SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 - BYOS

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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) is an open, secure, compliant, and future-ready Linux server platform designed to support business continuity for enterprise workloads running on Google Cloud.

SLES enables organizations to seamlessly integrate and manage mixed IT environments, reducing operational complexity, increasing flexibility, and accelerating digital transformation across the Google Cloud ecosystem.

Key Benefits

• Future-ready IT with extended support: Up to 19 years of support per version for long-term stability.

• Reduced operational risk: Advanced rollback for updates and configurations, live patching, and industry-leading long-term support.

• Truly open platform: Eliminates costly proprietary licensing and minimizes vendor lock-in.

• Simplified security and compliance: Common Criteria EAL4+ certified secure software supply chain and FIPS 140-3 compliance.

• Next-generation encryption: Built-in post-quantum cryptography with OpenSSL 3.1.

• Cloud-ready for regulated industries: Supports Confidential Computing on Google Cloud.

• Deploy anywhere: Consistent operation across cloud, data center, and edge—on physical, virtual, or container platforms.

• Simplified IT operations: A unified code base helps eliminate silos and standardize environments.

• Faster innovation: Empowers DevOps teams with open source tools and automation.

• Optimized for Google Cloud: Prebuilt, performance-optimized images ready to run on Google Cloud.

• Cloud-native foundation: Secure and compliant SLE Base Container Images (BCI), making SLES container-ready.