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The secrets out

Ubuntu used to be the data centres

best kept secret. But now everybodys

talking about it. WETA Digital,

Qualcomm, Wikipedia, Agora Games,

The French Police Force more and

more organisations are turning to

Ubuntu Server to give themselves a

competitive edge. But whats all theexcitement about?

UBUNTU IN ACTION

Secure, reliable, cost-effective and flexible, businesses, schools and

individuals are using Ubuntu every single day.

Great Ormond Street Hospital standardised its IT infrastructure

on Ubuntu for easier use and maintenance.

Wikipedia runs an enormous workload on Ubuntu every day.

Weta Digital, the visual effects company behind films including

Avatar and Lord of the Rings, set up a 35,000 core Ubuntu-based

server farm to render its movies.

Emphony Technologies achieved 100 percent uptime with Ubuntu.


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THE UBUNTU JOURNEY

Weve come a long way since launching Ubuntu 8.04 Server Edition LTS back

in 2008. Deployed on a range of devices in thousands of organisations, Ubuntu

has also featured in some of the worlds top publications over the years.

Take a look at our timeline to see how we got here.

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WHY UBUNTU SERVER EDITION?

Ubuntu Server Edition is already established in the worlds IT centres.

But what makes Ubuntu the right choice for you?

Sophisticated technology made simple

Ubuntu Server Edition is easy to install, maintain and use. It has straightforward

commands at install so you can build systems fast. Its lean design makes iteasier to manage and its purpose-built systems management tool* makes

it quick to scale. No fuss.

A big (really big) community

The Ubuntu community is central to Ubuntus success. Over one million

forum users, thousands of contributors, endless offers of help and

expertise. When you choose Ubuntu, youre not just introducing a product

to your business, youre joining one of the worlds largest, most active and

knowledgeable user groups.

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The regular release cycle

Ubuntus innovative six-month release cycle is becoming an industry

standard and changing how software is developed and released. With

free security updates over an 18-month or five-year period, there is always

a currently supported version that suits the way you want to deploy.

Long-term support

Our long-term support (LTS) releases are supported for three years on the

desktop and five years on the server. Perfect for organisations that need more

stability for larger deployments.

The best of open source

We are not just proud of our open-source commitment, we are driven by it.

Our engineers and community want Ubuntu to offer the best of open-source

server technology.

A growing commercial network

Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu project, works with all the top

hardware providers Dell, HP, IBM, Lenovo and Intel to name a few to offer

Ubuntu on all your favourite devices.

No licence restrictions

Ubuntu Server Edition is free to reuse and redistribute without charge. No

licence restrictions mean you can expand your IT systems without the expense

and annoyance of acquiring additional licences. Just pay for the services to

make the most from your IT budget.

No vendor lock-in

Ubuntu Server Edition is based on open standards so it integrates seamlessly

with other technologies and applications. It gives you the freedom to choose

any product from any vendor so you can avoid substantial switching costs.

* Ubuntu Advantage Landscape Systems Management tool is available

by subscription and not included as part of Ubuntu Server Edition

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Backed by great services

Ubuntu Advantage gives you the tools

and expertise to make the most of

Ubuntu in your business. In a single

subscription service, businesses can get

all they need to make sure that their

investment in Ubuntu Server is backed

by the company behind the Ubuntu

project, Canonical.

Easier systems management, faster

issue resolution and access to expert

knowledge Ubuntu Advantage

offers the reassurance that businessesneed to start making cost savings

with Ubuntu.

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Ubuntu Advantage includes:

Landscape systems management offers systems management and

monitoring tools for physical, virtual and cloud machines.

Comprehensive support gives you direct access to technical supportengineers to quickly solve any problems with your Ubuntu systems.

Knowledge gives you access to definitive and exclusive expert knowledge

so you can run Ubuntu according to best practices.

Ubuntu Advantage for servers

We know that users deploy Ubuntu Server for tasks of varying levels of

complexity. Theflexibility of the Ubuntu Advantage pricing model means

you only buy what your business needs.

Essential: for basic server tasks, such as file and print, email, network,

web and application serving.

Standard: for enterprise server use, including virtualisation and

integration into existing Windows infrastructures.

Advanced: for more advanced configurations such as high-availability

failover and clustering.

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IN OTHER WORDS

Our customers and users say it better than anyone.

When we moved to Ubuntuit was because it provides an

excellent base OS with a

comprehensive package base,

polished desktop experience

and good community support.

It just works.

Campbell Taylor-Fairweather,

Technical Support Manager, Weta Digital

It really does save us

thousands of hours in

man power every year.

Deven Phillips,

Senior Systems Administrator,

Metal Sales Manufacturing

Canonical provided us with

a Premium Service Engineer

(PSE) who acts as a trusted

single point of contact forany issues we experience.

Antonio Jos Senz Albans,

Chief Technology Officer, Isotrol

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Ours is an open-source

infrastructure that

millions of people use and

thousands of people work

on so it has to be reliable,

scalable and secure.

