maas

It is now, isn't it, a common fact that Ubuntu constantly produces new and new technologies, innovation expressed on both desktop and server, as well as aimed at mobile form-factors.

As related to the server side, the developers released interesting software, such as JuJu and MaaS, software designed with rapid, reliable and efficient cloud management in mind.

Ubuntu is primarily seen, appreciated, discussed, used as a desktop operating system, nevertheless, there are companies, specialized users, corporate environments that base their commercial/business approaches on Ubuntu cloud.

In the same time, Ubuntu continues to innovate and introduce new technologies that, due to their rapid adoption process, tend to look complex (from an understanding point-of-view).

Ubuntu is continuing to innovate not only on desktops and mobile form-factors, but also on cloud computing, introducing a fresh new service, Metal as a Service or MAAS.

According to Mark Shuttleworth, MAAS was born to bring Ubuntu's attribute (speed, agility, etc) into "the physical world for hyperscale deployments".