ERP Architectures with SUSE

SUSE is much more than just an SAP operating system provider: The company serves as a strategic anchor for Europe’s digital sovereignty. Faced with the pressure of SAP’s end-of-maintenance, forced migration to the cloud, and monopolization in the AI market, SUSE offers a reliable, technically mature solution.

The podcast for the E3 cover story is a supplement and continuation of the online texts from the E3 print magazine. A dialog between two AI avatars with knowledge from the German-speaking E3 editorial team provides an insight into the processes surrounding SAP and the SAP community. Translations into English, Spanish and French are provided by DeepL and Google.

The post-VMware era in the SAP landscape relies on KVM and can be combined with a robust private AI strategy platform. The Broadcom shock has had a profound impact. Virtualization is becoming a top-management issue.

Rising VMware costs and the desire for digital sovereignty forced the full-service IT provider FIS-ASP to rethink its approach. Through a phased migration to an open SUSE stack, the company significantly reduced its costs and created a future-proof infrastructure.

GenAI and Agentic AI are radically reshaping software and infrastructure stacks. However, the uncritical use of public AI for business-critical SAP data poses a massive business risk.