Umphuhlisi we-Linux ethandwayo uceba ukuya esidlangalaleni kunye ne-IPO kwaye uhambe kwilifu.

ICanonical, inkampani yokuphuhlisa Ubuntu, ilungiselela ukunikezelwa koluntu lwezabelo. Uceba ukuphuhlisa kwintsimi ye-cloud computing.

Umphuhlisi we-Linux ethandwayo uceba ukuya esidlangalaleni kunye ne-IPO kwaye uhambe kwilifu.
/ ifoto NASA (PD)β€” UMark Shuttleworth kwi-ISS

Iingxoxo malunga neCanonical's IPO beziqhubeka ukusukela ngo-2015, xa umseki wenkampani uMark Shuttleworth wabhengeza unikezelo loluntu lwezabelo. Injongo ye-IPO kukunyusa imali eya kunceda iCanonical iphuhlise iimveliso zefu kunye neenkqubo ze-IoT zeshishini.

Umzekelo, inkampani iceba ukunikela ingqalelo ngakumbi kwitekhnoloji ye-LXD ye-containeration kunye ne-Ubuntu Core OS yezixhobo ze-IoT. Olu khetho lolwalathiso lophuhliso luchongwa yimodeli yeshishini lenkampani. ICanonical ayithengisi iilayisensi kwaye yenza imali kwiinkonzo zeB2B.

ICanonical yaqala ukulungiselela i-IPO kwi-2017. Ukuze ube nomtsalane ngakumbi kubatyali-mali, inkampani iyekile ukuphuhlisa iimveliso ezingenangeniso- iqokobhe le-desktop ye-Unity kunye ne-Ubuntu Phone Mobile OS. I-Canonical ikwajolise ekunyuseni ingeniso yonyaka ukusuka kwi-110 yezigidi zeedola ukuya kwi-200 yezigidi zeedola. Ngenxa yale njongo, umqulu omtsha weenkonzo waziswa - Ubuntu Advantage for Infrastructure.

I-Canonical ayifuni ntlawulo eyahlukileyo yokugcina iinxalenye zeziseko ezisekelwe kwiiteknoloji ezahlukeneyo - i-OpenStack, i-Ceph, i-Kubernetes kunye ne-Linux. Iindleko zeenkonzo zibalwa ngokusekelwe kwinani leeseva okanye oomatshini bokwenene, kwaye iphakheji ibandakanya inkxaso yobugcisa kunye nezomthetho. Ngokwezibalo zeCanonical, le ndlela iya kunceda abathengi babo bonge imali.

Elinye inyathelo lokutsala abathengi yayikukwandiswa kwexesha lenkxaso ye-Ubuntu ukusuka kwiminyaka emihlanu ukuya kwelishumi. Ngokutsho kukaMark Shuttleworth, i-lifecycle yenkqubo yokusebenza ixesha elide ibalulekile kumaziko emali kunye ne-telecoms, leyo, xa kuthelekiswa nezinye iinkampani, ayinakwenzeka ukuba iphucule kwiinguqulelo ezintsha ze-OS kunye neenkonzo ze-IT.

Izenzo zeCanonical zanceda ukwenza u-Ubuntu ukuba adume ngakumbi phakathi kwemibutho "egcinayo" kunye nokuqinisa isikhundla somphuhlisi kwimarike yezisombululo zamafu. Iinzame zale nkampani zinokuvuza kungekudala. Kukho ithuba lokuba iCanonical ihambe esidlangalaleni kwangoko ngo-2020.

Yintoni ekhoyo kwimarike?

Abahlalutyi cinga, ukuba ngokutshintshela kwisimo soluntu, iCanonical iya kukwazi ukuba ngumncintiswano opheleleyo kwi-Red Hat. Le yokugqibela iphuhlise kwaye iphumeze imigaqo yokwenza imali yetekhnoloji yemithombo evulekileyo, esetyenziswa ngoku yiCanonical.

Kwangexesha elide, ezinye iinkampani ezinemodeli yeshishini elifanayo azikwazanga ukukhula ukuya kubukhulu be-Red Hat. Ngokwemilinganiselo, iphambili kakhulu kwiCanonical - inzuzo yonyaka yeRed Hat yodwa idlula yonke iphuma kwinkampani yophuhliso lwe-Ubuntu. Nangona kunjalo, iingcali zikholelwa ukuba imali evela kwi-IPO iya kunceda iCanonical ikhule ibe kubungakanani bomkhuphisana nayo.

