“Building the SOA on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server this time required far less TCO than building it on the same middleware as z/OS. With IA servers, we would need to keep about 20 % of the resources free while running the system, but z Systems will continue running even when …

“Using Xen virtualization with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server meant that we could buy two large physical servers instead of 12 smaller ones—saving at least 60 percent on initial acquisition costs alone.”

“More than a definitive decision point, it was just a reaffirmation along the way as we continued to work with the product. It was doing what we needed it to do. SUSE and the product were committed to evolving alongside of HANA and making it the go-to platform for HANA.”

“With SUSE OpenStack Cloud, we are able to provide a self service-driven offering for infrastructure as a service out of the on-premise data centers. This gives our customers more agility and flexibility building up infrastructure as they need in their own small virtual data center, reducing shadow IT while retaining …

“We believe that the future lies in infrastructure-as-a-service offerings, enabled by OpenStack and other forward-thinking solutions. As a next step, we plan to run big-data workloads on Hadoop using our OpenStack environment to ramp up our analytics capabilities. We have made a strategic decision to continue expanding our OpenStack environment. …

“The built-in ability of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to cluster servers allows us to add capacity to systems if demand for an application such as online banking rises, giving us the flexibility to handle growth very cost-effectively.”

“By selecting SUSE Enterprise Storage powered by Ceph technology we gained access to all the benefits of Ceph without any downsides.”

“Choosing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to run our SAP technology was the correct decision for our business—we’re now on the right track for further successful expansion.”

“Running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on the mainframe means that a few skilled people can manage many servers.”

“In a traditional ICT model, the idea of creating a solution for a small group of fishermen or a local transport company would probably never get off the ground because the initial infrastructure costs would be too high. By using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for z Systems and LinuxONE to …

“SUSE has been a godsend to the Town of Orchard Park when it comes to Enterprise Storage.”

“What sealed the deal for us was the high-quality pre- and after-sales support that we received from SUSE: it was genuinely a whole new level of expertise and assistance, and convinced us to deploy this platform.”

“SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on System z is going to play a key role in keeping Karnataka at the forefront of IT innovation.”

“The partnership between SUSE and Fujitsu is very strategic, which means that the integration between all of the software components in our environment extends straight down through the stack.”

“What makes the iHANA offering unique is our ability to migrate clients from SAP R/3 to our managed services platform, and at a later date convert the environment to the SAP HANA platform over a Gigabit Ethernet connection—a fast, risk-free process.”