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SUSE Recognized as Leader in 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant Container Mgmt


SUSE Recognized as Leader in 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant Container Mgmt
  • by: GlobeNewswire
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  • September 9, 2026

SUSE, the leading sovereign open infrastructure company, today announced that it is positioned by Gartner Inc. in Leaders Quadrant of Magic Quadrant for Container Management with SUSE Rancher Prime. SUSE is positioned in Leaders Quadrant for third consecutive year for its Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute.

Quick Intel

  • SUSE recognized as Leader in 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management positioned in Leaders Quadrant third consecutive year.
  • Recognition for Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute with SUSE Rancher Prime as core of Open Infrastructure Platform.
  • Platform powers any workload anywhere from edge computing and core data centers to high-performance AI workloads on GPU farms.
  • Unified control plane manages any CNCF-certified Kubernetes distribution across public clouds, core data centers to remote edge.
  • Treats virtualization as native capability running VMs and containers side by side on single infrastructure layer streamlining management.
  • Customer proof: ABA Bank Cambodia runs banking on platform with 99.999% availability, 15% lower container costs; VisualCortex runs vision models 95% accuracy.

Open Infrastructure Leadership Driving Modernization on Own Terms

"To us, this recognition is first and foremost celebration of our customers and partners; their trust, innovation, and partnership are what make this possible," said Peter Smails, general manager of SUSE's Cloud Native business. "IT leaders choose SUSE because they need complete control over heterogeneous, edge, sovereign, and AI-driven environments. We believe what truly sets us apart is commitment to pure openness. By unifying virtualization and containers under one control plane, we empower customers to modernize on own terms without operational silos or vendor lock-in."

Organizations can leverage SUSE's extensive and flexible container management portfolio, which is foundation for SUSE Open Infrastructure Platform, as it powers any workload, anywhere. At core is unified control plane that manages any Cloud Native Computing Foundation certified Kubernetes distribution deployed across public clouds, core data centers out to remote edge locations.

Deep platform intelligence is powered by AI Agent Ecosystem carrying platform context, eBPF-level observability, and safe execution boundaries internally and externally. Designed for strict compliance and sovereign operation, stack fully supports air-gapped deployments utilizing signed and verified software.

Global Impact and Customer Proof Points Validating Leadership

ABA Bank, Cambodia's largest private bank, runs internet and mobile banking on platform with 99.999% availability. New microservices deploy in half time and container management costs fell 15%.

"We are excited by transformative potential of AI. Having open, flexible and secure containerized infrastructure, we can innovate quickly and confidently." Men Phalla, Head of DevOps Department, ABA Bank.

VisualCortex runs computer vision models at over 95% accuracy across distributed edge sites, pushing new AI models to any site in minutes from one control plane.

"We needed AI-optimized, cloud-agnostic platform that could support AI/ML workloads at scale across multi-cloud, edge and even air-gapped environments. SUSE Rancher Prime hit mark perfectly." –Ben Evans, Chief Technology Officer, VisualCortex.

 

About SUSE

SUSE is the leading sovereign open infrastructure company where hybrid AI runs. Backed by 30 years of community collaboration, we transform open source innovation into secure, enterprise-grade solutions for mission-critical environments. Built on choice and neutrality, SUSE is only platform that manages any Linux and Kubernetes distribution.

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