New Storage Solution

Since Cisco closed its Invicta storage business unit last year, partners have been asking the networking leader to make greater investments in the space. Although not an acquisition, Cisco is partnering with open-source object storage provider SwiftStack.

The two companies unveiled a new turnkey solution that enables enterprises to build public cloud storage capabilities within their on-premise data centers. SwiftStack is providing object storage technology for data-centric workloads that directly integrate with Cisco Metapod and Cisco UCS. For channel partners, the solution can be delivered either as a managed service with Metapod or self-managed.