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I-VMware Ihlela i-vSphere Standard Ebuyekeziwe Yama-SMB

VMware says it will release an updated vSphere Standard soon after Broadcom acknowledged that sales incentives had put too much focus on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), a bundle many SMBs consider too costly and overfeatured.

Kungani lokhu kubalulekile

A renewed vSphere Standard could offer an alternative to VCF for organizations that need virtualization without the full private-cloud bundle; its effect depends on the eventual price, feature set and renewal terms.

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Okushintshile

Ngokombiko we-Ars Technica, i-VMware ithi i-vSphere Standard ebuyekeziwe izofika maduze, ngemuva kokuba i-Broadcom ivumile ukuthi izikhuthazo zokuthengisa zazenze amaqembu ayo agxila kakhulu ku-VMware Cloud Foundation, noma i-VCF. Kulindeleke imininingwane eyengeziwe e-VMware Explore e-Frankfurt ngo-Okthoba; i-vSphere Standard ayikabuyekezwa kusukela ngo-2022, kanti i-VCF yathola i-vSphere ebuyekeziwe ngo-2025.

Kungani lokhu kubalulekile

Lokhu akukabi yi-VMware eshibhile. Kuyisithembiso sokuyenza ishibhe. Lowo mehluko ubalulekile lapho inkundla yokwenza imishini ebonakalayo isekela izinhlelo zokusebenza, izipele kanye nezindlela zokusebenza ezigcina inkampani isebenza.

I-VCF yakhelwa njengomkhiqizo obanzi ohlanganisa konke okudingekayo ku-private cloud. Ukufakwa okuningi okuncane kudinga isisekelo esithembekile sokwenza imishini ebonakalayo, hhayi ukuthenga lonke iphakheji elisha. Uhlobo lwe-Standard oluthembekile lungenza ukuhlala ne-VMware kube yindlela esebenzisekayo kakhulu kunokuxhasa izindleko zokuthuthela kwenye inkundla. Kodwa intengo, izindlela zokubala amalayisense, izici ezifakiwe nemibandela yokuvuselela yikho okuyonquma lokho, hhayi igama elithi “ebuyekeziwe.”

Umbono wethu (ukuqagela okunolwazi): i-VMware ingase igcine amanye amakhasimende lapho ukuphazamiseka okubangelwa ukuthutha kukhulu kunokuzimisela kwawo ukungena kwenye ingxabano yamalayisense. Labo asebevele behlela ukuphuma bangase baqhubeke nalokho, ngaphandle uma isipho esisha senza umqondo wezohwebo ube ngcono ngokusobala futhi sihlale sinjalo nalapho sekuvuselelwa.

Ukuqhathanisa nomlando

Ngo-2013, i-Adobe yaqondisa amathuluzi ayo amakhulu okudala ekubhaliseleni i-Creative Cloud futhi yayeka ukuthuthukisa izinhlobo ezintsha ze-Creative Suite. Kamuva yethula iphakheji eshibhile egxile ekuthwebuleni izithombe ngemuva kokulalela abantu ababefuna i-Photoshop ne-Lightroom, hhayi lonke iphakheji.

Ukufana endleleni yokuhlela umkhiqizo kuyacaca: umthengisi omkhulu wesofthiwe wabeka phambili iphakheji yokubhalisa ehlanganisiwe, wabe esethola ukuthi kukhona isidingo somkhiqizo omncane nogxile kakhulu. NgoSepthemba 2013, i-Adobe yabika ukubhalisela i-Creative Cloud okungaphezu kwesigidi esisodwa, nakuba imali engenayo nenzuzo kwehla ngesikhathi soguquko.

Umehluko yiwona obalulekile. Inselelo ye-VMware ihlanganisa indlela abadayisi bayo abaphathwa ngayo, ukuqaguleka kokuvuselela nokwakhiwa kwamalayisense, kanye nokuhlanganisa ngokweqile. Inani lababhalisile be-Adobe alibonisi ukuthi amakhasimende ayesuswe kwenye indlela abuyile noma ukuthi ukwethembana kwalungiswa. I-VMware idinga umkhiqizo ogxile kakhulu, kodwa futhi idinga ukuziphatha kwezohwebo okuhlala isikhathi eside okuwusekelayo.

Indlela imiphumela engasabalala ngayo

I-vSphere Standard esebenzisekayo ingashintsha ukubala phakathi kokuvuselela nokuthutha. Uma i-VMware ishicilela imibandela eqagulekayo futhi ifaka ukusebenza okuyisisekelo ngaphandle kokuphoqa ukuthengwa okwengeziwe kwe-VCF, ezinye izinhlangano zingase zihlehlise noma ziyeke umsebenzi wokuthutha.

