Microsoft, Cisco Team Up
The branch office is a hotbed for services opportunities. With this in mind,MicrosoftВ (NSDQ:MSFT)В andВ Cisco SystemsВ (NSDQ:CSCO)В on Tuesday unveiled plans to weave Windows Server 2008 services into Cisco's Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) appliance.
Cisco will add a virtualization component to the WAAS appliance line, which optimizes performance of TCP-based applications inВ WAN environments, to enable companies to host Windows ...