How Cisco wants to become the Switzerland of the cloud

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Network World Cloud Computing Alert Feb 28, 2017 How Cisco wants to become the Switzerland of the cloud After years of juggling with different strategies of how to pursue the cloud computing market, Cisco now has what it believes will be a winning one: Become a so-called Switzerland of the cloud. A range of offerings will help customers manage multiple types of clouds – public or private, and the apps that run on them. 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