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Publication Date: 2026-01-14 02:48:00
NEW YORK, Jan 13, 2026, 21:17 EST — Market closed.
- Cisco shares gained 2% Tuesday, bucking the broader market’s weakness.
- Cisco, Pure Storage, and Nutanix announced that FlashStack with Nutanix is now generally available.
- Investors have their eyes on shareholder meetings and earnings reports set for later this month and February.
Cisco Systems (CSCO.O) climbed 1.97%, ending Tuesday at $75.47, defying the broader U.S. stock slump. Despite the gain, the share price still sits roughly 6.6% under its 52-week peak. Trading volume lagged the 50-day average, MarketWatch reported. (MarketWatch)
Cisco took the opportunity to highlight a new angle on data centers. FlashStack with Nutanix is now generally available, offering an expanded converged-infrastructure bundle — combining servers, storage, and software into a single, pre-tested system. This package pairs Nutanix’s Cloud Platform with Cisco UCS hardware and Pure Storage arrays. Nutanix’s Saveen Pakala emphasized that customers seek “freedom to modernize at their own pace,” while Pure Storage’s Maciej Kranz stressed the value of infrastructure that “performs reliably, operates simply.” (Cisco Blogs)
The offer arrives amid ongoing turbulence in the virtualization space following Broadcom’s shake-up of VMware pricing and licensing, which has driven some clients to explore alternatives. SDxCentral reported that the trio positions the bundle as a migration route for VMware…