Ukuba ngumphuhlisi we-Ubuntu kunenzuzo ngaphezu kwe-Red Hat. ICanonical yinkampani ezimeleyo enika abathengi beshishini amandla okukhetha nayiphi na indawo yelifu yokuhambisa izicelo. I-Red Hat iya kuba yinxalenye ye-IBM kungekudala. Nangona i-IT giant ithembisa ukugcina ukuzimela kwe-subsidiary, kukho ithuba lokuba i-Red Hat iya kukhuthaza ifu likawonkewonke le-IBM.

Umphuhlisi we-Linux ethandwayo uceba ukuya esidlangalaleni kunye ne-IPO kwaye uhambe kwilifu.
/ ifoto Bran Sorem (CC BY)

I-IPO nayo ilindeleke ukuba incede iCanonical ifumane indawo kwi-IoT kunye neemarike ze-computing edge. Inkampani iphuhlisa iimveliso ezintsha ezisekelwe ku-Ubuntu eziza kunceda ukudibanisa izixhobo ezinqamlekileyo kunye neendawo zefu zibe yinkqubo enye ye-hybrid. Nangona olu lathiso lungazisi nzuzo kwiCanonical, nangona kunjalo, iShuttleworth ucinga ithembisa ngekamva lenkampani. Iimali ezivela kwi-IPO ziya kunceda ukuphuhlisa itekhnoloji ye-IoT - ICanonical iya kukwazi ukwaba izibonelelo ezininzi kuphuhliso lweemveliso ezinqamlezileyo.

Ngubani omnye oya esidlangalaleni?

Ngo-Aprili 2018, i-Pivotal ibeke inxalenye yezabelo zayo kwi-stock exchange. Uphuhlisa iqonga le-Cloud Foundry lokuhambisa kunye nokubeka iliso kwizicelo kwiindawo zikawonke-wonke kunye nezabucala. Uninzi lwePivotal luphethwe nguDell: isigebenga se-IT siphethe i-67% yezabelo zenkampani kwaye sinendima egqibeleleyo ekuthatheni izigqibo.

Umnikelo woluntu wawujoliswe ekuncedeni i-Pivotal yandise ubukho bayo kwimarike yeenkonzo zefu. Inkampani icwangcisiwe chitha ingeniso ekuphuhliseni iimveliso ezintsha kunye nokutsala iinkampani ezinkulu zehlabathi njengabaxumi. Ulindelo lwe-Pivotal lwaluthetheleleka - emva kokuthengisa izabelo, ikwazile ukunyusa ingeniso kunye nenani labathengi bamashishini.

Enye i-IPO kwimarike kufuneka yenzeke kwixesha elizayo elingekude. Ngo-Apreli kulo nyaka, ngokukhawuleza, isiqalo esibonelela ngeqonga lekhompyutheni ephetheyo kunye nesisombululo sokulinganisa umthwalo kumaziko edatha, efakwe kuluntu. Inkampani iya kusebenzisa imali evela kwi-IPO ukukhuthaza i-edge computing kwimarike. Ngokukhawuleza uthemba ukuba utyalo-mali luya kuyinceda ibe ngumdlali obalaseleyo kwindawo yeenkonzo zedatha.

Yintoni elandelayo

Ngu uvavanyo (inqaku eliphantsi kwe-paywall) I-Wall Street Journal, izabelo ze-B2B imibutho ye-teknoloji ingaba nomdla ngakumbi kunezibambiso kwicandelo le-IT ye-B2C. Ke ngoko, ii-IPOs kwicandelo le-B2B zihlala zitsala ingqalelo yabatyali-mali abanzulu.

Umkhwa ukwafanelekile kwishishini le-computing yefu, yiyo loo nto ii-IPO zeenkampani ezinjengeCanonical zinethuba eliphezulu lokuphumelela. Ingeniso evela kwintengiso yezabelo iya kunceda ishishini lelifu liphuhlise ngakumbi itekhnoloji apho ngoku kukho imfuno ekhethekileyo phakathi kwabathengi beenkampani, - izisombululo ezininzi ΠΈ iinkqubo kwi-edge computing.

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