SUSE's Ecosystem and the Global Demand for Digital Sovereignty
SUSECON 2026
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19m
Broadcasting live from the bustling show floor at SUSECON in Prague, Techstrong Group's Alan Shimel sits down with SUSE's Hayley Wienszczak and Astor Nummelin Carlberg to discuss why the open-source pioneer's 33-year-old message of freedom and choice has suddenly become the most critical conversation in enterprise IT. With the EU rolling out aggressive new sovereignty acts and global organizations desperately trying to escape vendor lock-in, Wienszczak and Carlberg explain how SUSE is orchestrating a powerful, open ecosystem of managed service providers and systems integrators to help customers build truly resilient, politically independent tech stacks. Ultimately, they argue that digital sovereignty isn't just about data residency—it's about "exit velocity" and having the ultimate freedom to pivot away from uncertain situations without rebuilding your business from scratch.
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