New Way Now: Canonical unlocks open-source innovation with Google Cloud

𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆: Alex Gallagher, VP of cloud for Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, shares how Google Cloud is helping its popular Linux operating system deliver trusted, secure tools and technologies to millions. Google Cloud’s AI-ready infrastructure is helping Ubuntu customers tap into the full potential of open-source innovation without having to worry about complex integration, security, and compliance challenges. 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲: Canonical wanted to make it even easier for users to easily run and use Ubuntu for their AI workloads, whether in cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environments, while ensuring security, reliability, and high performance. 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Collaborating with Google Cloud, Canonical has optimized Ubuntu for a range of data-intensive use cases to deliver secure, consistent experiences and performance anywhere customers need to run — no matter the platform or environment. Canonical uses Google Kubernetes Engine, Compute Engine, and Distributed Cloud to make Ubuntu a complete IT solution backed by trusted, AI-ready infrastructure, designed for sovereignty, scalability, and control. 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀: Canonical is empowering organizations to embrace the latest open-source innovation with confidence, allowing teams to run and manage the entire AI and machine learning lifecycle, from the desktop right through to production. 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗩𝗣 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱, 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹: → “It’s not easy to get access to AI-ready hardware in your data center, but the sort of partnership we have with Google means that we can meet customers where they are. That engineering collaboration between the two companies is really advantageous for our end customers.” - Alex Gallagher, VP of Cloud, Canonical → “We now have over 6 billion instance hours of Ubuntu. That means there's just a ton of people innovating on Google, producing the next wave of interesting