Comments on: Is Cisco The Borg? http://blog.nigelpoulton.com/is-cisco-the-borg/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed with nigel poulton Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:37:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Wire Once While Staying Flexible | MemeConnect: QLogic http://blog.nigelpoulton.com/is-cisco-the-borg/comment-page-1/#comment-1089 Wire Once While Staying Flexible | MemeConnect: QLogic Tue, 22 Mar 2011 06:21:21 +0000 http://blogs.rupturedmonkey.com/?p=260#comment-1089 [...] adapters is going to provide a good standard for most environments.  Ethernet has been slowly assimilating many different traffic types including telecom (VoIP and expansion in MAN/WAN solutions) and [...] [...] adapters is going to provide a good standard for most environments.  Ethernet has been slowly assimilating many different traffic types including telecom (VoIP and expansion in MAN/WAN solutions) and [...]

]]> By: SiliconANGLE — Blog — Wire Once While Staying Flexible with 10GbE and Virtualization http://blog.nigelpoulton.com/is-cisco-the-borg/comment-page-1/#comment-777 SiliconANGLE — Blog — Wire Once While Staying Flexible with 10GbE and Virtualization Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:52:45 +0000 http://blogs.rupturedmonkey.com/?p=260#comment-777 [...] adapters is going to provide a good standard for most environments.  Ethernet has been slowly assimilating many different traffic types including telecom (VoIP and expansion in MAN/WAN solutions) and [...] [...] adapters is going to provide a good standard for most environments.  Ethernet has been slowly assimilating many different traffic types including telecom (VoIP and expansion in MAN/WAN solutions) and [...]

]]> By: Wire Once While Staying Flexible « Wikibon Blog http://blog.nigelpoulton.com/is-cisco-the-borg/comment-page-1/#comment-776 Wire Once While Staying Flexible « Wikibon Blog Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:28:29 +0000 http://blogs.rupturedmonkey.com/?p=260#comment-776 [...] adapters is going to provide a good standard for most environments.  Ethernet has been slowly assimilating many different traffic types including telecom (VoIP and expansion in MAN/WAN solutions) and [...] [...] adapters is going to provide a good standard for most environments.  Ethernet has been slowly assimilating many different traffic types including telecom (VoIP and expansion in MAN/WAN solutions) and [...]

]]> By: Storage Effect » Are storage vendors middlemen? http://blog.nigelpoulton.com/is-cisco-the-borg/comment-page-1/#comment-403 Storage Effect » Are storage vendors middlemen? Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:42:47 +0000 http://blogs.rupturedmonkey.com/?p=260#comment-403 [...] might be the one major technology category that sits next to Cisco’s commputer, but is not assimilated by it.  Data feeds their model, but its care and feeding are not at the core of [...] [...] might be the one major technology category that sits next to Cisco’s commputer, but is not assimilated by it.  Data feeds their model, but its care and feeding are not at the core of [...]

]]> By: Nigel Poulton http://blog.nigelpoulton.com/is-cisco-the-borg/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Nigel Poulton Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:10:56 +0000 http://blogs.rupturedmonkey.com/?p=260#comment-402 Thanks for the comments Lee, some interesting points - <br /><br />You said "We [HP] did not proclaim we were solving world hunger when we did...."  Congrats on that, I did not realise you had ;-)<br /><br />For a while I have been disappointed with HPs efforts in the storage space, I genuinely think that HP "does not get storage".  May be Im wrong, may be Im too storage centric!?  <br /><br />Either way, I remain defiant (USS Defiant....pun not intended) that you have missed amazing opportunities with the EVA.  Years ahead of its time and a down right great product that should have far greater market share than it does..... sigh<br /><br />Oh and it seems most of your XP customers dont really rate you as a storage vendor.  Great products but dont get the focus.  All too often your storage guys are off the pace.  Not always though, I acknowledge you have some top guys.<br /><br />May be I need a broader outlook on life and you need a little more storage focus. Thanks for the comments Lee, some interesting points –

You said "We [HP] did not proclaim we were solving world hunger when we did…."  Congrats on that, I did not realise you had ;-)

For a while I have been disappointed with HPs efforts in the storage space, I genuinely think that HP "does not get storage".  May be Im wrong, may be Im too storage centric!? 

Either way, I remain defiant (USS Defiant….pun not intended) that you have missed amazing opportunities with the EVA.  Years ahead of its time and a down right great product that should have far greater market share than it does….. sigh

Oh and it seems most of your XP customers dont really rate you as a storage vendor.  Great products but dont get the focus.  All too often your storage guys are off the pace.  Not always though, I acknowledge you have some top guys.

May be I need a broader outlook on life and you need a little more storage focus.

