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Ubuntu 18.04 Focuses On Security and AI Improvements (sdtimes.com)
Canonical has announced the release of its open-source Linux operating system, Ubuntu 18.04, which features security, multi-cloud, containers, and AI improvements. From a report: "Multi-cloud operations are the new normal," said Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical and founder of Ubuntu, in a statement. "Boot-time and performance-optimized images of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on every major public cloud make it the fastest and most efficient OS for cloud computing, especially for storage and compute intensive tasks like machine learning." On-premises and on-cloud AI development within Ubuntu will be improved by the integration of Kubeflow and a range of CI/CD tools into Canonical Kubernetes. Kubeflow is a machine learning library built on Kubernetes.
And what I believe it to mean is that many people nowadays are frequently using several different cloud services, sometimes at the same time. Which I believe is true, too. (Yes, 'cloud' is just a hip name for something that was not really new when the term was coined, but I guess we simply have to go along with it now.)
That said, I've organized my personal cloud usage via my own server running Nextcloud, which performs the task of synchronizing with all the other cloud storage services I still sometimes use, be it for easier usage on Android or for offering access to others without them hitting my DSL upstream bandwith, so I don't really need my desktop Linux to deal with it.
Then again, that server runs Ubuntu server. (Not because I am or ever was convinced it is the best choice, but because it was a well documented and well supported option back when I started to move most of my computers to Linux and I just didn't want to research even further.)
"Multi-cloud operations are the new normal"... What? I have literally no *clue* what this could possibly even mean. Are we still talking about computers? On Earth? Humans? Or is this some sort of alien technology from a different world? Multi-cloud operations? Operations? Cloud? Multi-cloud?
I thought there was only one cloud, "the cloud", and everything went there.
Obviously, Canonical has cracked multi-dimensional travel with Ubuntu 18.04 and it can connect with The Cloud in all the other dimensions / Universes. I'm so looking forward to messing with the Google and Amazon search histories of my other-dimension counterparts.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
"Multi-cloud operations are the new normal"... What?
I can explain.
He means that to best leverage new trends in AI and blockchain technologies, customers no longer want to be constrained to just one cloud in today's increasingly global competitive landscape. This is cloud computing brought into the modern era, with full-on support for more rapid paradigm shifts and enhanced disruptive innovation. This new release will allow alignment of enterprise level strategies with synergistic goals to increase customer mind share and build viral growth.
It is only by using this multi cloud technology that modern consumer facing agile entities can grow their business and re-imagine a future in which outside the box thinking becomes the new normal. Ubuntu 18.04 supports all these emerging technological trends, and more.
This is basic, mission critical process, and I am astonished that anyone on a supposed "tech site" like this would be unaware. Shame on you for not keeping up with broad trends in innovation and holistic consumer enablement.
I suspect he's talking about having multiple Kubernetes clusters available on the CLI, e.g. one local minikube cluster (virtualized through e.g. a headless Virtualbox or KVM), plus multiple cloud clusters (e.g. one for integration-testing, and one for production) via Microsoft Azure or Amazon AWS.
But Canonical's marketing is garbage. They should perhaps split the press releases for their Desktop, Server and Cloud editions.
They've announced the release, and released the announcement, but the software is not yet available for download....
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