Ubuntu Pro goes live on Google Cloud
Offers ten years of support and other enterprise-specific features
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Canonical, the company behind the popularUbuntudistro, has launched itsUbuntu Pro platformonGoogle Cloud.
Ubuntu is no stranger toGoogle’scloud computingplatform, having been available to users since 2014. However Ubuntu Pro is the self-styled premium version of the environment that comes with a feature set that’ll appeal to developers and administrators at enterprises.
“The availability ofUbuntu Pro on Google Cloudwill offer our enterprise customers the additional security and compliance services needed for their mission-critical workloads,” said June Yang, VP and GM, Compute, Google Cloud.
Security and compliance
Canonical claims that using Ubuntu Pro, cloud users get a security-hardened and cost-effective environment to power their business-critical and customer-facing applications.
Beyond providing the standard Ubuntu features, Ubuntu Pro on Google Cloud offers several additional services that’ll appeal to enterprise customers. These include a ten-year commitment with long-term support for maintenance and security patches.
During this time, customers will be able to live patch theirLinuxkernels to enhance security without any downtime.
The platform is also certified to support operating environments under compliance regulations such as FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI, GDPR and ISO.
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With the release, Ubuntu Pro nowsupports all threemajor cloud platforms. The environment has been available onAmazon’sAWSand Microsoft’sAzurefor some time now.
With almost two decades of writing and reporting on Linux, Mayank Sharma would like everyone to think he’sTechRadar Pro’sexpert on the topic. Of course, he’s just as interested in other computing topics, particularly cybersecurity, cloud, containers, and coding.
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