I brief described in my post Cisco’s data center virtualization strategy: an innovation cycle analysis. how Cisco was trying to implement his data virtualization vision through a platform innovation strategy without hurting his traditional Echo system. Cisco held this strategy until March 2009, when he announced to the world his concept of Unified Computing System.  The first analysis highlighted immediately that with this announcement Cisco was declaring war to Hp and also to IBM.  What happened to push Cisco to this new strategy? continue reading…