SUSE shuts down Ceph-based SES, transitions to Rancher’s Longhorn
SUSE is done with its Ceph-based SUSE Enterprise Storage product. The German Linux shop did not officially announce the decision but it informed some of its partners and customers in December.
The Register was alerted to the impending end of SES, via a post in the Ceph-users list by Adam Boyhan ... Read more
CentOS Linux changes strategy, users are not happy with RedHat
CentOS's Linux parent company, RedHat, announced that it shifted focus from CentOS (the rebuild of RHEL (RedHat Enterprise Linux)) to CentOS Stream, which is tracking ahead of a current RHEL release. What that means is, CentOS will no longer be the stable point distribution but a rolling release di... Read more
SUSE acquires Rancher Labs to compete with Red Hat OpenShift
The SUSE Group is one of the largest open-source enterprises, and it completed the acquisition of Rancher Labs, a Kubernetes management startup. The deal will allow SUSE to compete with its rival, IBM's Red Hat, in the ever-growing Kubernetes market.
SUSE also has a plan to double its revenue in... Read more
SUSE released major upgrade to its flagship SUSE Linux Enterprise
SUSE released a new service pack for its open-source platform SUSE Linux Enterprise 15. SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2 should help users to simplify and modernize their IT environments. Furthermore, infrastructure management tool SUSE Manager with version 4.1 has also received a new release.
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Suse also contributes EiriniX to Cloud Foundry Foundation
Suse had announced that they contributed EiriniX to the Cloud Foundry Foundation. As an extension to KubeCF what was already contributed a year ago.
EiriniX is a framework for building extensions for Eirini, Eirini is a technology that enables Kubernetes based container orchestration to the Clo... Read more
SUSE releases updates of flagship SLE and SUSE Manager
Open-source specialist SUSE has introduced new updates for its Suse Linux Enterprise OS and infrastructure management solution SUSE Manager.
According to SUSE, the updates provide both large and smaller companies with a complete open-source software stack. The newly introduced standard business ... Read more
SUSE acquires Kubernetes-startup Rancher Labs
SUSE acquires the Kubernetes-startup Rancher Labs to further expand its portfolio of Linux business solutions and cloud tools. The company wants to become a serious competitor to Red Hat.
The acquisition provides the open-source giant with a software platform that helps companies more easily set... Read more
SUSE comes up with new services to support IT projects
SUSE has launched two new services designed to provide users with technical expertise and product knowledge, in an addition to the company's Global Services portfolio. According to SUSE, a lack of internal skills is one of the main barriers for digitisation in companies.
“Our subject matter ex... Read more
SUSE releases new version of CaaS platform
SUSE has launched the fourth version of its Containers-as-a-Service platform. This version includes a number of new features that were built from user feedback. The version replaces the previous MicroOS-version.
MicroOS ran on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. Unlike MicroOS, the new version is inst... Read more
SUSE Manager 4 makes IT transformation more cost-effective
SUSE has made the open source infrastructure management solutions Manager 4 and Manager for Retail 4 available. The two solutions help enterprise DevOps and IT operations teams to reduce complexity and regain control over IT assets. It also increases efficiency while complying with security policies... Read more