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April 21, 2020 2:55 pm

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SAP System Automation that Fosters Innovation

A simple definition of “automation” is the use of mechanisms or technology to perform a task or procedure with minimal human assistance. I imagine that, like me, most people think of the Industrial Revolution of the 1800s or automotive manufacturing in the 1930s as the beginnings of automation. But even going back as far […]

Categories: S/4HANA, SAP Solutions, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on IBM Power Systems, SUSE Manager

By: stacey_miller

April 14, 2020 1:07 pm

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Security at the Core: SUSE Support for the New IBM z15 and LinuxONE Single Frame Models

If you ask any CIO, they’ll tell you that their architecture must be resilient, secure and agile. They need to discover ways to generate maximum value from technology investments. This is why the new IBM z15 and LinuxONE Single Frame Models give CIOs all that and more. These new ultra-modern systems – […]

Categories: Announcements, Banking & Finance, Education, Government, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Retail, Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for z Systems and LinuxONE, Verticals

By: Sascha Grunert

March 9, 2020 3:26 pm

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Demystifying Containers – Part IV: Container Security

This series of blog posts and corresponding talks aims to provide you with a pragmatic view on containers from a historic perspective. Together we will discover modern cloud architectures layer by layer, which means we will start at the Linux Kernel level and end up at writing our own secure cloud native applications. Simple examples […]

Categories: Containers, Containers as a Service, DevOps, Digital Transformation, Kubernetes, SUSE CaaS Platform

By: Jeff Reser

September 30, 2019 6:00 pm

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SUSE and the New IBM z15 – Securing the World

From my very early days in this industry as an IBM VM/CP programmer, I never would have thought I’d still be talking about this and be a part of the evolution of modern-day innovative value of the mainframe. Its architecture is resilient, its performance and efficiency are world-class, and its data protection and […]

Categories: Alliance Partners, Announcements, Enterprise Linux, Mission-Critical Computing, Partners, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for z Systems and LinuxONE

By: Adam Spiers

September 18, 2019 11:37 am

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Improving trust in the cloud with OpenStack and AMD SEV

This post contains an exciting announcement, but first I need to provide some context! Ever heard that joke "the cloud is just someone else's computer"? Of course it's a gross over-simplification, but there's more than a grain of truth in it. And that raises the question: if your applications are running in someone else's […]

Categories: Alliance Partners, Announcements, Cloud and as a Service Solutions, Cloud Computing, Expert Views, OpenStack, Software-defined Infrastructure, SUSE OpenStack Cloud, Technical Solutions, Virtualization

By: rohamilton

August 8, 2019 6:27 pm

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A Blunt Reminder About Security for Embedded Computing

Recent news of the VxWorks security breach raises the unsettling question that those of us in the embedded computing industry have grappled with for decades. How do we secure an embedded operating system from a nefarious attack? The ICS Advisory (ICSA-19-211-01) released on July 30th by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) […]

Categories: Government, Integrated Systems, Manufacturing, SUSE Embedded

By: Marcus Meissner

May 13, 2019 3:08 pm

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SUSE addresses Microarchitectural Data Sampling Vulnerabilities

Researchers have identified new CPU side channel information leak attacks against various microarchitectural buffers used in Intel CPUs. These attacks allows local attackers to execute code to read out portions of recently read or written data by using speculative execution. Local attackers can be on the same OS or running code on the same thread […]

By: John Dolen

October 31, 2018 10:55 pm

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SUSE Partners Provide Identity, Access, and Privileged User Management

Halloween is being celebrated in many parts of the world today. While there may be plenty of tricks and treats, and perhaps little goblins showing up at your door, SUSE customers have less to fear, as they leverage security engineered into our products, and provided by our amazing ecosystem partners. Earlier this year, […]

Categories: Alliance Partners, Cloud Computing, Containers as a Service, Server, SLES on Azure, SUSE CaaS Platform, SUSE in the Cloud, SUSE Linux Enterprise, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for z Systems and LinuxONE, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on IBM Power Systems

By: Roger Klorese

October 17, 2018 11:51 pm

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Authenticating to SUSE CaaS Platform Using External LDAP

External Authentication: Secure and Simpler Most of us access multiple systems and applications in the average day. For DevOps or systems management staff, the number may run into the dozens. (If every username and password was a key on a physical keychain, some of us wouldn't even be able to stand up!) You can […]

Categories: Announcements, Containers, Containers as a Service, DevOps, Interoperability, Kubernetes, SUSE CaaS Platform

By: Jared Matkin

October 4, 2018 5:39 pm

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Secure Linux from SUSE on Display at IoT Solutions World Congress

Gartner has predicted that by the year 2020 there will be nearly 21 billion Internet of Things devices in the world, with over 65% of enterprise businesses adopting IoT products. Naturally, the demand for secure and supported platforms and operating systems has never been more critical. With that in mind, SUSE is proud to announce […]

Categories: Announcements, Events, SUSE Embedded