SUSE Solidifies Position as Platform for AI Workloads

SUSE Ra che P ime, SUSE AI Facto y, a d SUSE Li ux E te p ise Se ve updates expa d capabilities fo AI-assisted ope atio s, i f ast uctu e mode izatio a d g eate co t ol ac oss hyb id e vi o me ts

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• I tellige t ope atio s: SUSE Ra che P ime expa ds AI-d ive ma ageme t capabilities with Liz, its co text-awa e AI assista t, a d specialized age ts fo t oubleshooti g Kube etes a d vi tual machi es.
• U ified ope i f ast uctu e: New SUSE Ra che P ime capabilities simplify Kube etes a d VM ma ageme t, while SLES 16.1 u ifies t aditio al, immutable a d eal-time wo kloads withi o e e te p ise ope ati g system.
• Secu e AI supply chai : Expa ded secu ity capabilities a d mo e tha 1000 ve ified Pytho lib a ies help e te p ises ide tify vul e abilities, p otect wo kloads a d build AI applicatio s o t usted compo e ts.

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SUSE^®, the leadi g sove eig ope i f ast uctu e compa y, today a ou ced ew capabilities ac oss its ope i f ast uctu e platfo m to help e te p ises deploy, ma age, a d secu e AI a d busi ess-c itical wo kloads ac oss hyb id e vi o me ts. The platfo m u ites SUSE Ra che P ime fo ma agi g Kube etes applicatio s a d vi tual machi es, SUSE AI Facto y fo buildi g a d u i g AI wo kloads, a d SUSE Li ux E te p ise Se ve (SLES) 16.1, the e te p ise ope ati g system p ovidi g the fou datio fo cloud- ative a d vi tualized wo kloads. These updates i t oduce age tic AI capabilities fo mo e i tellige t i f ast uctu e ma ageme t, alo gside expa ded suppo t fo immutable i f ast uctu e, eal-time pe fo ma ce, a d secu ity. Togethe , these adva ceme ts help o ga izatio s simplify ope atio s, accele ate mode izatio , a d mai tai g eate co t ol ove thei i f ast uctu e.

“As e te p ises move f om expe ime ti g with AI to deployi g it at scale, they eed i f ast uctu e that ca suppo t ew wo kloads alo gside existi g applicatio s without comp omisi g secu ity, pe fo ma ce, o co t ol,” said D . Thomas Di Giacomo, Chief Tech ology a d P oduct Office , SUSE. “SUSE is b i gi g g eate i tellige ce a d simplicity to i f ast uctu e ope atio s while givi g custome s the f eedom to i ovate ac oss thei e vi o me ts. Ou commitme t to ope i f ast uctu e mea s o ga izatio s ca emb ace AI o thei te ms, without bei g locked i to a si gle tech ology stack o ve do .”

Custome Impact

As AI deployme ts become a top e te p ise p io ity, o ga izatio al teams a e i c easi gly i vesti g i ope i f ast uctu e a d Kube etes ma ageme t capabilities eeded to suppo t wo kloads ac oss hyb id e vi o me ts. Acco di g to ece t esea ch spo so ed by SUSE, Kube etes ma ageme t is IT leade s’ top i vestme t p io ity, followed by AI, with 24% ide tifyi g AI-assisted ope atio al t oubleshooti g as a solutio to simplify Kube etes ma ageme t ac oss hyb id e vi o me ts.

SUSE is add essi g these p io ities th ough i tellige t ope atio s, u ified i f ast uctu e ma ageme t, a d st o ge softwa e supply chai secu ity, helpi g e te p ises educe ope atio al ove head while mai tai i g co t ol of thei e vi o me ts.

I tellige t Ope atio s Ac oss Kube etes a d Vi tual Machi es

SUSE Ra che P ime expa ds AI-assisted i f ast uctu e ma ageme t with Liz, its co text-awa e AI o chest ato , a d a ew AI C ew of specialized sub-age ts that help teams diag ose issues, t oubleshoot wo kloads, a d ma age i f ast uctu e. I teg atio with SUSE Vi tualizatio exte ds these capabilities beyo d Kube etes to vi tual machi es, givi g teams a mo e co siste t app oach to ma agi g hyb id e vi o me ts.

