Cisco’s cloud networking play targets hybrid cloud shops
February 2, 2015
Grazed from TechTarget. Author: Trevor Jones.
Cisco has struggled to make inroads in public or private cloud, so the vendor is banking on its networking experience to play a key role in enterprises’ hybrid cloud deployments. The San Jose, Calif.-based company’s cloud strategy relies on shifting its networking focus from hardware to software. Cisco made a splashy roll out of its cloud intentions last year that hasn’t translated into much yet, but its latest efforts around a unified cloud networking platform and subscription models could change that — at least with its existing customers.
"They’re going out with their strength, which is connectivity between all these clouds rather than differentiating with one cloud itself," said Dave Bartoletti, principal analyst with Forrester Research, Inc., based in Cambridge, Mass. "Cisco wants to be the glue that connects all your clouds together and not battle it out with commodity vendors for cloud servers."…
The company spent 2014 laying out its vision, but 2015 should be the year it starts to execute on that plan and build out its feature set. Early success could come with service providers, he added…
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