[THIN] Re: Article: Microsoft declares war on Cisco

Are you referring to the Wanscaler?  The Netscaler is far from a one niche
device?

Joe

On 8/31/06, Jim Kenzig http://ThinHelp.com <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

One niche device does not a competitor make.  Cisco makes dozens of types
of devices.
JK


*Joe Shonk <joe.shonk@xxxxxxxxx>* wrote:

What do you mean?  That Netscaler/CAG is not a competitor to Cisco? or it
is?  The Netscaler/CAG competes directly with Cisco's inferor CSS line and
SSL VPN concentrator.

Joe

On 8/31/06, Schneider, Chad M <CMSchneider@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   From the Netscaler/CAG area…I would say so….
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>  *Hmm..now Citrix is a competitor with Cisco??
> JK* *Microsoft declares war on Cisco
> From: http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2163150/microsoft-declares-war-cisco
> *
>  *Conflict to centre on the 'critical battleground' of the branch office
> *
>  Robert Jaques, vnunet.com <http://www.vnunet.com/> 30 Aug 2006
>  Microsoft <http://www.microsoft.com/>'s recent 
alliance<http://www.vnunet.com/2162844>with Citrix
> Systems <http://www.citrix.com/> to develop wide area network (Wan)
> optimisation technology represents a declaration of war on Cisco in the
> "critical battleground" of the branch office, 
Gartner<http://www.gartner.com/>has reported.
>  According to the analyst firm, the Redmond giant's tie-up with thin
> client firm Citrix is the culmination of a "long-simmering rivalry" with
> Cisco, and has the potential to transform the Wan optimisation market.
>  The comments come after Microsoft and Citrix announced an expansion of
> their established partnership that will result in a jointly developed and
> marketed Citrix-branded branch office box.
>  Gartner said that this product is scheduled to ship in the second
> quarter of next year and will be based on Citrix's 
WANScaler<http://www.citrix.com/English/PS2/products/product.asp?contentID=33886>product
 line gained through its recent acquisition of Orbital
> Data <http://www.orbitaldata.com/>, and on Microsoft's Windows 
Server<http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/default.mspx>and Internet
> Security and Acceleration 
Server<http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/default.mspx>
> .
>  "Microsoft clearly considers Cisco a significant threat to its
> dominance in the enterprise software market, and views the branch office as
> a critical battleground for application and network architectures," stated a
> Gartner advisory.
>  "Cisco and Microsoft have avoided direct competition until recently,
> but the merging of networking, security, storage and applications made this
> confrontation inevitable.
>  "Microsoft is launching new networking capabilities within Vista and
> the 'Longhorn' version of Windows Server, and is pursuing partners in the
> voice arena, for example Nortel <http://www.nortel.com/>."
>  The analyst firm also believes that there will now be much more
> conflict between Cisco and Microsoft, a battle it originally predicted in
> 1997.
>  "Microsoft is building a team of networking vendors to compete with
> Cisco. Citrix brings credibility in branch office application delivery
> through its Presentation Server and NetScaler products," the Gartner report
> stated.
>  "By adding Orbital Data, Citrix now has an end-to-end application
> delivery family that is broader than Cisco's.
>  "With a rapidly expanding portfolio, good strategic partnering and
> software-centric channels, Citrix is a serious competitor and potential
> roadblock to Cisco's aspirations to control application delivery.
>  "The future WANScaler appliance promises to provide Wan optimisation,
> content distribution, security and branch office services.
>  "When combined with Microsoft's marketing might and strategic customer
> relationships, this product is likely to quickly appear on prospective
> customers' shortlists once it is released."
>  Gartner believes that Microsoft's tie-up with Citrix will change the
> selling dynamic for Wan optimisation controllers, branch office boxes and,
> to a lesser degree, application delivery controllers.
>  "Because Cisco will not be the default choice, we believe its influence
> is likely to weaken. In addition, sales cycles will are likely to lengthen,
> and smaller vendors will find selling tougher," Gartner stated.
>  However, the analyst firm went on to predict that the Microsoft/Citrix
> partnership will face "some challenges" as the published product delivery
> date is "very aggressive".
>  Given these concerns it advises firms to continue their existing
> business-critical Wan optimisation implementations because its estimates
> that the Microsoft/Citrix product is 18 months away.
>
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