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31.03.2026 15:40 The “hybrid fleet” is today’s reality: organizations diversify operating systems while Microsoft Active Directory remains the dominant identity “source of truth.” IT administrators must ensure Linux machines, like Ubuntu desktops and servers, behave as first-class citizens in this environment. Efficient Linux management demands unified identity and policy management, ensuring that local authentication mechanisms and

31.03.2026 02:31 The way enterprises are thinking about their infrastructure has changed. Digital sovereignty of all kinds – data sovereignty, operational sovereignty, and software sovereignty – have begun to dominate the infrastructure discussion. Today, these abstract terms have become practical concerns for platform teams. Changing regulations, geopolitical uncertainty, and growing concerns about vendor dependency are forcing organizations

30.03.2026 13:11 30 years after its introduction, Secure Shell remains the ubiquitous gateway for administration, making it a primary target for brute force attacks and lateral movement within enterprise environments. For system administrators and security architects operating under the weight of regulatory frameworks like SOC2, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS, default SSH configurations are an “open door” that

27.03.2026 17:30 Stability, backports, and hidden risks of the bleeding edge In the modern DevSecOps world, CISOs are constantly looking for signals in the noise, and the outputs of security scanners often carry a lot of weight. A security scan that returns a “zero CVE” report often unlocks promotion to production; a single red flag can block

27.03.2026 10:30 The modern enterprise operates in a hybrid world where on-premises infrastructure coexists with cloud services, and security threats evolve daily. IT administrators are tasked with a difficult balancing act: maintaining traditional local workflows while managing the inevitable shift toward cloud-native architectures. Identity has emerged as the new security perimeter, replacing traditional network-based defenses. At Canonical,

24.03.2026 19:40 Previewing at KubeCon 2026: Canonical welcomes NVIDIA’s donation of the GPU DRA driver to CNCF. At KubeCon Europe in Amsterdam, NVIDIA announced that it will donate the GPU Dynamic Resource Allocation Driver to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation . This marks an important milestone for the Kubernetes ecosystem and for the future of AI

24.03.2026 19:40 After over a decade of running a homelab, I have learned a few difficult lessons. Although it begins as a “lab,” you inevitably end up with something you want to keep. If a service goes down for an extended period of time or you lose data, it can feel catastrophic. The anxiety of missed emails

23.03.2026 20:50 Zero CVEs doesn’t mean secure. It means unexamined. New code has zero CVEs because no one has studied it yet, and if you’re rebuilding nightly from upstream, you’re signing first and asking questions later. In software supply chain security, the freshest code isn’t always the safest. Sometimes the most secure component in your pipeline is the one you haven’t touched in eighteen months.

23.03.2026 13:40 Canonical’s Gold-level investment in the Rust Foundation supports the long-term health of the Rust programming language and highlights its growing role in building resilient systems on Ubuntu and beyond. AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS — March 23, 2026 — Today Canonical announced that it has joined The Rust Foundation as a

20.03.2026 12:12 Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, is pleased to announce a new partnership with developer-focused cybersecurity company Snyk. Snyk Container, Snyk’s container security solution, now offers native support for scanning chiseled Ubuntu containers. This partnership will create a path to a more secure container ecosystem, where developers will no longer need to compromise on scanning accuracy

20.03.2026 12:12 Canonical introduces the beta release of MicroCloud Cluster Manager, a new way to discover, organize, and operate your MicroCloud environments from a single, unified interface.

19.03.2026 07:00 Canonical announces that it has certified Advantech’s latest modular fanless edge IPC system, MIC-770 V3W, on Ubuntu 24.04LTS. With official Ubuntu certification, the MIC-770 V3W provides a securely-designed, stable platform with long-term compatibility ideal for AIoT and edge computing applications. An industrial-grade, high performance AIoT edge platform Continuing Advantech’s fanless design philosophy, the MIC-770 V3W

18.03.2026 23:30 Canonical is working with Microsoft Defender to improve the security of organizations’ mission-critical Linux workloads Today Canonical, the publishers of Ubuntu, announce a new security initiative with Microsoft Defender, aimed at deeply reinforcing the security offered along with Canonical’s security maintenance service, Ubuntu Pro. With Ubuntu Pro security maintenance now available for

17.03.2026 18:20 Teams continuously deploy programmable telemetry pipelines to production, without having access to a dry-run mode. At the same time, most organizations lack staging environments that resemble production – especially with regards to observability and other platform-level services. Despite knowing the potential risks involved due to the lack of a proper safety harness, most teams have

17.03.2026 03:20 Today Canonical, the publishers of Ubuntu, announced that it will integrate and distribute the NVIDIA DOCA-OFED networking driver with Ubuntu.