canonical aws summit london 2011
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Ubuntu and AWSCloud uses and gains
Presentation by
Nick Barcet
www.canonical.com
June 2011
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Who are we?
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Canonical
● Company behind Ubuntu
● 20+ Million Users
● 430+ people
● Offices in London, Boston, Montreal, Taiwan
● Platforms, tools and technology
● bazaar, launchpad, landscape, online services ...
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Ubuntu – the 3rd OS in term of users
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Ubuntu on AWS
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Ubuntu One
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Ubuntu One
Ubuntu One is the personal cloud that brings your digital life together
● Enjoy your content, your way, wherever you are
● Sync files across all your Ubuntu or Windows computers
● Access your files, contacts, notes or bookmarks from anywhere
● Stream your music collection to your mobile phone and listen offline
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Ubuntu One
Requirements● Serving a million user
worldwide (and growing)
● Billions of files stored
● Media streaming from the cloud
Benefits from S3● Fast access (content
distributed worldwide)
● Reliable storage
● Scalable resource
● Excellent API availability in
most environments
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Ubuntu test drive
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We are making Ubuntu as easy to try as possible
Nothing to installNothing to download
Ubuntu Test Drive
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Ubuntu Test Drive
Requirements● Replacement for millions
of CDs shipped worldwide
● No software to install
● Simple as possible
Benefits from EC2● Immediate access to
Ubuntu Desktop or Server
● Launching a small instance
per user
● All done in the user web
browser
● Cut down costs by 60%
compared to our previous free shipping program
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That's not all...
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Cloud is our way for many project
Requirements● Testing server under heavy
loads
● Complex engineering test
● Unleash new technology research and development
Benefits from AWS● Company program to
reimburse AWS expenses for trying new idea or
performing tests
● Cuts down our hardware
purchase drastically
● Avoids complex inventory
issues and fast obsolescence
Thank you
We are in the exhibit area if you want to learnmore about Ubuntu
Nick Barcet
www.canonical.com