OVHcloud Joins Ubuntu Certified Public Cloud Programme
OVHcloud Joins Ubuntu Certified Public Cloud Programme
RESTON, VA – March 31 - 2017 - Canonical and OVH today announced they are engaging as partners in public cloud, VPS, bare metal, and Private cloud. OVH is joining the ranks of other major cloud providers included in Canonical’s official program for the distribution of Ubuntu guest images, Certified Public Cloud (CPC).
OVH is the European leader of the cloud and has recently been expanding globally in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Ubuntu has a massive lead in the public cloud arena, running most workloads today thanks to its security, versatility, and policy of regular updates. Being a Ubuntu Certified Public Cloud Partner ensures that when OVH customers choose Ubuntu, they are secure in the knowledge that they have the latest Ubuntu image authorized and secured by Canonical.
“We have delivered same-day in-region patches, for every security update since 2013, which has minimized bandwidth costs and downtime for Ubuntu users running on those clouds. OVH users benefit from the same”, said Udi Nachmany, head of the public cloud at Canonical. “And as Ubuntu is also running 55% of production OpenStack deployments, we are especially happy about a leading public cloud like OVH, based on Ubuntu OpenStack, joining our program.”
OVH customers will be able to use the same operating system, with the same dependable experience, whether they are working with OVH’s bare metal (Dedicated Servers) or cloud (Public and Private Cloud, and VPS) services.
”As a business that has grown from small into a global giant, innovation has always been part of OVH’s DNA,” Germain Masse, Technical Director at OVH, said. “As part of the new partnership, Canonical will work with OVH to continue to optimize and adjust Ubuntu to new hardware and platform offerings laid out by the group for the customers.”
OVH customers will also be able to purchase professional support for their Ubuntu deployments from Canonical’s Ubuntu Advantage Shop. This support also provides access to Canonical Livepatch as well as Extended Security Maintenance for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
About OVHcloud US
OVHcloud US is a subsidiary of OVHcloud, a global cloud provider that specializes in delivering industry-leading performance and cost-effective solutions to better manage, secure, and scale data. OVHcloud US delivers bare metal servers, hosted private cloud, and hybrid and public cloud solutions, and was recognized as a "Strong performer" in Forrester's Hosted Private Cloud Services in North America (2Q2020) and as a "Contender" in the IDC Worldwide Public Cloud as a Service Vendor Assessment (2020). OVHcloud manages 32 data centers across 12 sites on four continents, manufactures its own servers, builds its own data centers, and deploys its own fiber-optic global network to achieve maximum efficiency. Through the OVHcloud spirit of challenging the status quo, the company brings freedom, security, and innovation to solve data challenges – today and tomorrow. With a 21-year heritage, OVHcloud is committed to developing responsible technology and strives to be the driving force behind the next cloud evolution. us.ovhcloud.com.
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