New energy at SUSE's annual SUSECON conference
SUSECON 2019
The SUSE community pondered new challenges and the path ahead at its annual SUSECON convention in Nashville, Tennessee.
The past 12 months have been a whirlwind of change for SUSE. Former parent company Micro Focus announced last July that it was spinning off SUSE as an independent company [1], and since then, the leading European enterprise Linux vendor has been in a flurry of reinvention. In addition to embracing a new emphasis on growth, SUSE is also finding its way through the changes in the Linux space following IBM's acquisition of Red Hat.
SUSE's life as an independent company got off to a roaring start as the annual SUSECON kicked off in Nashville, USA just days after SUSE legally split from Micro Focus. The excitement of SUSE employees, partners, and customers energized the event, as visitors contemplated the possibilities of SUSE's newfound independence.
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