]]> By: Lee Johns http://blog.nigelpoulton.com/is-cisco-the-borg/comment-page-1/#comment-401 Lee Johns Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:33:17 +0000 http://blogs.rupturedmonkey.com/?p=260#comment-401 Anyone remember what happened to the Borg?  They ended up getting reverse assimilated.  If you are on the storage side looking in here you likely feel something has shifted.  However in fact Cisco is reacting to HP market moves to deliver HP BladeSystem.  HP entered the network market a while ago.  We did not proclaim we were solving world hunger when we did but we have built  a business which is converging servers, storage and networking and providing a broad ecosystem for partners to innovate around.  In the words of Captain Picard we just "made it so".  HP Virtual Connect technology does not aim to get you to replace Ethernet or Fibre Channel infrastructure you have already purchased, it helps you buy less network infrastructure in the future and simplifies the interaction of Server, storage and networking teams.  You are right to have that feeling in the pit of your stomach though if you are a stand alone storage vendor.    HP is on an "ongoing mission" to eliminate IT complexity and we have not left storage out.  Storage customers are looking for solutions that focus on virtualization, utilization, industry standard economics and application integration with storage services and management..  HP is focused on the convergence of infrastructure and it is therefore no surprise that that vendors who for too long have defined IT by the role they play are trying to find a way to be more relevant to customers. Ciscos announcement is quite frankly an endorsement that HP as a systems company had the right strategy. Lee Johns Director, Unified Storage, HP Anyone remember what happened to the Borg?  They ended up getting reverse assimilated.  If you are on the storage side looking in here you likely feel something has shifted.  However in fact Cisco is reacting to HP market moves to deliver HP BladeSystem.  HP entered the network market a while ago.  We did not proclaim we were solving world hunger when we did but we have built  a business which is converging servers, storage and networking and providing a broad ecosystem for partners to innovate around.  In the words of Captain Picard we just "made it so".  HP Virtual Connect technology does not aim to get you to replace Ethernet or Fibre Channel infrastructure you have already purchased, it helps you buy less network infrastructure in the future and simplifies the interaction of Server, storage and networking teams. 
You are right to have that feeling in the pit of your stomach though if you are a stand alone storage vendor.    HP is on an "ongoing mission" to eliminate IT complexity and we have not left storage out.  Storage customers are looking for solutions that focus on virtualization, utilization, industry standard economics and application integration with storage services and management..  HP is focused on the convergence of infrastructure and it is therefore no surprise that that vendors who for too long have defined IT by the role they play are trying to find a way to be more relevant to customers.
Ciscos announcement is quite frankly an endorsement that HP as a systems company had the right strategy.
Lee Johns
Director, Unified Storage, HP

]]> By: Are storage vendors middlemen? - Storage Informer http://blog.nigelpoulton.com/is-cisco-the-borg/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Are storage vendors middlemen? - Storage Informer Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:17:22 +0000 http://blogs.rupturedmonkey.com/?p=260#comment-400 [...] might be the one major technology category that sits next to Cisco’s commputer, but is not assimilated by it.  Data feeds their model, but its care and feeding are not at the core of [...] [...] might be the one major technology category that sits next to Cisco’s commputer, but is not assimilated by it.  Data feeds their model, but its care and feeding are not at the core of [...]

]]> By: Pete Steege http://blog.nigelpoulton.com/is-cisco-the-borg/comment-page-1/#comment-399 Pete Steege Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:33:48 +0000 http://blogs.rupturedmonkey.com/?p=260#comment-399 Hi Nigel,  great post.  Seems to me it's "change or die" for big IT vendors now that Cisco has irrevocably stirred the pot. I'm not convinced that Cisco needs a major storage component in-house to deliver on their UCS promise. That's one piece that may serve them better as an open standard. Hi Nigel,  great post.  Seems to me it’s "change or die" for big IT vendors now that Cisco has irrevocably stirred the pot.
I’m not convinced that Cisco needs a major storage component in-house to deliver on their UCS promise. That’s one piece that may serve them better as an open standard.

]]> By: Online Storage Optimization » Blog Archive » Here Comes the Sun http://blog.nigelpoulton.com/is-cisco-the-borg/comment-page-1/#comment-398 Online Storage Optimization » Blog Archive » Here Comes the Sun Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:28:18 +0000 http://blogs.rupturedmonkey.com/?p=260#comment-398 [...] on Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS), which the Ruptured Monkey blog went so far as to compare to the borg. Still reeling from this major piece of news, today we learned that IBM is in talks to acquire Sun [...] [...] on Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS), which the Ruptured Monkey blog went so far as to compare to the borg. Still reeling from this major piece of news, today we learned that IBM is in talks to acquire Sun [...]

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