I wrote in the post  Cisco decleares war to HP: is just to gain the blade market?   that Cisco declared war to Hp to gain the leadership of the Cloud Infrastructure tornado market. So, the impact for the channel should be evaluated in the long term view.  In this optic it should be analyzed the Cisco/EMC/Acadia partnership and the introduction of the relative certification for the channel. This long term analysis is not yet in my current possibilities.

If we restrict the analysis to a short term prospect, specifically to the blades market battle, it is possible to identify some key trends. continue reading…