Krome Cast TECH-IT-OUT: Upgrading to vSphere 7 & VMware Acquisition

In this episode of Krome Cast - Tech IT Out, we discuss upgrading to vSphere 7 before the end of general support for vSphere 6.5 and vSphere 6.7, on the 15th October 2022.

For any VMware customers that have delayed upgrading their vSphere environment, due to other projects or the pandemic, now is the time to embark on your vSphere 7 upgrade, or even to the latest version vSphere 8 (which was announced this week 30.08.22).

In this podcast, we talk about some of the key enhancements between vSphere 6.7 and vSphere 7, including the integration with Kubernetes, the improvements made to patching with VMware Lifecycle Manager, the new MFA feature which protects your environment from attacks, enhanced DRS functionality and the integration with Azure, AWS, G-Cloud and improved DR functionality. We also review how the new vSphere+ allows you to manage a multi-cloud environment, with a centralised management console.

This tech panel podcast features Krome's Commercial Director, Sam Mager, along with Krome's MD, Rupert Mills, sharing their insights and own personal opinions on the VMware acquisition by Broadcom, and what this could potentially mean for VMware customers in the future; whilst we cannot predict the future, Sam and Rupert discuss the potential commercial changes that could be seen as a result, such as moving towards a consumption and subscription model in the future.

🕐 Timestamps 🕐
00:00 Introductions to vSphere 7 and vSphere+
00:54 End of general support for vSphere 6.7 and vSphere 6.5
01:52 Key differences between vSphere 6.7 and vSphere 7.0
04:01 vSphere plus multi-cloud management
04:49 Hyperscaler integrations
06:35 Kubernetes vSphere integration
07:02 vSphere 7.0 upgrade considerations
08:41 VMware acquisition by Broadcom, opinions based on industry news and reports

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