Cisco vs. Microsoft = The most underrated and under talked about rivalry in tech.

An arms race to control the 'unified presence'. Microsoft through software and Cisco through hardware.

Source material herehere and here.

I'm not the first to bring this up, this guy did it over 3 years ago.

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Oct 13, 2009
Ethan Bloch said...
Same day I write this, Cisco strengthens the arsenal:

Cisco to buy mobile specialist Starent for $2.9 billion (http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10373852-94.html)

"Combining Cisco's strength in video and IP with Starent Networks' leading mobile infrastructure solutions creates a compelling portfolio of products that provides an integrated architecture to offer rich, quality multimedia experiences to mobile subscribers on 3G and 4G networks,"

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