SUSE, a provider of interoperable Linux, cloud infrastructure and storage solutions, has partnered with server technology giant Supermicro.
The partnership aims to provide enterprise IT solutions based on Supermicro hardware, featuring SUSE OpenStack Cloud, SUSE Enterprise Storage, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, and embedded Linux.
According to the companies, the first joint solution saw Supermicro and SUSE integrate OpenStack into a market-ready offering. Built on SUSE YES Certified hardware, the private cloud and storage solution gives clients an installation of a production-ready infrastructure-as-a-service private cloud with scalability from one rack to many, based on the customer's needs.
Wynand M"oller, regional manager for Africa at SuperMicro, says the partnership will allow South African companies to deploy, integrate and support a variety of market-ready storage and cloud data centre offerings.
"Compared to your traditional, more expensive cloud and storage solutions, the alliance offers customers flexibility and scalability, combined with the latest technology at a fraction of the cost."
Adds Matthew Lee, regional manager for SUSE Africa: "With the ever-growing requirement to have faster services delivered in a cost-effective and highly scalable manner in the realms of storage and hybrid cloud, enterprise customers now have SuperMicro and SUSE as a viable alternative to their current, expensive, traditional providers.
Lee says customers have the need to build infrastructure for their future requirements, while keeping an eye on the declining associated budgets. "Traditionally, proprietary solutions have strong-armed these clients with solutions that are expensive upfront, and don't price scale according to organic growth."
The new solutions help clients to stay on top of their IT spend, says Lee. "We are also jointly building a solid partner channel in South Africa that can support these solutions and provide services to the market."
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