Saturday, August 31, 2013

Defy Convention...

This years theme of "Defy Convention" is more about a life long company theme rather than just a single show theme.  VMware over the years has shown the ability to take what many in IT would call cornerstones and turn them upside down.  Of course change is not always easy and this next journey of network virtualization threatens to shake one of the biggest cornerstones in the technical industry - Cisco.  Many folks noted that Cisco was not one of the partners that was initially shown supporting NSX when it was displayed during the keynote.

Some may see this as the next conflict in the IT world, I am not one of them.  The technology and vision of the software defined data center is not a far off dream but a reality and we just have to choose when to accept it.  Virtualization initially shook Dell and HP to the core with reducing the volume of servers they sold.  Yes people say the servers got larger but the reality is it was less hardware sales.  Each responded in different ways, Dell purchased Wyss and Quest to build additional value to the offering for virtualization solutions they could bring.  HP was going to sell of the desktop unit...I never said they each made the best decisions.

While Cisco may not be one of the initial supporters of NSX they are preparing for the change.  Two of the fastest growing segments in Cisco are the Cisco IP Telecom solutions and the Cisco UCS servers.  Cisco is changing slowly but it will be painful.  They may fight this initial release but the recent focuses on telecom and UCS tell me they know the winds of change are blowing...

1 comment:

  1. Welcome back! Youve absolutley got my attention with the NSX. Im sure we'll be hearing more about it from you soon.

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