Announcing SUSE Rancher for SAP® applications. The Tailored Platform Solution for SAP Containerized Deployments

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Stemming from our 25+ year partnership with SAP, today at SUSECON 2025, we’re thrilled to introduce SUSE Rancher for SAP® applications, a purpose-built platform designed to simplify, secure, and optimize your SAP containerized workloads. SUSE’s tailored approach empowers enterprises to deploy, manage, and scale SAP cloud native workloads confidently in hybrid cloud environments. SAP Administrators delight in the familiar way they manage new technologies with SUSE Rancher for SAP® applications allowing them to increase flexibility and efficiency while maintaining strict security and compliance. SUSE Rancher for SAP® applications not only simplifies your SAP® hybrid cloud experience, according to the IDC organizations using SUSE Rancher Prime with Virtualization achieve benefits worth an annual average of $3.4 million, leading to a three-year ROI of 258%.

SUSE® Rancher for SAP® applications: Empowering Your SAP Hybrid Cloud Strategy

SUSE Rancher for SAP®applications provides a fully integrated, enterprise-grade platform tailored for the SAP hybrid cloud landscape—giving you faster deployments, simplified management, and unparalleled security for your SAP workloads.

Key Benefits:

  • Tailored for SAP solutions, delivering enterprise-grade reliability – Featuring best practices and integrated support.
  • Increased agility and faster time to value for SAP projects– Faster deployment and management of SAP containerized applications powered by SAP-validated SUSE Rancher Prime.
  • An all-inclusive package for your mission-critical SAP workloads, offering simplicity, security, and compliance.
  • Eliminates home-grow solution risks – Reduces uncertainty and ensures long-term SAP compatibility with a tailored platform.

Unlock Your SAP Cloud Hybrid Potential with A Fully Integrated Platform Solution

As SAP is transitioning more of its offerings to the cloud, organizations face new challenges.. Customers require new infrastructure software, ideally tailored to SAP, to help seamlessly integrate the new SAP solutions with existing applications and data. This shift presents critical challenges that SUSE Rancher for SAP® applications is designed to address.

SUSE Rancher for SAP® applications: Overcome Your Challenges

Simplifying New SAP Platform Setup and Operation

Deploying SAP containerized solutions on generic platforms can introduce risks, unforeseen costs, and operational headaches. Organizations find their resources stretched thin, innovation stifled, and security compromised when they attempt home-grown approaches. Instead, imagine a streamlined process where a tailored platform, backed by proven best practices and dedicated priority support, simplifies every aspect of implementation and operation. That’s the power of SUSE Rancher for SAP® applications. It removes the guesswork and complexity, allowing your teams to focus on strategic initiatives rather than wrestling with intricate deployments.

Navigating New SAP Requirements

The shift towards containerized workloads in SAP environments brings with it a wave of complexity and potential risks. Faced with the need to adopt Kubernetes and other modern technologies, SAP teams often find themselves navigating uncharted territory. To address this, a comprehensive and SAP-tailored solution is essential. Think of it as a complete toolkit, including SAP-validated Kubernetes, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications, SUSE Security, and SUSE Observability, all bundled with expert guidance and priority support. This integrated approach minimizes the learning curve and provides the confidence needed to embrace new SAP requirements.

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Accelerated Your SAP Project Time to Value

Time is a critical factor when it comes to SAP investments. Generic platforms often introduce unnecessary delays and complexities, hindering the realization of value. What if you could significantly accelerate your SAP implementations? By leveraging a platform with specific SAP configurations, optimized settings and easy-to-deploy capabilities, you can drastically reduce the time to value. This streamlined approach minimizes the hurdles associated with DIY and custom deployments, ensuring that your SAP investments deliver returns much faster.

Scaling in Sync with SAP Growth

As your SAP hybrid cloud footprint expands, the ability to scale seamlessly becomes paramount. Organizations need a platform that can effortlessly accommodate growth across diverse environments and clouds. It’s about having the flexibility to adapt to evolving application requirements without adding significant operational overhead. With the right platform, scaling becomes a strategic advantage, ensuring that your infrastructure keeps pace with your business growth and supports complex multi-site deployments.

Comprehensive Observability for Cloud Native SAP

In the dynamic world of cloud-native SAP, real-time insights are no longer a luxury; they’re a necessity. Without comprehensive observability, organizations risk performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities and prolonged troubleshooting. The ability to monitor application performance, infrastructure health and security events in a unified manner is crucial. Imagine having a holistic view of your entire SAP containerized landscape, enabling you to proactively address issues and ensure optimal performance. This is achieved through integrated observability tools.

Advanced Security in the SAP Cloud Native Workloads

Securing data and ensuring regulatory compliance in cloud native SAP environments requires a paradigm shift. Traditional security measures are often inadequate for the dynamic nature of containerized environments. A comprehensive platform with embedded security capabilities is essential. This includes features like threat detection, network segmentation and vulnerability scanning. By adopting a zero-trust approach, organizations can protect their SAP workloads effectively and maintain a secure and compliant deployment.

Future-Proofing SAP Investments

SAP investments represent a significant commitment, and organizations need assurance that their chosen platform will stand the test of time. It’s about aligning with SAP’s roadmap and adapting to future changes in SAP applications. A trusted platform, backed by a provider with a deep SAP alliance, offers the confidence needed to safeguard these investments. This ensures that your platform remains effective and delivers long-term value, minimizing the risks associated with evolving technologies.

Guaranteed SLAs and Priority Support

Maintaining the required SLAs for business-critical SAP applications is non-negotiable. Organizations need the assurance of quick incident resolution and comprehensive support. This requires a holistic approach that addresses both SAP workloads and platform issues. By partnering with a recognized expert solution vendor, you gain access to priority support and guaranteed SLAs, ensuring the reliability and availability of your critical SAP applications.

Simplifying Bare Metal and Virtualized SAP Deployments

Deploying SAP workloads on bare metal or in virtualized environments often leads to complexity and operational overhead. Organizations find themselves managing disparate systems from multiple vendors. A unified platform that integrates virtualization, OS, Kubernetes and application components is crucial. By providing a cloud-native virtualization platform, you can streamline these deployments and ensure a seamless and fully supported SAP infrastructure.

Be Among the First to Experience SUSE Rancher for SAP® applications

SUSE Rancher for SAP® applications simplifies deployment, management and security, ensuring long-term alignment with SAP’s roadmap. By providing an SAP-tailored environment with comprehensive capabilities, SUSE Rancher empowers organizations to maximize their SAP investments and achieve operational excellence.

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