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June 3, 2026 1:39 am

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Field Notes: Using the Harvester CSI Driver to consume Longhorn storage in your guest cluster

When running a guest Kubernetes cluster inside SUSE Virtualization/Harvester, you get the best of both worlds: bare-metal performance with VM-level flexibility. It's a really common pattern: you installed your Rancher and downstream nodes as guest VMs and now you need to access the host storage (SUSE Storage/Longhorn). If you’ve browsed the SUSE Rancher Apps […]

By: Ivan Tarin

May 26, 2026 10:24 pm

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Broadcom VMware told them to sell, instead FIS Group built something bigger.

At SUSECON 2026, Manuel Sammeth walked onto the keynote stage and said something that made half the room gasp. “We have been told to sell our business to a bigger partner. That came directly from Broadcom. They told us, ‘Oh, sorry. You’re not a partner anymore. Sell your business to a bigger […]

Categories: Application Migration, Cloud-native Transformation, Compliance, Configuration Management, Deliver Applications Faster, Digital Sovereignty, Digital Transformation, Hybrid Cloud IT, Partners, SUSE Blog, SUSE Hybrid, SUSE Virtualization, Virtualization, Website

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 […]

Categories: Corporate, Rancher Kubernetes, SUSE Blog, SUSE Multi-Linux Manager, SUSE Virtualization, Virtualization

By: Patricia Buchholz

May 7, 2026 6:28 am

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The “Hypervisor Tax” is Rising: Is Your SAP Landscape Draining Your Budget?

For years, virtualization was a settled line item—the quiet engine behind your most critical SAP workloads. But the landscape has shifted. With the end of "business as usual" in the virtualization market, many CIOs and CFOs are facing a stark reality: skyrocketing licensing costs and enforced subscription models that threaten IT profitability. If […]

Categories: Digital Transformation, Run SAP, SAP, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, Virtualization

By: Sherry Yu

May 6, 2026 5:40 pm

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Beyond the Virtualization Tax: Future-Proofing Your SAP Infrastructure

The era of "business as usual" in virtualization has come to an abrupt end. Organizations running SAP workloads are increasingly facing a significant virtualization tax, introduced by the change in Broadcom/VMware business model—the combination of escalating costs, unpredictable renewal cycles, and complex proprietary licensing that can even lead to contract cancellations. In our […]

By: Ivan Tarin

May 5, 2026 9:20 pm

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Virtualization changed. Download the Gartner® Market Guide.

Enterprise infrastructure has changed and you don’t want to be left behind. At the same time, containers have become ubiquitous with most now operating across data centers, cloud, and edge. This isn’t a small adjustment. It’s a broader reset of how infrastructure is designed, operated, and governed. The question is how […]

Categories: DevOps, Digital Transformation, Interoperability, Kubernetes, Server and Application Virtualization, SUSE Blog, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, SUSE Virtualization, Virtualization, Website

By: Patricia Buchholz

April 28, 2026 3:07 pm

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Pushing the Limits of SAP Innovation: Join SUSE at SAP Sapphire Orlando 2026

The countdown to SAP Sapphire Orlando is on! As businesses worldwide look to modernize their operations and embrace the power of AI-driven ERP, SUSE is thrilled to be at the heart of the conversation. Visit us at Booth #422. Whether you are navigating a complex S/4HANA migration, looking to secure your integration landscape, or exploring […]

By: Frank Feldmann

April 21, 2026 7:36 am

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Drop VMware fast with Auto-Migration. SUSE teams up with Coriolis by Cloudbase Solutions.

VMware is a hostage situation. I said it on the SUSECON 2026 keynote stage and I'll say it again here. The key to getting out is migration speed, which is exactly why I brought Alessandro Pilotti, CEO of Cloudbase Solutions, up with me to show what happens when migration is built into the platform itself. […]

Categories: Automate IT Ops, Cloud-native Transformation, Containers, Featured Content, Hybrid Cloud IT, Partners, Promotions, Rancher Blog, Server and Application Virtualization, SUSE Certification, SUSE Consulting Services, SUSE Hybrid, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, SUSE Linux Micro, SUSE Multi-Linux Manager, SUSE Multi-Linux Support, SUSE Premium Support Services, SUSE Rancher for SAP Applications, SUSE Services, SUSE Virtualization, SUSECON, Virtualization, Website

By: jstorm@suse.com

April 15, 2026 11:45 am

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Modernizing Virtualization: Six Reasons Why Storage is the Critical Success Factor

How can a virtualization platform be built to operate with true performance, scalability, and economic efficiency? Today, the decisive lever often lies at the storage level. In modern IT environments, it is frequently not the computing power, but rather the speed of data access that has the greatest impact on application performance. Storage solutions determine […]

Categories: SUSE Blog, SUSE Virtualization, Virtualization

Category: Virtualization

Field Notes: Using the Harvester CSI Driver to consume Longhorn storage in your guest cluster

Broadcom VMware told them to sell, instead FIS Group built something bigger.

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

The “Hypervisor Tax” is Rising: Is Your SAP Landscape Draining Your Budget?

Beyond the Virtualization Tax: Future-Proofing Your SAP Infrastructure

Virtualization changed. Download the Gartner® Market Guide.

Pushing the Limits of SAP Innovation: Join SUSE at SAP Sapphire Orlando 2026

Drop VMware fast with Auto-Migration. SUSE teams up with Coriolis by Cloudbase Solutions.

Modernizing Virtualization: Six Reasons Why Storage is the Critical Success Factor

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