The growth of the Internet of Things is spreading, and Canonical wants to ensure that Ubuntu is involved in this process. To achieve its goals, the company behind one of the most popular Linux distributions market announced partnerships with Microsoft and Amazon to help secure infrastructure cloud.
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Microsoft and Amazon will publish their software programming interfaces (API) dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT) for Ubuntu Core so that they can be used by developers Snappy in services and applications. The objective is to avoid fragmentation of the market, and new partnerships will lay the foundation to provide the development of Ubuntu Core everything needed to further penetrate into the IoT.
Canonical also announced partnerships with other companies, it is hoped, will allow Ubuntu to have a boost in the industrial sector and telecommunications. On the things of the material plane, Cavium will provide support in Ubuntu Core routers and network switches (switch), while the company will join the Industrial Internet Consortium for the control and management of network gateways.
Speaking of one of the new partnership, John Chewchuk, Microsoft, said: "smart industrial systems are secure back-ends to the cloud for storage and analysis of data. Microsoft and Canonical Partner to Provide API for all developers Snappy. This partnership will simplify the development in the cloud " .
As with any system, there are security issues surrounding the Internet of Things. To help minimize the effect of all vulnerabilities are discovered, the systems must implement a push system for day Ubuntu Core updates when needed.
Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth said: "Ubuntu Certified Platforms and provide support to the standard will be ability to secure all connected devices. Device manufacturers who choose Ubuntu Core on certified platforms now have a popular platform that meets the requirements of business and government to manage updates and security " .
If the Internet of Things is really the success we predicted in the coming years, it is such collaborative efforts that will make a difference. The interoperability and ensuring compatibility will ensure improved coverage, but also help reduce costs.
See also : Apple will launch the beta version of iOS for all
Microsoft and Amazon will publish their software programming interfaces (API) dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT) for Ubuntu Core so that they can be used by developers Snappy in services and applications. The objective is to avoid fragmentation of the market, and new partnerships will lay the foundation to provide the development of Ubuntu Core everything needed to further penetrate into the IoT.
Speaking of one of the new partnership, John Chewchuk, Microsoft, said: "smart industrial systems are secure back-ends to the cloud for storage and analysis of data. Microsoft and Canonical Partner to Provide API for all developers Snappy. This partnership will simplify the development in the cloud " .
As with any system, there are security issues surrounding the Internet of Things. To help minimize the effect of all vulnerabilities are discovered, the systems must implement a push system for day Ubuntu Core updates when needed.
Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth said: "Ubuntu Certified Platforms and provide support to the standard will be ability to secure all connected devices. Device manufacturers who choose Ubuntu Core on certified platforms now have a popular platform that meets the requirements of business and government to manage updates and security " .
If the Internet of Things is really the success we predicted in the coming years, it is such collaborative efforts that will make a difference. The interoperability and ensuring compatibility will ensure improved coverage, but also help reduce costs.