SUSE

SUSE is an enterprise open source company selling SUSE Linux, Rancher for Kubernetes, SUSE Edge and SUSE AI to IT teams that run their own infrastructure.

SUSE turns community projects into supported products for the servers, Kubernetes clusters and edge systems that businesses run themselves. It has worked in open source technology since 1992. Its stated aim is to give customers the freedom to change their strategy and tools later without vendor lock-in. SUSE Linux Enterprise is the company's server operating system, with an edition built for SAP applications. Rancher, a Kubernetes management platform started in 2014, became part of SUSE in 2020 and is sold commercially as SUSE Rancher Prime. Rancher Desktop, an open source project of the SUSE Rancher Engineering group, puts containers and a local Kubernetes cluster on a developer's Windows, macOS or Linux machine. SUSE Edge covers deployments outside the data centre. SUSE AI is aimed at organisations building AI systems on infrastructure they control. Its message to IT and platform teams centres on security and control: automated compliance, unified security policies across a cloud native stack, and systems that stay sovereign. European organisations can take an EU digital sovereignty assessment from SUSE. The company develops its products with partners and open source communities. Its customer stories include an SAP cloud platform on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications and Kubernetes services managed through Rancher Prime.