Canonical
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Canonical is a company that develops the Ubuntu operating system. It also provides commercial services and solutions for Ubuntu, and works with hardware manufacturers, software vendors, and public clouds to certify Ubuntu.
| Type | Private | |
| Founded | 2004 | |
| HQ | London, GB | Map |
| Website | canonical.com | |
| Employee Ratings | More | |
| Overall Culture | A+ | More |
Key People/Management at Canonical
Mark Shuttleworth
Founder & CEO
Neil French
COO
Tom Canning
Vice President of Global Sales IoT and Devices
Mark Lewis
Vice President of Application Services
Eric Driffort
Vice Presiden, International Cloud Division
Chris Huffman
Vice President of Sales
Canonical Office Locations
Canonical has offices in London, Austin, Boston, Beijing and in 3 other locations
London, GB (HQ)
5th Floor, Blue Fin Building 110 Southwark Street
Beijing, CN
1 Jianguomen Outer St, Guo Mao, Chaoyang Qu
Shanghai, CN
Room 1246, 12F No. 331 North Caoxi Road
Douglas, IM
One Circular Road
Chiyoda City, JP
2 Chome-11-1 Nagatacho
Austin, TX, US
2301 W Anderson Ln
Canonical Financials and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2004 |
Canonical total Funding | $12.8 m |
Canonical latest funding size | $12.80 m |
Time since last funding | 8 years ago |
Canonical's latest funding round in August 2013 was reported to be $12.8 m. In total, Canonical has raised $12.8 m
Canonical Acquisitions / Subsidiaries
| Company Name | Date | Deal Size |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical Canada Limited | ||
| Canonical China Ltd | ||
| Canonical Group Limited (Taiwan Branch) | ||
| Canonical japan K.K Limited | ||
| Canonical UK Limited | ||
| Canonical USA Inc |
Canonical Cybersecurity Score
Canonical Online and Social Media Presence
79.81k Twitter followers
Canonical has 79.81k Twitter Followers. The number of followers has increased 1% month over month and increased 1.6% quarter over quarter
Canonical's Trends
Twitter Engagement Stats for @Canonical
2.2k
Tweets
586
Following
79.8k
Followers
29
Tweets last 30 days
10
Avg. likes per Tweet
100%
Tweets with engagement
Canonical Company Culture
Overall Culture
A+
95/100
CEO Rating
A+
100/100
Compensation
A+
100/100
Canonical News and Updates
February 25, 2021
DFI and Canonical offer risk-free system updates and reduced software lead times for the IoT ecosystem
TAIPEI, Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- DFI and Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, signed the IoT Hardware Certification Partner Program. DFI is the world's first industrial computer manufacturer to offer Ubuntu-certified IoT hardware ready for the over-the-air software update. The online...
July 08, 2020
Google and Canonical bring Flutter apps to Linux and the Snap Store
Google is partnering with the Ubuntu Desktop team at Canonical to bring Linux support to its open source UI framework Flutter. Today’s Linux alpha announcement means Flutter developers can now deploy their apps to the Snap store or any other modern Linux deployment. Flutter group product manager Tim…
July 08, 2020
Google and Canonical partner to support Flutter-based apps on Linux
Google LLC’s said today it’s forging a partnership with Canonical Ltd.’s Ubuntu Desktop team to support applications built using its Flutter framework on Linux-based computer systems. Flutter is a framework that’s used by developers to build “native” apps on multiple operating systems, including An…
March 14, 2020
2 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Canonical And Ubuntu 20.04
Canonical has a team of engineers in Taipei working some magic...
Canonical Blogs
April 09, 2021
The State of Robotics – March 2021
It’s never too late to learn. As any reinforcement learning agent, we get rewarded by the new knowledge that we acquire. Likewise, we learn by doing, by rolling up our sleeves and getting to work. (Do you want a hands-on book on Reinforcement Learning? Here is my personal favourite) March has shown …
April 08, 2021
Kubernetes 1.21 available from Canonical
Today, Canonical announces full enterprise support for Kubernetes 1.21, from cloud to edge. Canonical Kubernetes support covers MicroK8s, Charmed Kubernetes and kubeadm. Starting with 1.21, moving forward Canonical commits to supporting N-2 releases as well as providing extended security maintenance…
April 08, 2021
How to make your first snap
Snaps are a way to package your software so it is easy to install on Linux. If you’re a snap developer already or you’re a part of the Linux community, and you care about how software is deployed, and you’re well versed in how software is packaged, and are tuned into the discussions around packaging…
April 06, 2021
Hardened ROS with 10 year security from Open Robotics and Canonical
Canonical ROS ESM customers now can access a long-term supported ROS and Ubuntu environment by the Ubuntu and ROS experts. Learn more about ROS ESM. 6 April 2021: Canonical and Open Robotics announced today a partnership for Robot Operating System (ROS) Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) and enterp…
April 06, 2021
What is ROS Extended Security Maintenance?
Developing robots is not like building apps or IoT devices. Robots balance complex features such as scene awareness, social intelligence, physical intelligence, communication, dialogue, learning from interaction, memory, long-term autonomy, safe failure… the list goes on and on. As a result, roboti…
April 01, 2021
Ceph Pacific 16.2.0 is now available
April 1st 2021 – Today, Ceph upstream released the first stable version of ‘Pacific’, a full year after the last stable release ‘Octopus’. Pacific focuses on usability and cross-platform integrations, with exciting features such as iSCSI and NFS promoted to stable or major dashboard enhancements. Th…
Canonical Frequently Asked Questions
When was Canonical founded?
Canonical was founded in 2004.
Who are Canonical key executives?
Canonical's key executives are Mark Shuttleworth, Neil French and Tom Canning.
How many employees does Canonical have?
Canonical has 869 employees.
Who are Canonical competitors?
Competitors of Canonical include Docker, Red Hat and MontaVista Software.
Where is Canonical headquarters?
Canonical headquarters is located at 5th Floor, Blue Fin Building 110 Southwark Street, London.
Where are Canonical offices?
Canonical has offices in London, Austin, Boston, Beijing and in 3 other locations.
How many offices does Canonical have?
Canonical has 9 offices.
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