VMware modified licensing to accommodate isolated, incommunicado systems by allowing certain subscriptions to be designated as "critical," removing periodic reporting requirements until a convenient time. Subscriptions normally operate in connected mode with automatic uploads every 180 days or in disconnected mode requiring manual uploads. The critical designation supports military platforms such as submarines and tanks and other sensitive deployments. VMware also reports growth in non-defense sectors: manufacturers are adopting Cloud Foundation for factory-floor servers, auto-makers are using software-defined equipment with VMs to control machinery, and regional banks are modernizing infrastructure with VCF.
VMware has tweaked its software licensing so submarines can keep their computers running when they're beneath the waves. The new type of licenses became necessary once VMware moved to subscriptions, which come with a theregister.com for customers to operate in either "connected mode" that sees their systems generate a licensing activity report and automatically upload it to VMware every 180 days, or in a "disconnected mode" in which customers must manually upload licensing info.
Krish Prasad, senior veep and general manager of the Cloud Foundation Division, told The Register that customers in the manufacturing sector are increasingly adopting Cloud Foundation for servers on the factory floor. Also at Explore, auto-maker Audi explained that changing production processes today means bringing in new equipment. The company wants to use software-defined equipment that can be programmed to run different tasks and sees sending VMs to servers that control machinery as the way to make that happen.
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