“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.