Margaret Dawson, SUSE CMO
By: Margaret Dawson

May 8, 2026 3:30 pm

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The Silicon Ceiling: Why the Hardware Crisis is the Ultimate Wake-Up Call

At a glance Hardware scarcity, driven by skyrocketing memory prices and historically low data center vacancies, means you can no longer simply buy more hardware to scale performance. Optimizing the performance and capacity of underutilized hardware is key to resilience in 2026.  SUSE supports several pathways to reclaiming capacity and maximizing utilization, including: converging […]

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Margaret Dawson, SUSE CMO
By: Margaret Dawson

April 28, 2026 11:05 am

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The Green Heart of Open Source: Why Sustainability Drives Innovation

  When we talk about the “Green Heart” of SUSE, we aren't just talking about a logo color or a CSR report. We’re talking about the fundamental connection between open source architecture and planetary resilience. For too long, the industry has treated sustainability and innovation as if they were on opposite sides […]

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Margaret Dawson, SUSE CMO
By: Margaret Dawson

April 23, 2026 7:29 pm

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SUSECON 2026 Wrap-Up: Choice Happened in Prague

What a week in Prague! This city has a way of making big ideas feel possible, and SUSECON 2026 met that energy from the very first keynote. As I sit here catching my breath (and catching up on my sleep!), I’m buzzing from the one throughline that defined every conversation: Resilience. Months ago, […]

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Margaret Dawson, SUSE CMO
By: Margaret Dawson

March 31, 2026 10:06 pm

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The 2026 IT Investment Benchmark: Navigating Sovereignty, AI and Resilience

  If you've followed my work for a while, you know I care deeply about three things: open source, hybrid cloud and data. So when we had the opportunity to survey nearly 600 enterprise technology leaders across the U.S., UK, Japan, India and Germany on how AI is reshaping infrastructure priorities, I had […]

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