Escaping Vendor Lock-In and the Hybrid AI Future

Broadcasting live from the bustling floor at SUSECON in Prague, Techstrong Group’s Alan Shimel sits down with SUSE’s Chief Revenue Officer, Werner Knoblich, to unpack why the European open-source pioneer is experiencing a massive, accelerating tailwind. Knoblich explains that in the wake of hyperscaler consolidation and aggressive virtualization price hikes, enterprises are fiercely rejecting “walled gardens” and desperately seeking out solutions that guarantee their digital freedom and operational choice. By delivering the highly flexible SUSE AI Factory and seamlessly bridging the gap between legacy infrastructure and cloud-native modernization, Knoblich reveals how SUSE is empowering organizations to take back total control of their localized, hybrid tech stacks.