SUSE, a globally leading company in open source enterprise solutions, has announced the acquisition of Losant, a platform specializes in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). With this strategic move, the company enhances its edge offerings, expanding capabilities from Near Edge and Far Edge to the so-called Tiny Edge.
The integration of Losant will allow SUSE to break down traditional silos within industrial environments and provide an open, comprehensive platform for automation in IIoT. This enables organizations to access real-time data and gain actionable intelligence for decision-making. Built on interoperability, SUSE’s Edge portfolio will facilitate operational modernization for its customers and accelerate their digital transformation, leveraging the advantages of open source by combining IIoT and artificial intelligence at the Edge.
According to 451 Research, a division of S&P Global Energy, by 2026, IoT devices will evolve into terminals with AI capabilities, driven by new, more efficient and cost-effective connectivity methods that are fueling the largest technology renewal cycle of the past decade. This transformation is fostering the development of hybrid AI architectures, where the Edge establishes itself as a crucial execution layer ensuring performance and scalability. As a result, industrial control is progressing from digital supervision to semi-autonomous systems coordinated by AI, marking a significant leap in operational maturity for the industry.
“The acquisition of Losant transforms SUSE from a provider of peripheral infrastructure into a full-stack industrial IoT leader. It allows us to offer customers the part of the Edge where the digital and physical worlds meet directly — where machines, environments, and people interact in real-time, and where AI can be meaningfully deployed to better understand real-world processes,” said Keith Basil, CEO of SUSE Edge. “With Losant, we will move faster from infrastructure toward operational outcomes, combining our portfolio of peripheral products and offerings like SUSE AI, enabling deeper collaboration with industrial partners, equipment manufacturers, and open source industrial communities as the ecosystem continues to evolve.”
“Partnering with SUSE is the next natural step for Losant. Combining our low-code platform for industrial IoT with SUSE’s over 30 years of enterprise software experience will provide customers with stability and interoperability, helping us accelerate our mission to help IT leaders turn complex data into immediate operational value,” said Charlie Key, CEO of Losant. “We’re excited to bring our Tiny Edge capabilities into a much broader landscape.”
Losant has been recognized in Gartner’s 2025 Magic Quadrant for global industrial IoT platforms. The platform and Losant’s team will become part of SUSE Edge’s portfolio and business unit. SUSE plans to open source Losant’s technology and collaborate with aligned open source communities to explore how Losant’s technology can accelerate standardization of interfaces, interoperability, and automation capabilities worldwide.
Integrating operational technology with business intelligence.
The Losant platform expands SUSE’s Edge portfolio beyond infrastructure to operational execution. By combining device orchestration, data management, and application enablement with SUSE’s core technologies, the joint offering allows organizations to connect operational systems directly with workflows and business analytics. For example, a manufacturer can collect real-time sensor data from production equipment, coordinate it at the Edge, and automatically trigger maintenance workflows or AI-driven quality controls before defects or failures occur. This reduces the traditional complexity surrounding industrial IoT adoption and speeds up the path from data collection to actionable insights.
For a customer, this means:
- Faster deployment and return on investment: visual workflow engines and customizable dashboards enable operational technology (OT) teams to design, implement, and iterate rapidly without extensive development costs.
- Enhanced operational awareness: integrated infrastructure data, business logic, and enterprise systems provide a unified view of operations across all environments.
- Freedom from vendor lock-in: an open, standards-aligned architecture allows modernization without relying on proprietary IoT platforms.
- Modernized operations: manufacturing, healthcare, smart infrastructure, and other industry sectors can optimize processes, improve asset performance, and unlock new operational efficiencies at the Edge.
“As leaders in software engineering and industrial OT focused on manufacturing, we see this acquisition as a significant step forward for industrial technology. Our clients, coming from manufacturing, processing, and other asset-intensive industries, are working to connect physical operational technology — including sensors, controllers, and production equipment — with modern IT systems that enable analytics, governance, and business decision-making,” said Keith Gamble, Software Engineering Director at Barry-Wehmiller Design Group. “By integrating Losant’s industrial IoT application platform into the SUSE umbrella, along with its secure and scalable edge infrastructure, SUSE provides a unified foundation designed specifically for industrial environments, bridging physical operations on the factory floor with enterprise systems. We’re excited about the direction this represents for industrial and manufacturing technology, and the potential it creates for a more cohesive and open toolset that helps organizations turn machine data into actionable intelligence.”