VMware will be competing with cisco-viptela. Any thoughts abt acquisition? Know the deal details? #velocloud #viptela
It cover a a clear blind sport in our networking strategy (Edge) and had clear opportunity with our hardware partners who can OEM the software version. We have enough engineering talent in NSBU. Cisco overpays for buggy M&A (Flip, Linksys, whiptail) and comes up short on bidding for the real products (NSX...)
I work for VMware. NSX is HOT.. I'm still glad we diversified the portfolio to cross platform management and automation, but networking was the missing "glue." NSX makes things easy that used to be just "feasible." The edge was a weak point. I came to VMware from Cisco four years ago. I still view Cisco as a hardware company in an increasingly software world.
VMWare hire networking guys in the greater Seattle area?
BTW, segmentation and security are the first things that come to mind with NSX, but automation is, IMO, the real benefit. Recreating schema manually had been the most time consuming process in moving between clouds.
Thanks Philly58
NSX is plugged in everywhere on Prem, cloud and container and recently service mesh if you are not working for NSX you will be left out as a legacy like mainframe
Hearing VMware/Velo is losing a lot of business with Att. Any truth to that?
Good as in terms of IP/talent/customers, or pay for employees? Vmware often makes cheap acquisitions.
Considering a competitor was 1/3 their VC that makes sense....