SUSE acquires Talent and Technology Assets from HPE

SUSE has entered into an agreement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to acquire technology and talent that will expand SUSE's OpenStack Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution and accelerate SUSE's entry into the growing Cloud Foundry Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) market. The acquired OpenStack assets will be integrated into SUSE OpenStack Cloud, and the acquired Cloud Foundry and PaaS assets will enable SUSE to bring to market a certified, enterprise-ready SUSE Cloud Foundry PaaS solution for all customers and partners in the SUSE ecosystem. 

The agreement includes HPE naming SUSE as its preferred open-source partner for Linux, OpenStack and Cloud Foundry solutions. In addition, SUSE has increased engagement with the Cloud Foundry Foundation, becoming a platinum member and taking a seat on the Cloud Foundry Foundation board.

"The driving force behind this acquisition is SUSE's commitment to providing open-source software-defined infrastructure technologies that deliver enterprise value for our customers and partners," said Nils Brauckmann, CEO of SUSE. "This also demonstrates how we are building our business through a combination of organic growth and technology acquisition. Once again, this strategy sends a strong message to the market and the worldwide open- source community that SUSE is a company on the move."

Ashish Nadkarni, Program Director, Computing Platforms, IDC, said, "This expanded partnership and transfer of technology assets has the potential to be a real win-win for SUSE and HPE, as well as customers of both companies. SUSE has proven time and again it can successfully work with its technology partners to help organizations glean maximum benefit from their investments in open source. SUSE is positioning itself very well as a high-growth company with the resources it needs to compete in the key market segments."

As part of the transaction, HPE has named SUSE as its preferred open-source partner for Linux, OpenStack IaaS and Cloud Foundry PaaS. HPE's choice of SUSE as its preferred open-source partner further cements SUSE's reputation for delivering high-quality, enterprise-grade open-source solutions and services.