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SUSE entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Rancher Labs.
Based in Cupertino CA Rancher is a privately held open source company, providing a Kubernetes Management platform.
“This is an incredible moment for our industry, as two open source leaders are joining forces. The merger of a leader in Enterprise Linux, Edge Computing and AI with a leader in Enterprise Kubernetes Management will disrupt the market to help customers accelerate their digital transformation journeys,” said Melissa Di Donato, SUSE CEO. “Only the combination of SUSE and Rancher will have the depth of a globally supported and 100% true open source portfolio, including cloud native technologies, to help our customers seamlessly innovate across their business from the edge to the core to the cloud.”
Unleashing Cloud Native Futures for Customers and Partners
SUSE, a provider of Enterprise Linux, Edge Computing and AI, and Rancher, a provider of Kubernetes Container Management, will deliver computing everywhere with the latest AI and seamless deployment of containerized workloads from the edge to the core to the cloud.
“Rancher and SUSE will help organizations control their cloud native futures,” said Sheng Liang, Rancher CEO. “Our leading Kubernetes platform with SUSE’s broad open source software solutions creates a powerful combination, enabling IT and Operations leaders worldwide to best meet the needs of their customers wherever they are on their digital transformation journey from the data center to cloud to edge.”
Following regulatory approvals and the acquisition’s close, customers of both companies will benefit from a broader portfolio as well as from the vastly increased global presence and innovation power. SUSE customers will benefit from the robust capabilities of Rancher’s cloud native technologies. Rancher’s customers will on the other hand gain access to SUSE’s global support network and broad open source portfolio.
This combination is also a win for SUSE’s global partner ecosystem who will now be able to provide an even broader range of solutions to their customers with Rancher’s solutions.
With its heritage in open source technology, SUSE remains committed to delivering 100% true open source technologies with no vendor lock-in. Sharing this ethos, Rancher will continue its strategy to be open and support multiple Kubernetes distributions and operating systems.
Rancher’s infrastructure-agnostic architecture supports any Cloud Native Computing Foundation-certified Kubernetes distribution including Google GKE, Amazon EKS, and Microsoft AKS, as well as projects like Gardener.
The acquisition of Rancher is the first step in SUSE’s inorganic growth strategy since becoming a fully independent software company in March 2019. It also follows SUSE’s strong fiscal momentum – most recently with SUSE reporting an excellent second quarter of its fiscal year 2020, which saw ACV (annual contract value) bookings increase 30% year over year and global cloud revenue skyrocket 70% year over year.
“Our vision to enable better futures and measurable value for our customers and partners is what guides our decisions and drives our growth,” added Di Donato. “This acquisition enhances our ability to offer a more comprehensive portfolio, greater customer choice and no vendor lock-in. It will also enable us to play an even more strategic role with cloud service providers, independent hardware vendors, systems integrators and value-added resellers who are eager to provide greater customer experiences.”
The deal is expected to close before the end of October 2020, subject to customary closing conditions including receipt of regulatory approvals.
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