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Kubeflow vs MLFlow

Learn the main differences between the MLOps tools of choice: Kubeflow and MLFlow Started by Google a couple of years ago, Kubeflow is an end-to-end MLOps platform for AI at scale. Canonical has its own distribution, Charmed Kubeflow, which addresses the entire machine-learning lifecycle. Charmed Kubeflow is a suite of tools, such as Notebooks for training, Pipeline for automation, Katib for hyperparameter tuning or KServe for model serving and more. Charmed Kubeflow benefits from a wide range of integrations with other tools such as MLFlow, Spark, Grafana or Prometheus.

Securing open source software with Platform One and Canonical

Our own Devin Breen and Mark Lewis discussed Securing Open Source Software with the Chairman of Iron Bank at USAF Platform One Zachary Burke at AWS Summit Washington, DC. The topic includes: Securing Open Source Software, Secure Minimal Containers, and Software Security Scanning.

A holistic approach to securing Spark-based data engineering

Apache Spark is an open-source toolkit that helps users develop parallel, distributed data engineering and machine learning applications and run them at scale. In this webinar, Rob Gibbon – product manager, and Massimiliano Gori – senior information security lead, will survey the state of big data security best practices and outline both high level architectures and pragmatic steps that you can take to secure your Spark applications – wherever they may be running.

Canonical & Ampere: Building Sustainable, Power-efficient Computing Solutions Together

Canonical's Taiwan General Manager Tony Chiang was invited to join the Ampere event at Computex 2023 and had a great talk with Jeff Wittich, Chief Product Officer of Ampere Computing. Ampere and Canonical have been partnered to build sustainable and power-efficient computing solutions together and we can foresee more opportunities on the way from the cloud to the edge. Watch the video to learn more.

Securing Apache Spark Big Data Operations

Apache Spark is an open source toolkit that helps users develop parallel, distributed data engineering and machine learning applications and run them at scale. In this webinar, Rob Gibbon – product manager, and Massimiliano Gori – senior information security lead, will survey the state of big data security best practices and outline both high level architectures and pragmatic steps that you can take to secure your Spark applications – wherever they may be running.

What is so Pro in Ubuntu Pro?

Open source is everywhere, but what’s its role in your company? According to Synopsys 2023 OSSRA research, around 96% of companies use open source in their codebases. From which at least 84% contained known vulnerabilities. Nowadays vulnerability exposure lasts for around 98 days, which means that the majority of companies are not fixing known vulnerabilities in their codebases for 3 months. This is simply not acceptable.

Upgrade Ubuntu LTS to Ubuntu Pro on AWS

Are you running Ubuntu LTS on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and looking to upgrade to Ubuntu Pro for enhanced security and additional support options? Then this tutorial is for you! In April 2023, AWS released a new functionality that allows users to upgrade their Ubuntu LTS instances to Ubuntu Pro with just a few clicks. In this tutorial, we will cover all the steps needed to upgrade Ubuntu LTS instances to Ubuntu Pro on AWS using AWS License Manager.

What's new in Ubuntu 23.04

Ubuntu has long been a developer favourite and the preferred platform for Linux for gaming. Ubuntu Desktop 23.04 lays the foundations for a number of key strategic priorities around desktop deployment, identity management and gaming. For IT managers looking to deploy Ubuntu Desktop at scale, the new desktop installer delivers new tools for custom image configuration and network based deployment. Ubuntu 23.04 also extends its identity management integration to support industry shifts towards cloud-based identity providers.

Azure AD Authentication for Ubuntu

Ubuntu Desktop 23.04 is the first and only Linux distribution to provide native user authentication with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) enabling users on Microsoft 365 (M365) Enterprise plans to authenticate Ubuntu Desktops with the same credentials they use for M365 or Azure. This is possible thanks to aad-auth, our new cloud authentication client which makes use of Microsoft MSAL library.