Microsoft is fundamentally changing its Azure App Service for Linux foundation, switching from Debian to Ubuntu. This strategic move affects major development stacks and reflects Microsoft’s evolving cloud philosophy. Here’s what this shift means for developers and the broader cloud ecosystem.
Amazon’s latest M8 cloud instances featuring AMD’s EPYC Turin, Intel’s Xeon 6 Granite Rapids, and AWS’s Graviton4 processors have undergone extensive performance testing. The benchmarks provide crucial insights into how these competing architectures stack up in real-world cloud workloads with identical configurations across 140+ tests.
Amazon Web Services has quietly escalated the cloud computing arms race with its latest M8 instance family, creating what industry observers are calling one of the most interesting processor competitions in recent memory. According to recent benchmark analysis, the cloud giant now offers customers three distinct architectural paths: AMD’s EPYC Turin, Intel’s Xeon 6 Granite Rapids, and AWS’s own Graviton4 processors, all available in the same instance class.
Canonical has unveiled Canonical Academy, offering official Ubuntu certification exams designed by the engineers behind the operating system. The program focuses on practical skills with digital badges that validate Linux expertise for career advancement.
Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has reportedly launched Canonical Academy, a new certification platform that enables individuals and organizations to officially validate their open-source and Linux skills qualifications. According to reports, the examinations were developed by the same engineering teams responsible for creating Ubuntu, ensuring alignment with real-world system administration requirements.