Ubuntu fits the bill.

Brion Vibber, Chief Technology Officer,The Wikimedia Foundation

Weve probably reducedthe amount of time it takes

to provision and configure

a server from a week to

about 10 minutes.

Jason LaPorte, Senior Systems

Administrator, Agora Games

We conducted a review

and found that Ubuntu

was the easiest operating

system to maintain.

Trevor Peacock, Manager,

Information Systems Unit,The UCL Institute of Child Health

With Ubuntu, we

have greater confidence

that our systems are

protected.

Andy Newton, Director,

Emphony Technologies

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UBUNTU SERVER FOR THE WORLDS MOST POPULAR HARDWARE

More and more machines are becoming Ubuntu Certified all the time. Take a look at an

up-to- date list of Ubuntu Certified hardware at http://webapps.ubuntu.com/certification/

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TECHNOLOGY SPOTLIGHT

Integrate with your existing systems

Ubuntu Server Edition fits easily into your existing client and server

architecture, integrating with commonly-used tools for authentication and

service access. We understand the importance of technologies that you can

easily integrate, which is why we spend a lot of time making sure Ubuntu

blends easily with your infrastructure.

Virtualisation made easy

Ubuntu Server Edition is an extremely popular platform for virtualising

data centres. Ubuntu Server provides KVM as the core option for both host

and guest virtualisation. A wide variety of open-source and proprietary

technologies are also used in conjunction with Ubuntu Server.

Cloud computing

Ubuntu Server Edition provides everything you need to build your

infrastructure on the leading public cloud (Amazon EC2) or your own private

cloud. You can use the same images and tools to control them both. Ubuntu

Enterprise Cloud brings you the elasticity and immediacy of cloud computing

from behind the security of your firewall and it makes it easy to migrate

between public and private clouds.

Built-in security

Ubuntu Server Edition is secure to the core, built on the renowned security

of the Debian operating system. Ubuntus security team works closely with

their Debian and Linux counterparts to make sure that any vulnerabilities that

emerge are recognised and dealt with swiftly. Ubuntus free and fair ethos

means that patches are made available to all users, not just enterprise clientsor subscribers.

Easy administration

Ubuntu Server is designed to make systems administration easy and efficient.

At the heart of Ubuntu Server is Debian, the Linux distribution famous for

being written by systems administrators for systems administrators. So many

of the routine tasks that consume a great deal of a systems administrators

time are simplified and automated.

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FEATURES AND BENEFITS

Kernel Uses a specifically-tuned kernel to optimise your hardware and

to handle all the most common server workloads. Also tuned specifically for

virtualisation where Ubuntu operates as an excellent hypervisor.

Mail server Completes services, whether acting as a connector to the

Internet with Postfix, or as central storage for users to access their email withDovecot. Also includes the installation and configuration of anti-spam and

anti-virus checkers.

File-and-print server Makes sharing files across multiple systems with

Samba easy. CUPS shares printers across networks and minimises printer-

recognition issues.

Web application server Serves dynamic web pages using your favourite tools

including Java, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Apache, MySQL or PostgreSQL.

SecurityOffers great security for your business with its easy-to-administer,

but fine-grained security procedures. From kernel hardening to access control

and five years of updates, Ubuntu Server will pass any security audit.

Authentication integration Integrates easily with Windows, MacOSX,

Unix and Linux. Also comes with Likewise Open and LDAP connectors to easily

integrate with your current user management system, allowing seamless

client authentication.

Automated deployment Includes network and CD deployment, unattended

installation, controlled installation, pre and post-installation scripting, automatedupdates and Landscape (Ubuntu systems management) integration.

Cloud and virtualisation guest operating system Ubuntu is one of the

most popular guest operating systems for virtualisation and cloud computing.

Its lean, minimal install and specialised kernel provide just enough so that

you have the best performances with a low footprint.

Network infrastructure and backup Serves dynamic web pages using

your favourite tools including Java, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Apache, MySQL

or PostgreSQL.

Hypervisor The combination of KVM and Libvirt provides an acclaimed

solution for most of your virtualisation needs. From live migration to

memory aggregation, the kernel virtualisation module is ready to consolidate

your workloads.

Cloud infrastructure Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, powered by Eucalyptus, is

the only open-source cloud infrastructure solution that comes as an easy-to-

deploy solution bundled with an operating system. Reclaim your workloads,

centralise your capacity, rationalise your cost and simplify your server provisioning

process using an Amazon EC2-compatible API on your own hardware.

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Power up your business

Reliable, fast and free, Ubuntu Server

is transforming IT environments

worldwide.

Successful organisations are

combining their own IT talent with

services from Canonical to realise

the full potential of their technologyinfrastructures.

Talk to Canonical about how you

can introduce Ubuntu into your

organisation. Contact us atforms.canonical.com/sales/
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