GigaOm - Cisco Virtualizes the Network, the Data Center
Om Malik writes …
At the VMworld Show, Cisco took the first concrete steps toward establishing a monopoly in the enterprise data centers with the announcement of a new virtual software switch (Nexus 1000) that would allow networking of individual virtual machines (along with their security and management.) The explosion of virtual machines inside the enterprise has forced everyone to deal with virtual machine sprawl.Networking is feeling the same impact of VM sprawl as well, and Cisco wants to jump ahead and become a major player in this market. The new software switch is going to be offered to buyers of VMware’s hypervisor as an option for vSwitch, but to activate it, buyers will have to pay for a license.
Cisco Virtualizes the Network, the Data Center - GigaOM