Canonical Announces Ubuntu Pro for Devices Subscription for IoT Deployments
Ubuntu Pro is a free and commercial offering for everyone who wants to extend the coverage of security updates on their Ubuntu PCs providing them with 10 years of security maintenance. Ubuntu Pro was initially launched in 2021 as part of Ubuntu Advantage for enterprise customers offering global services who wanted long-term stability for their infrastructure and applications.
In 2022, Canonical launched a free tier of Ubuntu Pro for personal and small-scale commercial use for up to five machines. Now, the company is expanding Ubuntu Pro to IoT (Internet of Things) devices providing security coverage for critical, high, and medium CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) for Ubuntu and thousands of open source packages, such as Python, Docker, OpenJDK, OpenCV, MQTT, OpenSSL, Go, and Robot Operating System (ROS).
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Canonical unveils Ubuntu Pro for Devices: Enhancing IoT security and compliance
Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu Linux, has announced the launch of Ubuntu Pro for Devices, a new subscription service aimed at simplifying security and compliance for IoT device deployments. The service provides 10 years of security maintenance for Ubuntu and thousands of open source packages, including Python, Docker, OpenJDK, OpenCV, MQTT, OpenSSL, Go, and the Robot Operating System (ROS).
Ubuntu Pro for Devices offers device management capabilities through Landscape, Canonical’s systems management tool, and access to Real-time Ubuntu for latency-critical use cases. The subscription is available directly from Canonical and through a range of original device manufacturers (ODMs) in Canonical’s partner ecosystem, such as ADLINK, AAEON, Advantech, and DFI.
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Canonical Launches Ubuntu Pro for IoT Devices
Canonical is expanding its Ubuntu Pro service, bringing the extended security maintenance plan to IoT devices, in addition to desktop and servers.
Ubuntu Pro is Canonical’s service that provides expanded security maintenance for Ubuntu packages outside of the main operating system. In fact, Ubuntu Pro adds security patches for more than 25,000 additional packages, reducing “average CVE exposure time from 98 days to 1 day.” The service increases the support period from the standard five years for LTS releases to 10 years, with an option add-on to extend it an additional two years, for a total of twelve.
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Canonical launches Ubuntu Pro for Devices
New subscription for IoT deployments brings security and long term compliance to the most advanced open source stack Nuremberg, Germany. 9 April 2024. Today, Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, announced the launch of Ubuntu Pro for Devices – a comprehensive offering that simplifies security and compliance for IoT device deployments.
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Canonical Extends Long-Term Support and Compliance to the IoT with Ubuntu Pro for Devices
Canonical has announced that it is extending its Ubuntu Pro security and compliance service to cover the Internet of Things (IoT), with the launch of Ubuntu Pro for Devices — offering ten years of security maintenance for both the operating system and commonly-used packages alike.
"Today, most application stacks contain open source software, but companies don’t always have the in-house expertise to secure and support their full stack," the company claims in support of its expanded Ubuntu Pro subscription service.
"Canonical patches over 1,000 CVEs [Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures] each year and provides a 10 year security maintenance commitment for popular toolchains like Python and Go, as well as commonly-used IoT software frameworks like ROS. Companies can consume secure and maintained open source with the same set of guarantees from the same vendor."
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Canonical launches Ubuntu Pro for IoT Devices
Canonical has launched Ubuntu Pro for Devices , a comprehensive offering emphasizing security and compliance for IoT device deployments. This initiative aims to provide 10 years of security maintenance for Ubuntu and thousands of open-source packages, along with device management capabilities through Landscape , a systems management tool by Canonical. Ubuntu Pro also ensures that IoT devices receive reliable security patches from a trusted source.