Melissa Di Donato, CEO of Suse, says of the acquisition:
"This merger of two open source companies represents an extraordinary step for our industry. The combination of Suse and Rancher alone will accomplish the depth of a globally supported and 100 percent true open source portfolio to help our customers seamlessly innovate across their enterprise - from edge to core to cloud."
Suse and Rancher will deliver computing across the board with the latest AI technology and seamless implementation of containerized workloads. Upon completion of the acquisition, customers of both companies will benefit from a best-in-class portfolio as well as increased global presence.