SUSE is Most Widely Available Enterprise Linux Vendor in the Cloud

SUSE is Most Widely Available Enterprise Linux Vendor in the Cloud PR Newswire NUREMBERG, Germany, Aug. 1, 2012 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Public Cloud Partner Ecosystem Surpasses 20 Providers NUREMBERG, Germany, Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SUSE® is now helping more than 20 top global cloud service providers accelerate the growth of their businesses by delivering the platform that over 15,000 enterprises worldwide rely on for their mission-critical computing needs. Unique in the industry, the SUSE Cloud Provider Program offers the flexibility to tailor solutions that fit a wide variety of emerging cloud business models. Included as part of the program are tiered pricing – ideal for on-demand computing delivery – cloud- enabling tools that simplify deployment and management of workloads to the cloud and a variety of enterprise support alternatives. Since its inception in 2010, the SUSE Cloud Provider Program has helped companies such as Amazon Web Services, 1&1, Dell, Fujitsu, IBM, Intel, Tencent, SHI, SGI, Verizon and Vodacom Business offer customers of all sizes the ability to run SUSE Linux Enterprise Server via a seamless, pay-as-you-go purchase experience with the widest range of support options. The latest addition of Windows Azure to the SUSE Cloud Provider Program demonstrates SUSE's growing momentum as the de facto standard enterprise Linux operating system offered by cloud providers.