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Building a solid interoperable
foundation for your Enterprise APIs
with SUSE Rancher and Kubernetes
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Derek So
APJ Principal Technologist - Cloud Native

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Cloud powers the connected economy
The Cloud in 2021
Cloud IoT
Cloud systems
of record
Cloud
ecommerce
Cloud
supply
chain
Cloud analytics
Data analytics
Customers
Partners
Public/Free Internet
Company
Connected devices /
M2M
Customer

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API Economy Drives for Technology Evolution
Everything
as a Service
Monolithic à Microservices API Management & Service
Mesh
Changing
customer
demands
waterfall à Agile
development
DevOps methodology &
CI/CD
Scale
Globally
Data Center à Cloud à Edge,
or Hybrid
Centralized à Distributed
architecture
Agility &
Interoperability
Baremetal à VM à
Containers/Kubernetes
Management Complexity
Need for centralized
management
Simplified and consistent
operation. Have portable
skillset.
Increased number of API
services endpoints
Increased Deployment
Frequency
Business Needs Architectural Changes New Challenges New Solution

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Cloud Native Enterprise Technology Stack
Any Infrastructure
API Management
Scalable Global Cloud Native Infrastructure
Service Mesh
Connectivity &
Governance
Modern Architecture
Standardize IT Ops
Compute Anywhere
Digital Services Digital Services Digital Services
Everything-as-a-Service
Digital Services/Channel
Data
Center Cloud Edge

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Kubernetes enables a common compute platform across any
infrastructure
Why?
DEV DATA
CENTER
CLOUD
BRANCH 5G / EDGE
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And a consistent set of infrastructure capabilities
DEV DATA
CENTER
CLOUD
BRANCH 5G / EDGE
ü Common API & Packaging
ü Health Checks/HA
ü Load Balancing
ü Overlay Networking
ü Network Security Policies
ü Backup and Recovery
ü Autoscaling
ü Service Discovery
ü Networking
ü RBAC & Access Control
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SUSE – COMPANY SNAPSHOT
SUSE solutions are powering thousands of enterprise customers’ mission-critical workloads, including electronic
banking systems and enterprise applications, autonomous vehicles, satellite operation centers, and life-
saving medical devices.
PARTNERSHIPS
FAST FACTS
INDUSTRY INITIATIVES & ASSOCIATIONS
• Publicly traded, SUSE SA (FRA)
• 13 out of 15 largest FinServ firms
• 13 out of 15 largest pharma firms
• 14 out of 15 largest aerospace firms
• 10 out of 10 largest automotive firms
• 5 out of 5 largest technology firms
• Member of CNCF board and TOC
• Acquired Rancher Labs in 2020

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Addressing Dev & Ops Needs
IT Ops
Developers
Kubernetes
Centralized Visibility and Policy
DevOps Automation Experience
Multi-Cluster Management
Certified Kubernetes Distros
Build Deploy Upgrade Define Distribute Enforce
Unified Authentication Multi-Cluster Applications
Datacenter and Cloud Dev, Branch, and Edge
Cluster
Operations
Cloud
Any
Infrastructure
Datacenter Dev Branch 5G / Edge

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Scalable & Cloud Native Infrastructure for Enterprise APIs
Digital Services 1 Digital Services 3
Digital Services 2
Security & Authentication Policy Enforcement & Governance
Simplified Cluster Operations & Infrastructure Management (Run & Manage)
Platform Services (Build & Run)
SUSE Linux Enterprise / RHEL / Ubuntu / Oracle Linux / Amazon Linux
Amazon
EKS
Azure
AKS
Google
GKE
Cloud
Datacenter Edge
Branch
Dev
K8s Version Management GitOps Continuous Delivery
Cluster Templates & Config
Enforcement
Node Pool Management
Cluster Provisioning &
Lifecycle Management
Centralized Audit
Monitoring &
Logging
CIS Benchmarking
RBAC, OPA, Pod &
Network Policies
Rancher
Catalog
Monitoring &
Alerts
Dashboards &
Observability
Service
Mesh
Longhorn
Storage
API Developer
Portal
API
Management
API
Gateway

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Demonstration
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The Proven Approach
Manage Certified
Kubernetes Anywhere
‘Open’ approach
to open source
Provide Tools and
Automation for
simplifying Developers
and IT Ops
Centralize
authentication &
Consistent Operations

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Rancher: Open Source Kubernetes Management Platform
Rancher is the most
widely adopted enterprise Kubernetes
management platform
100M+
downloads
35K+
active
deployments
400+
enterprise
customers
BROAD INDUSTRY ADOPTION
Kubernetes Innovation and Category Leadership
America’s Best
Startup Employers
Member of the CNCF governing board
Member of the CNCF TOC
Industry recognition:
FAST FACTS
PARTNERSHIPS

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v https://www.suse.com/solutions/cloud-native-transformation/
v https://community.suse.com/all-courses
v Academy Classes
v Podcasts
v Blog Library
v https://rancher.com/
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