SUSE Manager is a best in class software management solution which provides comprehensive lifecycle management functionality via the UI and a rich API for automation. SUSE Manager is designed for enterprise DevOps and IT operations teams, and is the best-in-class open source management solution for your software-defined infrastructure, managing multiple Linux distributions (including Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Ubuntu), across hardware platforms including x86, IBM Power Systems and z Systems, as well as physical, virtual and cloud environments; all from a single centralized console. It enables you to: - Optimize operations while reducing costs with automated Linux server provisioning, patching and configuration for faster, consistent and repeatable server deployments. - Reduce complexity and regain control of IT assets with a single tool to manage Linux systems across a variety of hardware architectures, hypervisors as well as container and cloud platforms. - Ensure compliance with internal security policies and external regulations with automated monitoring, tracking, auditing and reporting of your systems, VMs and containers across your development, test and production environments.