Days after selling set-top box biz, Cisco kills flash storage line Invicta

Days after selling set-top box biz, Cisco kills flash storage line Invicta

FP Staff July 27, 2015, 16:08:13 IST

Storage line killed with customers expressing dissatisfaction at its performance.

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Days after selling set-top box biz, Cisco kills flash storage line Invicta

Cisco acquired Whiptail in 2013 with the hope that it will strengthen its Unified Computing System (UCS) strategy and enhance application performance by integrating scalable solid state memory in the UCS’s fabric computing architecture. Whiptail specialized in Flash memory storage and the acquisition indicated Cisco’s progression from networking gear to server systems.

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But recently the company announced that it is getting out of the flash storage business, killing its Invicta storage array line, which was launched after the $415 million acquisition of Whiptail. This announcement follows soon after Cisco sold its TV set-top business to French media vendor Technicolor for $600 million.

It is said that complaints from customers regarding quality issues related to the scaling out of storage capacity led to Cisco deciding to stop shipments of the flash storage appliance in 2014. Now Cisco is killing the entire line. A statement on Cisco’s website gives out details for customers about ordering products and existing contracts.

Cisco is already seeing transition as Chuck Robbins settles in the CEO office. In a blog post last week he mentioned how Cisco was preparing for the ’next chapter’. “We will continue to make decisions to prioritize our portfolio and our investments to accelerate our business. Part of this on-going prioritization is ensuring we have the right talent in the right places to drive our strategy and our growth in a very fast-paced market. Some functions and geographies across Cisco are making very focused changes to quickly re-align our investments to the top opportunities. A limited number of our employees will be impacted, but we will exit Q4 with our headcount up and, based on our current business assumptions, expect an increase in our headcount as we exit next fiscal year. It is our remarkable people who make everything happen at Cisco. We will treat our exiting employees with the respect they deserve and will continue to invest in our culture and talent to drive our success,” says Robbins.

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