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Cisco server launch strategy pants
“Like a plumber building a house”
Cisco's release of loads of blade servers has had some mixed reviews. The best comes from rival HP which says it is “Like a plumber building a house”.
Cisco's Unified Computing Server Strategy which was released yesterday ties computing into storage systems. More cynical types think that Cisco is essentially protecting its networking turf by moving into other areas before its competitors do.
Currently Cisco is operating under open standards, the question whether it can keep this up without moving into something proprietary.