New OAuth2 suppo t e ables Liz to co ect with MCP se ve s, while a AI-fi st Ra che CLI with se ve -side d y- u capabilities simplifies i f ast uctu e ope atio s. SUSE Obse vability StackPacks 2.0 also expa ds visibility i to complex e vi o me ts to suppo t faste t oubleshooti g.

These adva ceme ts help add ess the p essu e to accele ate wo kloads without comp omisi g secu ity. Resea ch fou d that 91% of o ga izatio s ack owledge employees bypass secu ity co t ols at least occasio ally to wo k faste . By combi i g AI-assisted t oubleshooti g with huma app oval steps fo AI-d ive actio s, SUSE Ra che P ime helps teams imp ove efficie cy while mai tai i g e te p ise ove sight.

U ified Ope I f ast uctu e fo AI a d Vi tual Machi es

SUSE Ra che P ime simplifies ma ageme t of Kube etes applicatio s, vi tual machi es, a d AI wo kloads, powe ed by SUSE AI Facto y (a d SUSE AI Facto y with NVIDIA), ac oss hyb id e vi o me ts while allowi g o ga izatio s to build o existi g i f ast uctu e i vestme ts.

SUSE Ra che P ime Vi tual Cluste s ow suppo ts Hosted Co t ol Pla e mode, e abli g platfo m teams to p ovide Kube etes as a Se vice with RKE2. SUSE Sto age v2 data e gi e delive s up to 10 times faste pe fo ma ce fo stateful wo kloads, while SUSE Vi tualizatio adva ced etwo ki g with Kube-OVN suppo ts ove lay etwo ki g a d te a t isolatio . Native Cluste API i f ast uctu e p ovide s fo RKE2 fu the simplify i f ast uctu e ma ageme t th ough the b oade Cluste API ecosystem.

Compleme ti g these adva ceme ts, SLES 16.1 co solidates t aditio al, immutable a d eal-time wo kloads u de o e ope ati g system lifecycle a d suppo t elatio ship, educi g complexity a d suppo ti g mode izatio without dis uptive mig atio s. It also i t oduces a o -box Model Co text P otocol (MCP) f amewo k i Tech P eview fo AI-assisted diag ostics a d i f ast uctu e ma ageme t. Buildi g o the ece tly a ou ced SLES fo NVIDIA, desig ed to suppo t ext-ge e atio NVIDIA-accele ated i f ast uctu e, SLES 16.1 also delive s Live Patchi g, post-qua tum c yptog aphy eadi ess, a d softwa e supply chai ve ificatio to fu the st e gthe its fou datio fo e te p ise AI a d busi ess-c itical wo kloads.

Secu i g the AI Softwa e Supply Chai

SUSE is st e gthe i g secu ity f om softwa e developme t th ough u time, helpi g e te p ises build AI applicatio s o t usted compo e ts while imp ovi g visibility i to vul e abilities a d th eats.

SUSE Applicatio Collectio ow i cludes mo e tha 1,000+ Pytho lib a ies built f om ve ified sou ces, with softwa e bills of mate ial (SBOMs) a d p ove a ce i fo matio that help develope s assess depe de cies a d educe softwa e supply chai isk. Ma y of these lib a ies fo m the fou datio of the AI compo e t catalogue i SUSE AI Facto y, givi g teams a t usted, t aceable base fo buildi g a d deployi g AI wo kloads.

The upcomi g SUSE Secu ity 6.0 elease i t oduces SUSE Secu ity Vul e ability Sca e to ide tify a d p io itize vul e abilities i deployed wo kloads a d cluste odes, a d SUSE Secu ity Ru time E fo ce to detect a d block a omalous wo kload behavio . Togethe , these capabilities help o ga izatio s st e gthe p otectio ac oss the AI applicatio lifecycle.

AvailabilitySLES 16.1 is available begi i g Novembe 10, 2026, with SUSE Ra che P ime e ha ceme ts available acco di g to thei espective elease schedules. The SLES 16.1 o -box MCP f amewo k is available i Tech P eview, while the AI-fi st Ra che CLI a d SUSE Ra che P ime Vi tual Cluste s Hosted Co t ol Pla e mode a e i ope Beta. Additio al capabilities will be i t oduced with upcomi g SUSE Ra che P ime a d SUSE Secu ity eleases. Lea mo e at https://www.suse.com/p oducts/ a che /.

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