Why the SUSE Portfolio is the Modernization Engine for Oracle Cloud

The numbers coming out of the cloud sector aren’t just shifting; they are accelerating. Oracle recently reported a staggering $553 billion backlog, and looking ahead to Q4 2026, the guidance is even more ambitious: Total Cloud revenue is expected to grow between 46% to 50% in USD.

For enterprise leaders, these figures represent more than just financial growth, they represent a massive migration of mission-critical data and workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

At SUSE, our mission is to ensure that as this migration happens, enterprises don’t just “move” to the cloud—they modernize. Today, we are proud to announce that the full SUSE portfolio is available on the Oracle Cloud Marketplace, built directly upon our four strategic pillars.

1. Optimize Operational Efficiency & Cost
Growth at a 50% clip requires efficiency, or costs will spiral. By making the entire SUSE stack available on the Oracle Cloud Marketplace, we are removing the procurement tax.

Enterprises can now use their existing Oracle Universal Credits to transact for SUSE solutions. This creates a frictionless single-invoice experience, allowing teams to bypass lengthy legal cycles and consolidate their spend. We are making it easier than ever to align your software budget with your OCI infrastructure commitment.

2. Modernize Workloads across Environments
Oracle holds the world’s most essential enterprise data. As these legacy database and ERP estates move to OCI, they need a bridge to the future.

SUSE provides that modernization engine. By running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) and SUSE Rancher on OCI, customers can transform monolithic legacy applications into agile, containerized services. We enable you to keep your mission-critical data stable while moving your application logic into a high-performance, cloud-native architecture.

3. Manage & Secure Hybrid Architecture
As OCI becomes a larger part of the enterprise footprint, operational sprawl becomes a real risk. Our third pillar ensures that adding Oracle to your mix doesn’t mean adding complexity.

With SUSE Rancher and NeuVector, we provide a unified control plane and a Zero-Trust security posture that is consistent across your entire landscape. Whether your workload lives in an on-prem data center or an OCI Dedicated Region, your security policies, compliance standards, and management tools remain identical. We provide the “operational sanity” required for true hybrid cloud success.

4. Innovate with Next-Gen Technologies
Finally, we are fueling the next wave of innovation. Oracle’s OCI Superclusters have become the premier destination for large-scale AI training and inference.

SUSE completes this high-performance stack. By providing the optimized OS and orchestration layers needed to run massive GPU clusters, we enable our customers to innovate faster. From AI-driven analytics to edge computing, SUSE on OCI provides the open, scalable foundation for the technologies that will define the next decade.

The Path Forward

Oracle’s projected 50% growth is a signal that the market is ready for a new era of enterprise cloud. By bringing the full SUSE portfolio to the Oracle Cloud Marketplace, we are ensuring that our customers have the tools to lead that era – optimized, modernized, secured, and ready to innovate.

Visit the Oracle Cloud Marketplace today to explore how the SUSE portfolio can accelerate your OCI journey.