Cisco wants to compete with HP blade servers

Posted on Monday, March 16 2009 @ 17:32 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Earlier this year Cisco unveiled its going to make a major entry into the blade server market this year, and today CNET reports the networking giant isn't making it a secret that it wants to compete with HP.
The Journal quotes Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior saying:

We're going to compete with HP. I don't want to sugarcoat that. There is bound to be change in the landscape of who you compete with and who you partner with.

HP also has its own networking gear that could ultimately threaten Cisco.

That's why Cisco's Monday launch will be notable because of its partners as well as the product details. IBM is teamed with Juniper. Brocade bought Foundry Networks. And Cisco's blade launch will include partners such as BMC, EMC, VMware, and Microsoft.


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