Microsoft and HP Team Up to Take on Cisco - NYTimes.com

Microsoft and HP Team Up to Take on Cisco - NYTimes.com: "Cisco has its eye on the collaboration market, which it believes will be worth $34 billion in the coming years. Google is also pushing into this space with its Google Apps and other enterprise efforts. But Microsoft isn’t going to sit still while interlopers try to infringe on its business. And with Cisco releasing its own line of servers, HP’s decision to buddy up with Microsoft makes sense."