Partners

System builders

Our partners use the System Builder Track 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. You can download our systems builder datasheet here.

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

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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.

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 System Builder Programme - contact us.