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Blog posts tagged
"IoT"


Guest
9 April 2020

Ubuntu Core: an independent security analysis

Internet of Things Article

This is a guest blog by Trent R.Hein, Co-CEO of Rule 4. Once in a while an opportunity comes along that brings out our inner geek like no other, which is what happened when Canonical asked if we’d be willing to review the overall cybersecurity model of Ubuntu Core and its ecosystem. We’re no strangers ...


Alex Cattle
1 April 2020

Steps to maximise robotics security with Ubuntu

Internet of Things White paper

The Robot Operating System (ROS) is a popular open-source platform for advanced robotics. Its flexibility and ease-of-use make it well-suited to a wide array of robotics applications – however, these robots are not always sufficiently protected against security threats. Opportunistic attacks are by far the most prevalent, and robots with ...


Alex Cattle
31 March 2020

Rigado cuts customers’ time-to-market with Ubuntu Core and AWS

Internet of Things Case study

In the fast-paced world of IoT, being able to reduce time-to-market is a priority. Rigado’s core mission is to provide scalable and secure infrastructure for their customers’ commercial IoT deployments. It became clear to Rigado that, to achieve the ease of use it was looking for, it needed to redesign its gateway software – and ...


Alex Cattle
26 March 2020

How Domotz streamlined provisioning of IoT devices

Internet of Things Case study

As the number of IoT devices scale, the challenges of provisioning and keeping them up to date in the field increases. Domotz, who manufacture an all-in-one, network monitoring and management device for enterprise IoT networks, found themselves with this challenge that was further compounded by their rapid software release cadence. One of ...


Rhys Davies
24 March 2020

Building a Raspberry Pi cluster with MicroK8s

Internet of Things Article

The tutorial for building a Raspberry Pi cluster with MicroK8s is here. This blog is not a tutorial. This blog aims to answer; why? Why would you build a Raspberry Pi cluster with MicroK8s? Here we go a little deeper to understand the hype around Kubernetes, the uses of cluster computing and the capabilities of ...


nilayshrugged
24 March 2020

How to launch IoT devices – Part 4: When to ask for help

Internet of Things Article

(This blog post is part of a 5 part series, titled “How to launch IoT devices”. It will cover the key choices and concerns when turning bright IoT ideas into a product in the market. Sign up to the webinar on how to launch IoT devices to get the full story, all in one place.) ...


Rhys Davies
13 March 2020

How to install Ubuntu with the new Raspberry Pi Imager

Internet of Things Article

The Raspberry Pi Foundation recently released their new “Raspberry Pi Imager” and we love it.  It’s a new tool that makes getting going with the Raspberry Pi easier than ever. All it takes is a simple install and three clicks before you have an SDcard ready for Pi. In this article, I’m going to talk ...


alfonsosanchezbeato
3 March 2020

Creating real-time ready systems with ACRN and Ubuntu

Internet of Things Article

Sometimes you really need a deterministic response time in your system. For example, a robotic arm that needs to be at the right place at exactly the right time, and you cannot avoid the need for a hard real-time (RT) operating system. But, that is only a small part of your software, and for the ...


nilayshrugged
3 March 2020

How to launch IoT devices – Part 3: make vs buy decisions

Internet of Things Article

(This blog post is part of a 5 part series, titled “How to launch IoT devices”. It will cover the key choices and concerns when turning bright IoT ideas into a product in the market. This entire series can be found with slides + audio here: How to launch IoT devices.) Part One can be ...


cmoullec
27 February 2020

How Domotz streamlined provisioning of IoT devices

Internet of Things Article

Learn how Ubuntu Core and snaps gives Domotz a competitive advantage As the number of IoT devices scale, the challenges of provisioning and keeping them up to date in the field increases. Domotz, who manufacture an all-in-one, network monitoring and management device for enterprise IoT networks, found themselves with this challenge that w ...


Canonical
19 February 2020

Bosch Rexroth adopts Ubuntu Core and snaps for app-based ctrlX AUTOMATION platform

Canonical announcements Article

19th February 2020 – Canonical today announced that Bosch Rexroth has selected Ubuntu Core for their app-based platform ctrlX AUTOMATION. ctrlX AUTOMATION leverages Ubuntu Core, designed for embedded devices, and snaps, the universal Linux application containers, to deliver an open source platform to remove the barriers between machine co ...


Alex Cattle
14 February 2020

Accelerating IoT device time to market

Internet of Things Article

Launching IoT devices and managing them at scale can be a time intensive and complex process. With 85% of IoT initiatives not launched after a year of development, it is inevitable that change is needed. To overcome these challenges, Canonical has introduced Smart Start, a package that reduces business and technical decision making into a ...