Canonical
Canonical publishes Ubuntu and delivers open source software for cloud, IoT, AI and enterprise IT, working remotely with 1,200+ colleagues in 80+ countries.
Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has operated on a remote-first basis since its founding in 2004 and employs more than 1,200 colleagues across over 80 countries. The firm describes itself as a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with teams working across time zones from Calcutta to California. Work is conducted remotely, and the company maintains a global open source community around Ubuntu.
The company publishes Ubuntu, described as the world's most popular enterprise Linux, and delivers open source software to organisations worldwide. Its stated aim is to make that software available more quickly, securely and cost-effectively across the largest supported collection of open source software, spanning cloud to edge. Technical work covers open source software, Linux operating systems, cloud computing, IoT, artificial intelligence, systems management, edge computing, and security and compliance.
Alongside Ubuntu, Canonical offers Ubuntu Pro, an enterprise subscription covering security and compliance and helping organisations reduce cloud costs; Landscape, a systems management tool for managing and monitoring Ubuntu infrastructure at scale; and enterprise-grade cloud, IoT and AI solutions spanning the full technology stack from operating systems to applications. The firm serves verticals including cloud computing, enterprise IT, IoT, AI and machine learning, and developer and sysadmin tooling.
Canonical states that it nurtures a global open source community and works to keep software accessible to everyone, from developers to sysadmins, while maintaining the freedoms of open source for its customers.