Cisco CEO Robbins Lobs Software-Defined Networking Grenade At Rival VMware

Cisco CEO Robbins Lobs Software-Defined Networking Grenade At Rival VMware:

Cisco CEO of Software-Defined Networking Robbins Lobs Grenade A Rival VMwareCisco Systems CEO Chuck Robbins waste no time Newly appointed removing the fires of competition in the area of ​​software defined networks, where his company is dedicated to a cage match with rival VMware.Robbins, in an interview with CRN Thursday said Cisco SDN game - called Application Centric Infrastructure - is a better choice for businesses that VMware NSX technology because it can progress beyond the data center and in the rest of the network ."In fact, we can put ACI, we can implement, can drive through, and I think that VMware has demonstrated this capability," said Robbins CRN.VMware executives say NSX is developing well, too. Director of Operations Carl Eschenbach, the second-quarter earnings last call, said VMware now has 700 paying customers NSX, against 150 in the same period last year."We believe that the number of customers using the NSX production is much higher than that of any competitor," Eschenbach said in the call.Dominick Delfino, who joined VMware as vice president of engineering systems worldwide last September after 14 years at Cisco, he took a blow to his former employer in May saying NSX has generated more excitement and enthusiasm among customers.VMware NSX is now launching a technology network security in their efforts to get companies on board and has signed partnerships with NSX Palo Alto Networks, Intel and Check Point Software Security. More recently, VMware has been considered by the combination of the NSX and AirWatch, technology management of mobile devices.Bill Schell, President of August Schell, a partner of VMware based in Rockville Maryland, which has several large deployments NSX, CRN says he has not had problems with scalability NSX.Schell said he prefers to take a CRN channel formation VMware NSX specific approach. "They are strategic partners with whom to turn, and training is very comprehensive," he said.While Cisco VMware relationship is a battle that forces many industry observers believe it will be many activities SDN for these and other suppliers. The overall increase SDN market of $ 21.78 billion currently $ 77.18 billion in 2020, according to a report by Research and Markets in May.A leading provider of solutions and national long-term partner of Cisco and VMware told RCN that the customer interest and sales are virtually identical between the two SDN technologies."If you had asked me in January what was ahead provider, VMware said, but we'll see strong adoption of two NSX and ACI," said the executive, who declined to be identified.