Ubuntu Pro is a premium image designed by Canonical to provide additional coverage for production environments running in the cloud. It includes security and compliance services, enabled by default, in a form suitable for small to large-scale Linux enterprise operations — with no contract needed. Key features include live kernel patching, which provides instant security and longer uptimes, security patching of major open source workloads for production use, and certified components for FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI and ISO use cases. Ubuntu Pro is backed by a 10-year maintenance commitment by Canonical. Like Ubuntu, it features an optimised kernel, with improved boot speed, outstanding runtime performance and advanced device support. Canonical publishes images on a daily basis, ensuring security is built-in from the moment an instance launches, and provides content mirrors in every region to avoid the need to go across regions or out to the Internet for updates.