Andersen Joins SUSE One Partner Program as Emerald Sell Partner

Andersen has joined the SUSE One Partner Program as an Emerald Sell Partner. The partnership formalizes a shared commitment to open-source enterprise infrastructure and digital sovereignty. These two areas have defined the course of both companies’ activities in the European market.

Two Companies, One Philosophy

SUSE is one of the oldest names in enterprise open source. Founded in Europe, they develop technology for organizations to run mission-critical workloads on their own terms. Their product line covers four areas:

• Enterprise Linux (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server);
• Kubernetes management (SUSE Rancher Prime);
• Distributed edge operations (SUSE Edge);
• Private AI infrastructure (SUSE AI).

One principle runs through all of it: no vendor lock-in, no loss of control, no dependency on a third party’s roadmap.

Andersen provides the implementation layer. The company designs, builds, and operates enterprise infrastructure – cloud architecture, DevOps, system integration, enterprise migration – in regulated industries where compliance and data control are baseline expectations.

The fit is direct. SUSE creates the open-source foundation. Andersen puts it to work.

The Meaning Behind the Partnership

As an Emerald Sell Partner, Andersen will recommend and deliver SUSE solutions to its clients. The joint offering covers three areas:

• Open infrastructure and compliance

European enterprises operating under GDPR, NIS2, and sector-specific regulation need infrastructure they can audit, control, and explain. SUSE has developed its enterprise Linux and Kubernetes platforms for those environments. Andersen provides the engineering capacity for their implementation.

• Migration from proprietary environments

Many organizations are reassessing their VMware, Red Hat, or hyperscaler-native dependencies. SUSE offers a technically sound path to open alternatives. Andersen’s teams have the experience to execute those migrations without disruption.

• Sovereign AI deployment

SUSE AI enables organizations to run large language models on private hardware within their own network. For clients with strict data residency and IP requirements, this removes a significant barrier to AI adoption. Andersen builds the infrastructure that makes those deployments production-ready.

“Values Before Contracts”

Alexander Zak, Senior Business Director DACH at Andersen, said:

“For years, SUSE has been promoting open infrastructure and digital sovereignty. So have we. This partnership puts structure around what was already a natural alignment. Our clients in the DACH region and across Europe are making infrastructure decisions that will define their operational independence for the next decade. We want to be the partner that helps them get that right, with technology from a vendor that shares the same values around openness and control."

A Community in Motion

Over the past year, Andersen has organized and participated in more than 10 executive conferences on digital sovereignty in eight European cities. Those events drew over 1,000 CIOs, CTOs, and senior decision-makers who all share the same infrastructure concerns.

Events such as Europe: Digital Sovereignty or Dependence? in Warsaw and Europe: AI & Digital Sovereignty in Amsterdam have placed Andersen at the center of a growing regional conversation. Regulatory pressure is increasing. AI is creating new categories of data exposure. The need for sovereign, auditable infrastructure is rising. The organizations that act on it now are the ones that retain their options later.

The partnership with SUSE turns that conversation into delivery. Andersen brings the strategic case for open infrastructure. SUSE offers the technology to support it.

The Road Ahead

Digital sovereignty is a long-term infrastructure project. Both Andersen and SUSE approach it that way. The Emerald Sell partnership is a foundation for joint client work, shared expertise, and a combined offering that covers the full cycle: from strategy through implementation to ongoing operations.

For European enterprises ready to take control of their infrastructure, that offering is now available.