Skip to main content
  1. Blog
  2. Article

Alex Cattle
on 14 February 2020


Launching IoT devices and managing them at scale can be a time intensive and complex process. With 85% of IoT initiatives not launched after a year of development, it is inevitable that change is needed.

To overcome these challenges, Canonical has introduced Smart Start, a package that reduces business and technical decision making into a 2-week, fixed-cost decision. Smart Start provides a guided journey through the infrastructure needed to develop, customise, and distribute software to fleets of devices. With consulting services to de-risk the journey at critical points, an enterprise’s IoT strategy is fast tracked to market.

This webinar details the learnings from over 30 project summaries and case studies of Canonical customers. Nilay Patel, Product Manager for IoT and Devices, will speak about the lessons to take away, and why businesses such as Rigado, Cyberdyne and Fingbox chose Canonical to launch their IoT devices.

Watch the webinar

Related posts


Canonical
20 April 2026

Canonical expands Ubuntu support to next-generation MediaTek Genio 520 and 720 platforms

edge computing Article

Canonical is pleased to announce the early access launch of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for MediaTek’s Genio IoT platforms. Building on the companies’ strategic partnership, this release introduces optimized Ubuntu images for the brand-new Genio 520 and 720, while continuing to provide robust support for the Genio 350, 510, 700, and 1200.  The colla ...


Abdelrahman Hosny
21 May 2026

Developing web apps with local LLM inference

AI Article

I’ve yet to meet a developer that enjoys working with metered AI APIs. The need to pay for every API call in development works in direct opposition to the ethos of rapid iteration, and it’s easy for the costs to get out of hand. That’s why Canonical has created a different approach to building AI-powered ...


Gabriel Aguiar Noury
20 May 2026

A look into Ubuntu Core 26: Cloud-powered edge computing with AWS IoT Greengrass and Azure IoT Edge

Internet of Things Article

Welcome to this blog series which explores innovative uses of Ubuntu Core. Throughout this series, Canonical’s Engineers will show what you can build with this Core 26 release, highlighting the features and tools available to you.  In this first blog, Michael Croft-White, Engineer Director for Canonical’s Telemetry team, will show you how ...