SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Propel your enterprise to the next level of productivity and competitiveness with SUSE

Service Pack 1 adds to SUSE Linux Enterprise making it the most interoperable platform for mission-critical computing across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Solutions based on SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 1 (SP1) feature unique Docker and hardware support along with new and updated capabilities so you can:

• Achieve SLAs for application uptime
• Run highly efficient data center development and operations
• Bring innovative solutions to market faster

Increase Uptime

Minimize unplanned downtime

Minimize planned and unplanned downtime and maximize service availability. Take advantage of our rugged reliability, high availability, and live kernel patching to meet service-level agreements and keep your business running. SUSE helps you achieve 99.999% availability and move towards zero downtime.

• SUSE Linux Enterprise works perfectly on a variety of hardware platforms that can prevent hardware downtime
• Maximize service availability with high availability clustering, geo clustering, and live kernel patching
• Minimize human mistakes with a wide range of tools and services including system rollback of SUSE Linux Enterprise service packs

Improve Operational Efficiency

Boost your efficiency

Boost your efficiency by simplifying systems management and by ensuring high levels of resource utilization. This lets you:

• Stay ahead on implementations with container technologies. Take advantage of SUSE’s enterprise ready solution of Docker. See how the ecosystem of SUSE applications creates additional value for your business, so you can just focus on building the apps.
• Save time and resources with JeOS (Just enough Operating System), a lightweight Linux OS that needs fewer resources than the full OS but provides the same enterprise-grade performance and availability.
• Reduce IT maintenance workload with easy-to-use management tools such as YaST/AutoYaST (single system management), Wicked (network management), and HAWK (cluster resource management).
• Maximize your efficiency with virtualization technologies of Xen and KVM.

Accelerate Innovation

Fast & timely access to abundant open-source innovations

Harness the power of the newest CPUs on the market. Get fast, timely access to abundant open source and partner innovations. Reduce time to value through SUSE-certified quality and ease of integration.

• Get the benefits of the latest open source innovation sooner by updating with modules
• Get partner innovation quickly through the SUSE SolidDriver Program
• Reduce time to value through SUSE certifications for hardware and applications

SUSE Manager

Turn Time Spent on Maintenance into Time Spent on Growth

Rapid data center and infrastructure advancements have created endless new opportunities. But those new opportunities also bring many new management challenges. According to a recent Forrester study, IT spends 70 percent of its budget just on managing the existing environment. What can you do to reduce this complexity? Where can you get help with the challenges of managing diverse resources? The answer is SUSE Manager.

Built for Linux, SUSE Manager delivers best-in-class open source infrastructure management capabilities that empowers IT to reduce complexity and regain control of IT assets by enabling you to comprehensively manage Linux systems with a single, centralized solution. SUSE Manager provides automated and cost-effective software, asset, patch and configuration management, as well as, system provisioning and monitoring capabilities. These capabilities enable you to easily manage your enterprise Linux system deployments across physical, virtual and cloud environments. As a result, your organization can decrease total cost of ownership while securing enterprise systems and improving compliance and service quality.

KEY BENEFITS

• Manage multiple Linux distributions (SUSE & Red Hat) from a single, centralized console
• Compatible with a wide variety of hardware across physical, virtual & cloud environments
• Easily maintain & demonstrate compliance to internal security policies and external regulations
• Standard approach to maintain Linux security
• Simple, automated hardware & software inventory with advanced reporting