- Major updates to SUSE Linux Enterprise and SUSE Rancher technologies
- New cloud-ready and cloud-native solutions for Edge and Hybrid IT environments
- Numerous cutting-edge open source projects including Harvester, open source hyper-converged infrastructure solution
NUREMBERG, Germany, May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- SUSE®, a global leader in innovative, reliable and enterprise-grade open source solutions, today kicked off SUSECON Digital 2021, an out-of-this-world experience highlighting the latest in enterprise Linux, Kubernetes, Cloud, Edge, and Hybrid IT solutions, and the first SUSECON to feature Rancher technical content and expertise. Today also marks the first major technology announcement from SUSE since its acquisition of Rancher Labs.
Open and Interoperable: A Radically Refreshing Approach to Open Source
At the heart of SUSE's strategy and today's news is the company's commitment to delivering open, interoperable products and solutions. SUSE products are not only open source, they are also truly open. This means SUSE software will always interoperate with leading products in the industry, even products from competitors. This approach is rooted in the company's belief that customers innovate best when they have the freedom to choose the products they believe best fit their needs. SUSE also recognizes that many organizations operate in a heterogeneous environment with multiple clouds, multiple Linux distributions, and multiple Kubernetes distributions and, as a result, does not offer an all-or-nothing value proposition. Instead, customers have complete freedom, choice, and flexibility to define and easily adapt the IT strategy that best fits their needs.
"Our commitment to open interoperability is based on our confidence that we can offer unique value in each of our products, and that we will continue to innovate more rapidly than our competitors in order to sustain our market leadership," said Melissa Di Donato, SUSE CEO. "Today's announcements demonstrate our commitment to innovation with game-changing enhancements to our SUSE Linux Enterprise and SUSE Rancher Kubernetes management technologies, new cloud-ready and cloud-native solutions for Edge and Hybrid IT environments, and a host of cutting-edge open source projects."
Technology Leadership in Enterprise Linux and Kubernetes Management
Enterprise Linux and Kubernetes management form the foundation of the modern IT stack and, as such, are the basis for SUSE's two product families, SUSE Linux Enterprise and SUSE Rancher. Both product families exemplify SUSE's open, interoperable approach with significant enhancements, including:
Cloud-Ready and Cloud Native Solutions for Edge and Hybrid IT
For organizations that want to leverage SUSE's entire portfolio, SUSE is introducing a family of open, interoperable solutions, specifically:
SUSE's open, interoperable solutions offer many advantages over deploying standalone Linux and Kubernetes while still allowing customers to connect products from other vendors and create a multi-vendor technology stack, with no fear of any artificial barriers of lock-in to SUSE.
Accelerating Open Source Innovation and Helping Enterprises Innovate Everywhere
Innovation is at the heart of everything SUSE does, and the combined resources of SUSE and Rancher have greatly accelerated the company's speed of innovation. SUSE is pleased to announce the beta release of Harvester, open source HCI software built on Kubernetes. Harvester delivers a new generation of HCI by managing both VMs and containers and by enabling cloud workload migration and hybrid cloud management for Amazon, Azure, and Google Cloud. Today, traditional HCI is the de-facto standard for private cloud because it delivers virtualization, storage, and networking in one easy to consume package, and SUSE believes HCI is ripe for disruption by open source. You can learn more about this project here.
SUSECON Digital begins today. During this year's event, hear from customers including Absa, Hypergiant and ZAMG about how SUSE is helping them achieve their business goals and innovate everywhere.
"We have designed a resilient platform, with SUSE Rancher and Kubernetes at its base. This has definitely shown its worth; the work we've done with SUSE has translated into major savings," said Zak Anderson, CTO, Bison Kubernetes Service, Absa.
"We are in a new industrial age – when we look back in 20 years, we'll see this moment as monumental," said Bren Briggs, Director, DevOps and Cybersecurity, Hypergiant. "Hypergiant is pioneering new ways to put low-power compute capabilities in space, and we're working with K3s and SUSE RGS to do it."
"SUSE Linux plays a highly strategic role at the center of the IT stack – helping to fulfill the constant demand from the business to the CIO, in terms of having to deliver on new applications and new experiences for the benefit the organization. All of which requires the manipulation of huge data sets to create powerful intelligence, relating to nature, climate and ecosystem," said Günther Tschabuschnig, CIO, ZAMG.
About SUSE
SUSE is a global leader in innovative, reliable and enterprise-grade open source solutions. We specialize in Enterprise Linux, Kubernetes Management, and Edge solutions, and collaborate with partners and communities to empower our customers to innovate everywhere – from the data center, to the cloud, to the edge and beyond. SUSE puts the "open" back in open source, giving customers the agility to tackle innovation challenges today and the freedom to evolve their strategy and solutions tomorrow. For more information, visit www.suse.com.
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