Cisco inks cloud sales deal with Pivotal

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Cisco Systems Inc. has struck a deal with Pivotal Software Inc to offer each other’s products in the cloud arena, a sign the giant network company is looking to work with others as it tries to build its presence in one of the fastest-growing areas of computing. The agreement, to be announced later on Tuesday, means the two companies will jointly sell Pivotal Cloud Foundry, which helps developers build and run software on the cloud, and Cisco’s Metapod, a service that lets companies make their data centers more cloud-friendly.

Pivotal’s service helps companies deploy a free, but hard-to-use open-source technology also called Cloud Foundry, much as the free operating system known as Linux generally requires services of a consultant like Red Hat Inc. Pivotal Cloud Foundry competes with services such as IBM’s Bluemix and HP Enterprise’s Helion, while Mirantis competes with Metapod…

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