OEMs
Our partners use our services to add value to their existing product lines, grab market share and increase profits. It offers an unmatched set of services to meet your business needs, improve your product and service offering and generate additional revenue.
In addition to an award winning distribution we offer a global support programme to help you with the technical, marketing and support parts of your business.
Three Services, One Agreement
Canonical offers a range of engagement models to enable OEM and ODM partners to establish a rewarding business relationship quickly and easily. These partner models provide consistent, industry-standard commercial and legal terms and are designed to grow partner profits through Ubuntu market penetration and ubiquity. We have standardised our products into three simple models for OEMs and a single model for ODMs. These models all work under a simple master agreement and can be selected by product managers as needed with the reassurance of a worldwide development staff in multiple timezones, strong project management and a large local presence in Taiwan and China. These models should be easy to understand, valuable and scale to the level of reassurance and engineering quality that you need.
Download how to engage with Canonical and ship Ubuntu here.
Basic OEM
Benefits
- Quick time-to-market with the latest version of Ubuntu
- Ubuntu global repository
- Free updates and upgrades
- Community and interaction with Launchpad account
- Ubuntu-Certified trademark usage for commercial distribution
Pricing based on annual unit volume commitment.
Standard OEM
Benefits
- High-quality Ubuntu operating image provided by Canonical’s OEM Services build system
- Ubuntu global repository
- Includes updates and upgrades
- Ubuntu-Certified trademark usage for commercial distribution
Scope of service
- Hardware enablement
- Consultation for component enablement, system configuration and hot-key mapping
- Language pack pre-installation training
- Packages review
- Preliminary image review
- ISO/recovery images
- Third-party IP licensing available
Pricing based on annual unit volume commitment.
Premium OEM
Benefits
- Access to the Ubuntu early-adopter features
- Custom-built Ubuntu operating system image developed and delivered by Canonical OEM Services
- Custom Ubuntu repository for applications, updates and upgrades, hosted by Canonical
- Guaranteed maintenance for bug fixes and security updates
- Ubuntu-Certified trademark usage for commercial distribution
Scope of Service
- Component enablement, device-driver integration and system configuration
- Language pack pre-installation
- Branding and themes - logos, wallpaper
- Third-party packages and licensing
- applications, fonts, media codecs
- User interface development
- Hosted update repository
- ISO/recovery images
- Licence-compatibility guidance
- Quality assurance (QA) testing
- Factory installation certification
Pricing based on scope of technical effort plus annual unit volume commitment.
To find out more about the OEM programme - contact us.
Services
Canonical offers a full range of commercial services to help businesses benefit from Ubuntu. Whether you need special engineering, support programmes or training, our team is here to help throughout the product lifecycle.
Custom engineering
Companies around the world have discovered how they can benefit from Linux, a flexible and open standards focused operating system. Our developers provide custom development services to help companies discover and benefit from that power themselves. From special versions of Ubuntu to architectural ports and full software development, our team of experts will deliver a solution to meet your requirements around engineering.
Programmes
Our rigorous testing process ensures your hardware receives an official endorsement by the Ubuntu project, backed by a validation and testing process conducted by Canonical to ensure compatibility with Ubuntu. Within partner programme pages click to find out more information if you are a Hardware Vendor (IHV) or Software Partner (ISV).
Training
Businesses and organisations around the world are deploying Ubuntu on their servers and desktops and their employees require training. Our training programme offers classroom-based courses to help administrators and users obtain the necessary professional qualifications for Ubuntu.
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