On 22 November 2023, Broadcom acquired VMware with the aim of becoming the leading reference for the enterprise private cloud. This has already marked the beginning of a new phase of significant changes, including a new roadmap, a revamped licensing model and a new software suite for users.
VMware is pushing hard towards a subscription-based model and new licensing metrics, which is having a significant impact on businesses using their solutions. The investment in VMware Cloud Foundation suggests an increasing focus on integrated management of hybrid cloud infrastructures.
Challenges and benefits of the new VMware model
The acquisition created new challenges for organisations using VMware licences, including:
- Infrastructure silos – There are several difficulties in ensuring consistency and speed of infrastructure delivery for modern apps, due to the IT skills gap in companies.
- Slowed innovation – Time-to-market hampered by skills gap on cloud-native and Kubernetes, with challenges on networking and storage.
- Evolving workloads – Need for more flexible IT environments to respond quickly to new requirements, such as AI and dynamic workloads.
But every change also brings with it opportunities.
With the new VMware vSphere Foundation solution, released in 2023, companies can benefit from:.
- faster vCenter. – Gestione centralizzata del ciclo di vita degli host ESXi e aggiornamenti vCenter più rapidi.
- Enhanced performance – Support for up to 16 GPUs per VM and improved resource utilisation.
- Accelerated innovation – Self-service registry for VMs, simplified provisioning for Windows VMs and GPUs, more agile cluster configuration.
SORINT.lab: your trusted partner for a smooth transition
In this scenario it becomes even more important to manage the change, which can be really complex, but there are different approaches to do it in the best possible way.
Here are some examples:
- Strategic training to keep the IT team up-to-date on the integration of virtualisation with AI/ML
- Support in the deployment, management and maintenance of infrastructure for modern and traditional applications
- Designing on-premise architectures for workloads that cannot be moved to the public cloud
- Enabling developers to create containers themselves, without depending on IT
- Consolidation of tools to manage VMs and containers in hybrid environments
- Evaluation of the impact of the new licensing model to optimise costs and management
Managing these steps independently is not easy and it is difficult for a company to have all the necessary tools and skills in-house. That is why getting support from an experienced partner like SORINT.lab may be the ideal solution for your company.
We have created a consultancy path called the Virtualization Journey, divided into three fundamental phases, designed to optimise your IT infrastructure and guarantee operational continuity throughout the entire journey.
Your IT Infrastructure, our priority. Find out more: https://www.sorint.com/lp-virtualization-journey/