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Some thoughts on Cisco and Citrix
Is Cisco Looking To Acquire Citrix For Virtualization Play?
Posted by Bob Evans on May 21, 2009 09:09 AM
With cloud computing going mainstream and virtualization a core element in IT strategy, Cisco could be interested in acquiring virtualization stalwart Citrix, say the folks at Motley Fool. And in a time when Cisco is warming to the “unified” approach, a Citrix buy would give Cisco the ability “to build an entire data center on its own platforms.”
Citrix gained instant virtualization chops almost two years ago with with its $500 million acquisition of XenSource, which supplies the Xen open-source hypervisor. And earlier this year, Citrix deepened its credentials in the virtualization market by becoming a strategic investor in desktop-hypervisor startup Virtual Computer.
Here’s how Motley Fool’s Anders Bylund outlines the Cisco-buys-Citrix virtualization scenario in the context of Oracle’s recent acquisitions of Sun and Virtual Iron:
An interesting article, buying Citrix would be a fantastic move for Cisco and would really open up new possibilities in virtualization and infrastructure transformation. Being able to optimize at the network and application layer might create further opportunities in bandwidth efficiency and in remote working, not to mention desktop virtualization?
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