7 thoughts on VMWare's $1.26B bid for Nicira

7 thoughts on VMWare's $1.26B bid for Nicira. We talked a lot about this at NetEvents last week. Here's what came out

7 thoughts on VMWare's $1.26B bid for Nicira Rick Merritt 7/30/2012 10:31 PM EDT SAN JOSE – It's Gold Rush time in California again thanks to VMWare’s proposed $1.26 billion acquisition of Nicira Inc., a startup pioneering software-defined networking. There’s no doubt there’s gold in them thar hills, but it’s too early to tell how much and who will drag the bullion to the bank. I have seven observations after spending a good chunk of last week hearing commentary on the deal. In short, there is gold here, but how much is a matter of some debate. There’s pressure to jump in the stream with engineers among the first getting wet. Expect some industry realignment before we are done. Cloud computing plays a substantial role. And there are more loose ends here than in a stack of denim at a Levi’s factory. First some background. Software defined networks (SDNs) take network jobs r...

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