Mark Baker

Mark Baker

49 posts

Cloud Product Manager

Cloud Product Manager focused on Ubuntu OpenStack. Previously at MySQL and Red Hat. Likes motorcycles and meeting people who do interesting stuff with Ubuntu and OpenStack

Mark Baker
12 November 2012

Your questions answered: the best of our webinars Q&A

Article Cloud and server

What protection is available against my organisation infringing another company’s intellectual property when we use open source software? (Question covered in the Ubuntu Cloud webinar) ANSWER The question is a serious one. Thousands of developers from around the world are involved in the creation of open source...

Mark Baker
12 November 2012

Mark Baker
12 November 2012

Do closed clouds slow down time to market?

News Cloud and server

Get close to the business. It is a maxim CIOs live by. It means understanding exactly what drives the organisation. In a downturn, everyone wants to cut costs, but in some businesses, this is not as important as other ambitions, such as accelerating product development. In the pharmaceuticals industry, for example, time...

Mark Baker
12 November 2012

Mark Baker
29 October 2012

The new Juju GUI: because a picture paints a thousand words

Server Ubuntu

Hardened sysadmins and operators often spurn graphical user interfaces (GUIs) as being slow, cumbersome, unscriptable and inflexible. GUIs are for wimps, right? Well, I’m not going to argue – and certainly, command line interfaces (CLIs) have their benefits, for those comfortable using them. But we are seeing a...

Mark Baker
29 October 2012

Mark Baker
14 September 2012

Now you can have your OpenStack cake and eat it*

Server Ubuntu

Have you ever wanted to experiment with the latest cutting-edge cloud software, but run it on the same long-term support release of Ubuntu that you have all your other apps and services working on? Well, now you can. Today, Canonical has released the Cloud Archive for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server, an online software repository from

Mark Baker
14 September 2012

Mark Baker
8 May 2012

Calxeda delivers ARM powered Cloud

Server Ubuntu

On Monday, Calxeda, one of the leading innovators bringing revolutionary efficiency to the datacenter, unveiled their new EnergyCore reference server live onstage with Mark Shuttleworth at the Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) in Oakland California.   The choice of UDS at the venue to unveil the new hardware to the world...

Mark Baker
8 May 2012

Mark Baker
19 April 2012

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS certified on HP ProLiant servers: computing for the hyperscale era

Server Ubuntu

Today, Canonical and HP announced that Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS is to be certified and supported by HP on its Proliant Systems: http://www.canonical.com/content/ubuntu-1204-lts-server-be-certified-supported-hp-proliant-systems This is a huge announcement for us at Canonical. It’s also testament that HP sees real business...

Mark Baker
19 April 2012

Mark Baker
6 June 2011

Britain's Got Talent and The Cabinet Office – Ubuntu bedfellows in the public cloud.

Server Ubuntu

Last week saw the culmination of one of the UK’s most popular TV shows – Britain’s Got Talent. The way in which this show over five series has captured the attention of the British public is quite incredible, with the majority of popular media outlets dedicating significant space to the contestants, the judges, rumours about

Mark Baker
6 June 2011

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