Virtualization is opening the door for Cisco to expand dramatically in the data center.
Cisco is moving into HP, IBM and Sun’s market turf in a way that they may not be able to easily reciprocate.
Is it that easy to become a player in the server market? Clearly Cisco is a respected name in IT. But Cisco has been making moves in the storage market for years that have not resulted in significant presence beyond storage networking.
Storage and servers are like Venus and Mars though, so we’ll have to wait and see.
Servers are arguably the crown jewels of the data center. Expect to see a Battle Royale over the next few years as the IT titans figure things out.
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