Another news item that became buried in all the AI information flooding my way. Terrence O’Hanlon of Reliability Web considered this significant to the reliability community. The Industrial Internet of Things angle, which seems dated, recently cropped up in a couple of other discussions I’ve had. Of course, “Edge” remains a significant news item. Bringing IIoT to Edge to Enterprise remains a challenge.
These are Terrence’s comments, SUSE Just Acquired Losant:
On February 19, SUSE announced its acquisition of Losant , an Industrial Internet of Things platform. The press release describes a “full-stack open process automation platform at the Edge” and promises interoperability, real-time insights, and freedom from vendor lock-in.
If you work in the Uptime Elements Digitalization Strategy Framework, you just read a press release that could have been written from our 10 Rights of Digitalization Implementation Guide.
This is not a coincidence. It is confirmation.
Let me explain why this acquisition matters — not as a technology story, but as a leadership story — and what it means for every reliability professional navigating the Industrial IoT landscape.
The Acquisition in 30 Seconds
SUSE, the enterprise open source company, acquired Losant to extend its Edge portfolio from infrastructure into operational execution at the “Tiny Edge” — where sensors, controllers, and machines generate the data that drives reliability decisions. SUSE has stated its intention to open source the Losant technology and contribute to the Margo open industrial automation initiative.
The combined platform promises device orchestration, data management, visual workflow engines, customizable dashboards, and AI-driven automation — all built on open standards.
For those of us who have spent years building governance frameworks for exactly this kind of technology, the timing could not be more relevant.
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