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Why Cloud Is Forcing Cisco to Embrace Open Source

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 4, 2011

“Presently, OpenStack is comprised of two primary components
— OpenStack Compute and OpenStack Object Storage — but
Cisco seems to think that cloud networking is just as important,
and it’s difficult to argue with its logic. (In fact, Cisco isn’t
alone in pushing for OpenStack network services.) In Tucker’s world
of catering to developers and of providing “everything as a
service,” fairly advanced network management will be critical to
achieving a robust cloud computing experience, and, thus to
attracting developers.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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