SUSE acquires HPE’s OpenStack and Cloud Foundry offerings

SUSE has announced the acquisition of OpenStack and Cloud Foundry offerings from HPE. The deal is aimed at bringing HPE’s talent as well as technology assets to develop SUSE Cloud Foundry Platformas-a-Service (PaaS) for the enterprise market. As per the terms of the agreement,

HPE will formally name SUSE as its preferred open source partner for

Linux, OpenStack and Cloud Foundry solutions. The Nuremberg-based company is additionally set to become a platinum member of the Cloud

Foundry Foundation board to enhance its engagement with the community.

“The driving force behind this acquisition is SUSE’s commitment to providing open source software-defined infrastructure technologies that deliver enterprise value for our customers and partners. This also demonstrates how we are building our business through a combination of organic growth and technology acquisition,” said Nils Brauckmann, chief executive officer, SUSE.

SUSE is certainly aiming to give stiff competition to Red Hat through the latest acquisition. However, the deal will also help HPE, which recently decided