Cisco is getting close to releasing its own hypervisor, as an alternative to VMware for users of its calling applications – software like the Unified Communications Manager it suggests as an alternative to PBXs and other telephony hardware.
The networking giant requires those apps to run in VMs and for years supported them running under VMware.
Under Broadcom’s ownership, the virtualization giant is now reluctant to sell its low-end vSphere suites and instead focuses on its Cloud Foundation (VCF) private cloud bundle which is more expensive than past VMware offerings. It’s not hard to imagine that Cisco users who use VMware to virtualize only for calling applications would balk at acquiring VCF.
The networking giant therefore teased the hypervisor last year as a lightweight tool that offers “only the essential virtualization features” and ideal for “organizations seeking a stable, easy-to-manage…
