Enrico Signoretti of Juku comments:

Yesterday I read  this article by Chris Mellor on the register. I always find Chris’s comments reveal good insight need, and he raised an interesting point about the future of the all-CISCO integrated stack (UCS+NEXUS+Whiptail  Invicta) but I too would like to put in my two cents.
From my point of view, CISCO has two options here and neither of them are ideal.

An interesting argument here. Many assumed the Whiptail acquisition was the beginning of Cisco moving into storage. That has yet to materialize, leaving one to wonder what future there is for this orphaned product?

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