for servers, for IoT devices, for desktops, and for mobile devices. The unification of most of these platforms are helping them advance, and we can only hope that all of this success will keep them grounded so they don’t forget the regular users.

 

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Ubuntu Linux beats IBM and Microsoft Azure to lucrative AT&T contract

 

Telecoms firm goes open source infrastructure.

 

AT&T, which has been around in its current form since 2005, has selected Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux operating system, "to be part of an effort to drive innovation in the network and cloud", beating rivals such as Microsoft Azure and IBM to the punch.

 

John Zannos, vice president of cloud alliances and business development at Canonical, said: "This is important for Canonical. AT&T’s scalable and open future network uses the best of Canonical innovation.

 

"AT&T selecting us to support its effort in cloud, enterprise applications and the network provides the opportunity to innovate with AT&T around the next generation of the software-centric network and cloud solutions.

 

"Ubuntu is the operating system of the cloud and this relationship allows us to bring our engineering expertise around Ubuntu, cloud and open source to AT&T."

 

Ubuntu will provide a fully supported Ubuntu offering for a range of services across cloud, network and enterprise applications.

 

The company also offers quad-play for consumers across fixed-line, broadband, mobile and TV after finalising the purchase of DirecTV last summer.

 

"By tapping into the latest technologies and open principles, AT&T's network of the future will deliver what our customers want, when they want it," said Toby Ford, assistant vice president of cloud technology, strategy and planning at AT&T.

 

"We’re reinventing how we scale by becoming simpler and modular, similar to how applications have evolved in cloud data centres. Open source and OpenStack innovations represent a unique opportunity to meet these requirements, and Canonical’s cloud and open source expertise make them a good choice for AT&T."

 

The news is a big boost for open source Ubuntu, giving opportunities for some of its largest rollout yet of products including Ubuntu 15.10 Server Edition and Snappy Ubuntu Core for Internet of Things sensors. 

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