Partners are pressing #Cisco Systems to make a #hyper-converged infrastructure acquisition instead of an OEM agreement as sources tell CRN the networking giant is preparing an OEM agreement with hyper-converged startup #Springpath.
"I would rather an acquisition than a partnership because partnerships can dissolve if somebody else buys them, and that wouldn't be good for Cisco," said a top executive from a Cisco Gold partner, who declined to be identified. "What happens when some other player decides to buy that company and then you're left with, 'What do I do now?' [For example,] Cisco has an OEM agreement with #F5, and if something happens with F5, they could probably pretty easily switch over to #Riverbed. That would be more difficult in the hyper-converged space."
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