Lifecycle Sovereignty: Regaining Control of Linux Upgrades, Risk, and Costs
Date: Wednesday, March 11 at 11 am PT / 2 pm ET
Modern enterprises are running more Linux than ever, but many are hitting a new ceiling: lifecycle chaos. Forced upgrades, shifting vendor roadmaps, lifecycle gaps, and fragmented server estates can drain budgets, stall modernization, and increase operational risk, even when the underlying platform is solid.
In this live webinar, we introduce Lifecycle Sovereignty, a practical framework for regaining control of your Linux environment regardless of distribution, version, or age. You will learn how global organizations are stabilizing operations, reducing risk, and modernizing on their own timelines while maintaining predictable compliance and cost control, without reinstalling, requalifying, or incurring vendor lock-in.
We will unpack the industry shift toward lifecycle independence, the architectural patterns that enable it, and how to design a resilient multi-distro Linux strategy built for long-term stability. The session will also highlight how SUSE’s open, flexible approach supports lifecycle freedom at scale.
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About the presenters:
Michall Laymon, Global Program Manager for Competitive Strategy, SUSE
Michall Laymon is an accomplished technology and business leader with a proven track record of sales, partnership development, and customer success.
With an MBA from Texas State University, she has leveraged her diverse skill set to drive growth and innovation across roles at SUSE, Dell Technologies, and Amazon Web Services.
As The Global Program Manager for Competitive Strategy at SUSE, Michall guides strategic initiatives and product launches and excels at herding cats to foster cross-department collaborations and achieve impactful outcomes.
Moderated by:
John K. Waters, Editor at Large, Redmondmag.com
As the Editor in Chief in the Converge360 group of 1105 Media, journalist and author John K. Waters manages leading news sites focused on worldwide technology trends, from artificial intelligence to the software development lifecycle.
Duration: 1 hour