1. SUSE ® Linux Enterprise 12 Customer Presentation Insert Presenter’s Name (16pt) Insert Presenter’s Title (14pt) Insert Company/Email (14pt)

2. 2 Questions That IT is Facing Today Am I able to guarantee service availability for my organization? What if my developers need the latest tools? We need to buy new hardware. How can I ensure my OS works with it before purchasing deadline? How to make sure we are prepared for cloud?

3. 3 SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Increase uptime Improve operational efficiency Accelerate innovation The advanced foundation for your success

4. Increase Uptime

5. 5 Downtime is More Than Just Lost Revenue

6. 6 Increase Uptime and Meet SLAs Minimize planned and unplanned downtime; help meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs) Protect your mission-critical workloads High Availability & Geo RAS Live Patching System Rollback

7. 7 Exploiting Hardware RAS Reliability, availability, serviceability (RAS) were traditional UNIX features, now available and mature on Linux.

8. 8 Improve Resiliency: Full System Rollback Rollback to a good state with one click for faster recovery from planned or unplanned downtime Support for service pack rollback Support for kernel upgrade Based on btrfs and Snapper, bootloader integration

9. 9 Increase Service Availability with Clustering SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension – Quickly and easily install, configure and manage clustered Linux servers – Increase service availability for mission-critical systems and data – Transparent to Virtualization – nodes can be virtual, physical or mixed! Integrated with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server – Meet Service Level Agreements Geo Clustering for SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension – Business continuity, anywhere in the world

10. 10 Zero Interruption: Ready for Live Patching Ready for SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching – Kernel live patching infrastructure built-in – Works with zero execution interruption Use Cases https://www.suse.com/communities/conversations/need-kgraft-2/ In-memory Database (SAP HANA) Mission-critical Infrastructure Services Simulation Un-interrupted Massive, Time-critical Deployment

11. Improve Operational Efficiency

12. 12 Improve Operational Efficiency Deploy anywhere Made for cloud Application containers Maximize Output Reduce management cost with easy-to-use tools Protect existing investment with interoperability Minimize Cost

13. 13 Easy-to-Use Tools Local system management – YaST and AutoYaST: now in Ruby, more open for customization – Wicked: making it easy to manage ever-complicated network configuration such as vLan, virtualization, bridging, IPv6, etc. – Improved installation workflow – Interactive as well as unattended upgrade (offline, in place) on all architectures

14. 14 Interoperability VMware tools integration SAMBA4,server-side copy improvements Microsoft System Center Operations Manager integration with SUSE Manager VMware Microsoft

15. 15 Flexible Building and Deployment Existing system Base OS image Your Project KIWI engine of SUSE Studio Various Output Formats Test YaST / AutoYast Deployment System inspection Report Public Cloud Module Advanced Systems Management Module Base OS image

16. 16 Made for the Cloud Host Available in Public Clouds Dual Hypervisor Support & Containers Cloud Hosts Perfect Guest Guest In the CloudsIn Your Data Center

17. Accelerate Innovation

18. 18 Accelerate Innovation Easy access to new versions of open source software Fast access to partner innovations Reduce time to value with SUSE ecosystem

19. 19 Modules: An Easier Way to Get New Enhancements Easier access to the latest updates Different lifecycles, ranging from continuous integration to three years Fully maintained and supported Included in subscription without additional cost Five optional modules besides base OS

20. 20 Modules: A Closer Look Module NameContentLifecycle Web and Scripting Module “PHP”, “Python”, “Ruby on Rails” 3 years, 18 months overlap Legacy Module Sendmail, old IMAP stack, old Java, etc. 3 years Public Cloud Module Public cloud initialization code and tools Continuous integration Toolchain ModuleGCC Yearly delivery Advanced Systems Management Module cfengine, puppet and the new "machinery" tool Continuous integration

21. 21 Advanced Systems Management Module – Machinery

22. 22 SUSE SolidDriver Program: Same-Day Hardware Enablement New Hardware Server Workloads SUSE SolidDriver Program -Tools -Specs -Process Hardware Vendor Kernel Drivers -Uniform -Consistent -Proven -Compatible

23. 23 More Choices: Broad Ecosystem Intel 64 / AMD64 POWER8 LE System z Yes! certifications Thousands of ISV applications

24. 24 Pilot in Enterprise Innovations Linux kernel 3.x since 2012 (now 3.12) 12 years on XFS Commercially support btrfs since 2012, now as the default file system for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Commercially support Linux Containers since 2012 Docker included (Technical Preview)

25. Base OS Lifecycle

26. 26 Lifecycle and Code Streams 13-year lifecycle for SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 and 12 10 years general support +3 years long-term support Tentative – Dates subject to change SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Long Term Service Pack Support for every service pack SP4 SP2 SP3 SP4 SP1 GA

27. 27 Lifecycle Model 10 years lifecycle + 3 years Extended Support  13-year lifecycle (10 years general support, 3 years extended support)  Long Term Service Pack Support available for all versions, including GA Tentative – Dates subject to change

28. 28 SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Increase uptime Improve operational efficiency Accelerate innovation The advanced foundation for your success

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