From Edge to AI to Zero Trust: The five platform decisions that will define enterprise resilience in 2026

By Peter Lees, Head of Solution Architecture in Asia-Pacific, SUSE

2026 isn’t the year to still be pondering future-proofing; it’s the year to act. Clinging to proprietary, single-vendor tech isn’t just a financial risk, it has long-term ramifications and can even pose an existential threat to your business.
Five trends to keep an eye on next year:

Resilience is key to progress. The drumbeat of digital sovereignty, echoing loudly from precedents like the EU, means enterprises must secure control of data and platform proactively. Choosing flexible, open options is a pragmatic approach providing governance that shields you from enormous migration costs and arbitrary price hikes from vendors needing to recover huge takeover investments.

Second, edge computing is exploding. Smart factories, retail kiosks, remote healthcare: data is being created and acted upon everywhere. If you can’t securely manage and unify these thousands of new ...