Lokho kunganciphisa ithuba le-Nutanix, i-Proxmox ne-Microsoft Hyper-V, eziye zincintisana ukuthola abasebenzisi be-VMware abanganelisekile. Ozakwethu besiteshi babalulekile kulokhu: uma besagwema i-VMware, i-SKU engcono iba nabantu abambalwa abazimisele ukuyinikeza amanani, ukuyifaka nokuyisekela. Izindleko eziphezulu zokuvuselela, amalayisense avimbelayo noma ukungezwani okuqhubekayo esiteshini kungaphazamisa lokhu ngokushesha.

Ukuhlolwa komthelela

  • Amakhasimende e-VMware: Inketho egxile kakhulu inganciphisa isidingo sokuthenga i-VCF, kodwa kuphela uma imibandela egcina ikhishiwe ifanele ukufakwa okuncane.
  • Ozakwethu besiteshi: I-SKU ebuyekeziwe ingase ibe lula ukuyithengisa, kodwa ukwakha kabusha ukwethembana kuzothatha isikhathi lapho ubudlelwano nabadayisi sebubonakele.
  • Ezinye izinkundla: Ithuba lazo lokuthola umsebenzi wokuthutha lingancipha uma i-VMware yenza i-Standard ithembeke ngokwentengiselwano; lisalokhu likhona uma isipho esisha sifana nendlela endala yokubeka i-VCF kuqala.

Izimo ezingaba khona

Okungenzeka kakhulu

Uma i-VMware ikhipha uhlobo lwe-Standard olugxile kakhulu ngaphandle kokuxazulula ngokuphelele ukukhathazeka ngentengo, ukuvuselela nesiteshi, ukwamukelwa kungalulama ngokukhetha ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kuya kweziyi-12 ezilandelayo. Amakhasimende abhekene nokuphazamiseka okubizayo kokuthutha angase avuselele, kanti labo asebezibophezele ukuphuma baqhubeke nokuthutha kwabo. Lena yindlela engenzeka kakhulu ngoba ushintsho lomkhiqizo lubhekana nobubanzi bawo, kodwa inkinga yokwethembana ebikiwe ibanzi kakhulu.

Izimpawu: ukukhishwa kwe-Standard ebuyekeziwe kuhambisana nokukhathazeka okuqhubekayo kwamakhasimende ngemibandela yezohwebo, ukubuyela okulinganiselwe kozakwethu kanye nokumakethwa okuqhubekayo kokuthutha ngabancintisana nabo.

Isimo esingcono

Uma izimemezelo zango-Okthoba ziletha intengo esobala, amalayisense alula, izici eziyisisekelo ezifinyelelekayo nemibandela eqhubekayo evuna ozakwethu, i-VMware ingase iphinde ithole amandla athile okugcina amakhasimende ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kuya kweziyi-12 ezilandelayo. Amakhasimende angase avuselele noma andise okufakiwe akhona esikhundleni sokukhokhela ukuthutha, okunikeza ozakwethu isizathu sokubuyisela i-VMware eziphakamisweni zabo.

Izimpawu: ozakwethu baqala futhi ukunikeza amanani e-VMware, kanti amakhasimende akhetha obala ukuvuselela noma ukwandisa esikhundleni sokuthutha obekuhleliwe.

Isimo esibi

Ngaphandle uma uhlobo olusha luhluke ngokusobala ku-VCF ngentengo, emalayisenseni nasekufinyeleleni ezicini, amakhasimende angase asheshise ukuthutha ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kuya kweziyi-12 ezilandelayo. Lokho kunganciphisa ukufinyelela kwe-VMware phakathi kokufakwa okuncane njengoba ababengozakwethu bayo bebona isizathu esincane sokwakha kabusha amandla okuthengisa.

Izimpawu: abathengi bachaza isipho esisha njengesibiza kakhulu noma esingahluke ngokwanele, ozakwethu bayaqhubeka bengekho, kanti ezinye izindlela zisaqhubeka nokuheha isidingo sokuthutha sisuke ku-VMware.

Okufanele kubhekwe ngokulandelayo

Izimemezelo ze-VMware ne-Broadcom zango-Okthoba kufanele ziveze intengo, indlela yokubala ilayisense, izici ezifakiwe nesikhathi sokufika kwe-vSphere Standard. Bese kubhekwa ukuziphatha: ukuthi ozakwethu baqala yini futhi ukunikeza amanani nokubamba iqhaza ezinhlelweni, nokuthi amakhasimende ayavuselela noma ayandisa yini ukusetshenziswa kwe-VMware esikhundleni sokuthuthela ku-Nutanix, i-Proxmox noma i-Microsoft Hyper-V.

Sources (4)
  1. Ars Technica“Trust, not features, is the real deficit”: VMware tries to appease SMBs
  2. techcrunch.comAdobe Goes All-In With Subscription-Based Creative Cloud, Will Still Sell CS6 For Now But Will Stop Developing It
  3. techcrunch.comAdobe’s Creative Cloud Surpasses 1M Subscribers, But Q3 2013 Revenue Falls To $995.1M
  4. techcrunch.comAdobe Launches $9.99/Month Photography Program With Photoshop CC, Lightroom 5

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