SUSE, an enterprise open source software company, announced it has acquired Losant, an Industrial Internet of Things platform, in a move designed to complete its Edge strategy and expand its reach from the Near and Far Edge to the Tiny Edge. The acquisition positions SUSE to deliver what it describes as a full-stack open process automation platform for industrial IoT, combining infrastructure, orchestration, and application enablement at the edge.
With the addition of Losant, SUSE is aiming to break down traditional silos across industrial environments by connecting operational technology with enterprise systems. The combined portfolio is intended to provide real-time insights and actionable intelligence, enabling organizations to modernize operations while benefiting from open source economics. The company said the integration will allow IoT and AI capabilities to operate together at the edge, helping customers accelerate deployments and improve interoperability.
According to 451 Research, part of S&P Global Energy, IoT endpoints are increasingly evolving into AI endpoints, powered by cost-efficient connectivity that is driving a major device refresh cycle. This shift is contributing to the maturation of hybrid AI architectures that rely on the edge as a critical execution layer for performance and scalability. As a result, industrial control systems are moving beyond digital oversight toward semi-autonomous, AI-orchestrated operations.
SUSE said the acquisition transitions it from being primarily an edge infrastructure provider to a full-stack Industrial IoT platform company. By integrating Losant’s low-code IIoT capabilities with SUSE’s enterprise software portfolio, including SUSE AI, the company plans to deliver solutions that connect digital systems directly to physical operations, where machines, environments, and people interact in real time.
Losant was recognized in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Industrial IoT Platforms. The Losant platform and team will become part of the SUSE Edge portfolio and business unit. SUSE also plans to open source the Losant technology and collaborate with open source communities to accelerate interface standardization, interoperability, and process automation capabilities globally.
The combined platform is designed to integrate device orchestration, data management, and application enablement with SUSE’s foundational technologies. For manufacturers and other asset-intensive organizations, this could mean collecting real-time sensor data from equipment, orchestrating it at the edge, and automatically triggering maintenance workflows or AI-driven quality checks before defects or failures occur.
SUSE outlined several expected benefits for customers, including faster deployment and time to value through Losant’s visual workflow engine and customizable dashboards, greater operational awareness through unified infrastructure and enterprise data, reduced risk of vendor lock in through standards aligned architecture, and modernized operations across sectors such as manufacturing, healthcare, and smart infrastructure.
SUSE said the acquisition supports its broader mission as a global provider of enterprise open source software across Linux operating systems, Kubernetes container management, Edge solutions, and AI. The company works with partners and open source communities to help organizations manage heterogeneous environments across on premises, cloud native, multi cloud, and edge deployments.
Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
KEY QUOTES
“The acquisition of Losant transforms SUSE from an edge infrastructure provider to a full-stack Industrial IoT leader. It allows us to deliver to customers the part of the Edge where the digital world directly meets the physical one, where machines, environments, and people interact in real time, and where AI can be meaningfully deployed to gain better insight into real-world processes. With Losant, we will move faster from infrastructure to operational outcomes combining our Edge portfolio and products like SUSE AI, allowing deeper collaboration with industrial partners, equipment manufacturers and industrial open source communities as the ecosystem continues to evolve.”
Keith Basil, General Manager of SUSE Edge, SUSE
“Joining forces with SUSE is the natural next step for Losant. Combining our low-code Industrial Internet of Things platform with SUSE’s 30 plus years of experience in enterprise software will provide customers with stability and interoperability, allowing us to accelerate our mission to help IT leaders turn complex data into immediate operational value. We are excited to bring our Tiny Edge capabilities to a much larger stage.”
Charlie Key, CEO, Losant
“As a leader in manufacturing-centric industrial OT and software engineering, we view this acquisition as a significant step forward for the industrial technology sector. Our clients—across manufacturing, processing, and other asset-intensive industries—are working to connect real-world operational technology, including sensors, controllers, and production equipment, with modern IT systems that enable analytics, governance, and enterprise decision-making. By bringing Losant’s Industrial IoT application platform under the SUSE umbrella alongside its secure, scalable edge infrastructure, SUSE is delivering a unified foundation purpose-built for industrial environments—linking physical operations on the plant floor to enterprise systems. We’re excited about the direction this sets for manufacturing and industrial technology, and the potential it creates for a more cohesive, open toolkit that helps organizations turn machine data into actionable intelligence.”
Keith Gamble, Director of Software Engineering, Barry-Wehmiller Design Group
“We are excited to see SUSE grow into the IIoT space. For evroc, building the world’s most sustainable hyperscale cloud requires significant innovation in IIoT. Bringing Losant’s tech into the open source fold could be a massive catalyst for greener, smarter datacenters across the continent. Sovereignty and cutting-edge tech are finally converging.”
Mattias Åström, CEO, evroc
“Margo was created to advance open interoperability in industrial automation and to ensure that innovation at the edge remains collaborative and standards-driven. With SUSE’s elevated contribution to Margo as a Steering committee member we look forward to working together closely to evaluate how the Losant platform, along with elements of SUSE’s core edge and orchestration technologies, can accelerate interface standardization and strengthen the broader Margo ecosystem across industries. SUSE’s deeper engagement at the governance level reflects their continued commitment to the Margo vision on open industrial automation and long-term collaboration.”
Bart Nieuwborg, Chair, Margo
