Canonical’s Certified Ubuntu images in Oracle Bare Metal Cloud Service is a great addition because it promises to provide developers with dedicated, high-performance bare-metal compute instances, as well as virtual machines with up to 16 Oracle Compute Unit (OCPU). They also add the ability for Oracle’s enterprise customers to access the latest and greatest Ubuntu features. The addition of Certified Ubuntu images in Oracle’s Compute Cloud Service provides a way for Oracle and Canonical customers to add Canonical’s Ubuntu Advantage Support and Systems Management, so that they’ll continuously access all the newest security updates Canonical releases for Ubuntu Linux, as well as compliance accreditations and other goodies.