Dell cuddles Canonical for big Ubuntu fluffer love | Linux Today

Dell cuddles Canonical for big Ubuntu fluffer love

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 8, 2010

“Dell is working with Canonical to help customers float
Ubuntu-powered open-source clouds while also cozying up to
developers.

“The hardware maker, better known for flogging PCs and servers
running Linux’s chief OS rival Windows, is working with Canonical
on plans to take the sweat out of setting up Ubuntu clouds on its
data-hungry Poweredge C 1100, 2100, and 6100 1U-to-4U servers.

“Dell’s director of cloud software solutions John Igoe has
promised The Reg that reference implementations for Dell’s servers
running the Amazon-cloud-ready Ubuntu will be ready in the “next
few months”.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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