https://www.crn.com/news/networking/2026/cisco-move-to-eliminate-compute-deal-registration-sparks-channel-turmoil
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@ax maybe trying to get the business to a profit level worthy of exit sale.
@b5 "controllers" are x86 based. Anybody's platform can easily be substituted.
Many controllers we sell are UCS based. Not seeing Cisco getting out of this and ki-ling the UCS line
@ax Profitability requires sales. Guess what's not happening? When we are 3x the cost of the competition and 2.5-3x the lead times?
yeah exit a profitable business - yep....fu--ing genius over here...
As if every other manufacturer isn’t doing the same thing. And even in the before times no one else gave that much margin. And I had to LOL at the idea of partners owning customer relationships.
It's only a matter of time before Cisco announces that they are exiting the server business like IBM did a decade ago. In fact, Cisco has no ability to compete in this market segment due to the drastic price increases of memory and storage components. Cisco partners need to understand the situation and move to solutions from other manufacturers.